Defining a competency framework for health and social professionals to promote healthy aging throughout the lifespan: an international Delphi study.

ABSTRACT: The promotion of healthy aging has become a priority in most parts of the world and should be promoted at all ages. However, the baseline training of health and social professionals is currently not adequately tailored to these challenges. This paper reports the results of a Delphi study conducted to reach expert agreement about health and social professionals' competencies to promote healthy aging throughout the lifespan within the SIENHA project. Materials and methods: This study was developed following the CREDES standards. The initial version of the competence framework was based on the results of a scoping review and following the CanMEDS model. The expert panel consisted of a purposive sample of twenty-two experts in healthy aging with diverse academic and clinical backgrounds, field

SUBMITTER: Rodriguez-Monforte M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11549203 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature