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Acheiving consensus on curriculum components for person-centered leadership development [PCC063]

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

Presenter: Shaun Cardiff

Track: Learning and 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

PCC063

Lecturers

Shaun Cardiff Presenter