Silke Kuske1, Andrea Icks1, Jelka Zaletel2, Ulrike Rothe3, Jaana Lindström4, Monica Sørensen5, Marina Maggini6. 1. Heinrich Heine University, German Diabetes Center, Düsseldorf, Germany. 2. National Institute of Public Health, Ljubljana, Slovenia. 3. Dresden University of Technology, Dresden, Germany. 4. National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland. 5. Norwegian Directorate of Health, Oslo, Norway. 6. Centro Nazionale di Epidemiologia, Sorveglianza e Promozione della Salute, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To contribute to the development of a set of quality criteria for patient education and health professionals training that could be applied in European countries. METHODS: Literature review quality criteria, pre-selection based on a comparison of the criteria, peer group and expert based selection of the criteria. RESULTS: 14 quality criteria were selected: goals, rationale, target group, setting, scheduling of the education/training sessions, environmental requirements, qualification of the trainers/educators, core components of the educator/trainer's role, curriculum, education methods, education didactics, monitoring of the effectiveness and quality of the program, implementation level and source of funding. DISCUSSION: A set of preliminary quality criteria for patient education and health professionals training was developed, which could be applied in European countries.
OBJECTIVE: To contribute to the development of a set of quality criteria for patient education and health professionals training that could be applied in European countries. METHODS: Literature review quality criteria, pre-selection based on a comparison of the criteria, peer group and expert based selection of the criteria. RESULTS: 14 quality criteria were selected: goals, rationale, target group, setting, scheduling of the education/training sessions, environmental requirements, qualification of the trainers/educators, core components of the educator/trainer's role, curriculum, education methods, education didactics, monitoring of the effectiveness and quality of the program, implementation level and source of funding. DISCUSSION: A set of preliminary quality criteria for patient education and health professionals training was developed, which could be applied in European countries.