Acheiving consensus on curriculum components for person-centered leadership development [PCC061]

Acheiving consensus on curriculum components for person-centered leadership development [PCC061] Passed

Wednesday May 6, 2026 16:00 - 16:15 G2

Moderator: Emmelie Barenfeld
Presenter: Shaun Cardiff

Track: Orals Learning & Education

The creation of person-centred cultures within healthcare settings is a pre-requisite for person-centred care. Healthcare leadership is necessary to cultivate such cultures and leadership should be based on the same values set. Whilst an empirically informed theoretical model for person-centred leadership exists, and many organisations are offer leadership development programmes for person-centred practice, there is a lack of evaluation studies. To evaluate such leadership development programmes the assumption is that these are based on the same set of curriculum components. The absence of a person-centred leadership development curriculum framework was the instigation for this delphi study. A modified delphi study using anonymous/confidential surveys was used to seek consensus for a curriculum framework. The initial curriculum framework consisted of 16 component parts and 6 guiding principles for the delivery of a person-centred leadership development program. This was based on findings of a literature study and consultations with members of the Person-Centred Practice International Community Of Practice (PCP-ICOP) with experience in delivering leadership development programmes. Participants for the delphi study surveys were also recruited within and via the PCP-ICOP but excluded those members who had contributed to the initial curriculum framework development. Consensus was sought using a 5 punt Likert scale. The twenty five participants could also leave comments and suggestions for each item. Round 1 acheived the pre-determined 70+% (strongly)agree cut-off for all items. Collected comments and suggestions were used to refrase several items and formulate two new components. Round 2 acheived 80+% consensus on all items, thereby eliminating the need for a third round. We can now publish an internationally agreed curriculum framework for person-centred leadership, with content component parts and guiding principles. We are curious for feedback from a wider audience within the person-centred practice community

Language

English

Conference

GCPCC

GCPCC Seminar type

Orals

GCPCC Code

PCC061

Lecturers

Emmelie Barenfeld Moderator

Associate professor, senior lecturer in occupational therapy
University of Gothenburg

Emmelie Barenfeld is a Senior Lecturer at the Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, and a researcher affiliated with the Centre for Person-Centred Care (GPCC). Her research focuses on person-centred and integrated care from an occupational science perspective, with a particular emphasis on supporting healthcare systems in the transition towards more person-centred and integrated models of care. Her work explores how person-centred practices can be implemented and sustained through leadership, education, and co-created interventions. The research is conducted across diverse care contexts and is characterised by close collaboration and co-creation with people in need of care, health and social care professionals, and leaders.

Selected projects:
Transition towards person-centred care – evaluation of a leadership programme
https://www.gu.se/en/research/transition-towards-person-centred-care-evaluation-of-a-leadership-program
Facilitating Implementation of Person-Centred Care (FLIP)
https://www.gu.se/en/research/facilitating-implementation-of-person-centred-care-the-flip-project
CO-DIAC: Co-designing integrated residential aged care
https://www.gu.se/en/research/co-designing-integrated-residential-aged-care

Shaun Cardiff Presenter

Shaun Cardiff, Deborah Baldie

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