
How to promote learning on person-centred leadership: key messages from the Transition towards person-centred care project [B053] Har passerat
Torsdag 7 maj 2026 09:00 - 13:30 Poster Arena
Rapportör: Emmelie BarenfeldSpår: Poster session, Healthcare Organization
Background: There is a demand for educational initiatives that support health and social care leaders to facilitate person-centred care (PCC). The TRANSITION research project (2022-2026) addresses this by exploring the shift toward PCC through the development and evaluation of a leadership program grounded in the University of Gothenburg Centre for Person-centred Care framework. Additionally, the project includes a scoping review of international evidence on educational initiatives that facilitate PCC implementation. Aim: To summarise and reflect on key findings from the TRANSITION project, with a focus on how person-centred leadership can be effectively promoted through educational initiatives. Methods: The analysis draws on data from qualitative studies (n=3) with program leaders and participants and a scoping review. Findings are synthesised descriptively with the scoping review providing a frame of reference for interpreting the findings. Interestholders are involved throughout the project. Results: Key findings show that the integration of person-centredness and leadership within the program promotes pedagogical insights among program leaders and supports experiential learning among participants. This learning can enhance the capacity for self-leadership, team leadership, and co-creation of PCC. Contextual factors that influence how managers develop the ability to lead in a person-centred way are identified, highlighting applications of person-centred principles in curricula and how person-centredness is learned across various settings. Comparisons with the findings from the scoping review highlight both similarities and differences in content, methods, and outcomes. Conclusion: The findings reinforce current evidence that the workplace is a critical setting for learning about person-centredness. They also contribute new insights into how the complementary roles of digital and on-site learning activities can be combined to support learning about and through person-centred practice. Further research is needed across health and social care settings in different countries and with different professional groups to develop educational programs that support person-centred leadership and practice.
Konferens
GCPCC
GCPCC Kod
PCC210
Föreläsare
Emmelie Barenfeld Rapportör
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