Decision of the FIBAA Certification Committee for Continuing Education Courses

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1 Deciion of the FIBAA Certification Committee for Continuing Education Coure 11 th Meeting on 10 February, 2016 Project Number: 14/053 Higher Education Intitution: Coure: European Palliativ Care Academy: Robert Boch Stiftung, Germany Department of Palliative Medicine, Univerity Hopital of Cologne, Germany Nicolau Copernicu Univerity, Torun, Poland Hopice Caa Sperantei, Braov, Romania King College London, Cicely Saunder Intitute, UK Leaderhip Coure The FIBAA Certification Committee for Continuing Education Coure ha taken the following deciion: According to 7 (2) in conjunction with 10 (1) of the Special Condition for awarding the FIBAA Quality Seal for Continuing Education Coure, the continuing education coure i certified. Period of Certification: 10 February 2016 until 10 February 2021 The FIBAA Quality Seal i awarded. Deciion of the FIBAA Certification Committee for Continuing Education Coure FIBAA Certification Report Page 1

2 FOUNDATION FOR INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION ACCREDITATION Aement Report Intitution: Robert Boch Stiftung, Germany Department of Palliative Medicine, Univerity Hopital of Cologne, Germany Nicolau Copernicu Univerity, Torun, Poland Hopice Caa Sperantei, Braov, Romania King College London, Cicely Saunder Intitute, UK Continuing Education Coure: European Palliative Care Academy (EUPCA) Leaderhip Coure Intended Level According to European Qualification Framework (EQF): 7 Aement Report FIBAA Certification Report Page 2

3 Brief decription of the continuing education coure: The EUPCA leaderhip coure i a cooperation coure of Robert Boch Stiftung, the Department of Palliative Medicine of the Univerity Hopital of Cologne, the Nicolau Copernicu Univerity Torun, the Hopice Caa Sperantei in Braov, King College London and Cicely Saunder Intitute. The coure aim at emerging palliative care leader of all profeional background from acro Europe and teache crucial ubject of palliative care on Mater level. Date of opening of the procedure: January 21 t, 2015 Date of filing the elf-aement report: July 10 th, 2015 Date of on-ite viit: September 29 th, 2015 Type of certification: Certification Mode of tudy: Part time Initial tart of the Programme: September 2013 Start of coure cycle: September Capacity load: 20 Student intake: 20 No. of ECTS point aigned to the Coure: 27 Hour (workload) per Credit point: 25 Intended level according to European Qualification Framework (EQF): 7 Date of the Meeting of FIBAA-Certification Commiion: February 10 th 2016 Reolution: Panel recommendation: The certification of the coure i ubject to no condition and i valid for five year. Duration of Certification: February 10 th 2016 until February 10 th 2021 Aement Report FIBAA Certification Report Page 3

4 Condition: none Project Manager: Dr. Peter Hee Panel Member: Prof. Dr. habil. Dr. h.c. mult. Joachim Hentze Techniche Univerität Braunchweig Profeor für Betriebwirtchaft und Unternehmenführung Prof. Dr. Siegfried Walch Management Center Innbruck Leiter der Studiengänge Nonprofit-, Sozial- und Geundheitmanagement (BA) owie International Health Care Management (MA) Prof. Dr. Jochen Breinlinger-O'Reilly Hochchule für Wirtchaft und Recht Berlin Profeor für Management im Geundheit- und Sozialween Dr. Heike Capari GS Elektromediziniche Geräte GmbH Director Human Reource FIBAA Certification Report Page 4

5 Summary The panel aement take into account the elf-aement and the reult of the on-ite viit a well a the tatement of the European Palliative Care Academy to the aement report dated January 21 t The Leaderhip coure of the European Palliative Care Academy fulfil the FIBAA for certified continuing education coure and can be certified by the Foundation for International Buine Adminitration Accreditation (FIBAA). It meet the demand of level 7 of the European Qualification Framework for lifelong learning (EQF), ha a modular tructure and aigned ECTS point. The panel member identify development potential for the coure regarding the following: The coure objective hould be trengthened with regard to harpen the analytical kill of participant (ee chapter 1.1), The kill of the peron forming the teering committee hould cover the apect of leaderhip, change management and policy (ee chapter 4.1.1). The meaure the HEI eventually take in order to implement the recommendation of the panel member are to be conidered in the context of the re-certification. Furthermore, a et of criteria exit, which exceed the : International orientation of the coure (ee chapter 1.2), practical buine experience of the teaching taff (ee chapter 4.1.5), proce organiation and adminitrative upport for tudent and teaching taff (ee chapter 4.2.2), cooperation with academic intitution or enterprie (ee chapter 4.4). For the overall aement pleae refer to the profile at the end of thi report. Summary FIBAA Certification Report Page 5

6 Detail on the intitution The European Palliative Care Academy (eupca) i an intitution which i run under the aegi of the Robert Boch Stiftung by four academic centre. Thee are: - The Univerity Hopital of Cologne offer medical care in 59 pecialit clinic and clinical intitute. In 1983, the firt unit for palliative care in Germany wa etablihed there, eated in the Mildred-Scheel-Hau. - The Nicolau Copernicu Univerity in Torun i the larget univerity in northern Poland. It i compoed of 20 facultie including three medical facultie. - King College London i a reearch-led univerity baed in London. It ha more than tudent from 150 countrie. The Cicely Saunder Intitute of Palliative Care opened in May 2010 a a reult of a partnerhip between King College London and the charity Cicely Saunder International. - Hopice Caa Spreantei i the larget non-governmental medical charity in Romania. It ha been active in the field of palliative care ince 1992 and wa deignated in 2003 a Centre of Excellence and model for palliative care ervice and education in Central- Eatern Europa and Aia. It provide free-of-charge palliative care ervice to over adult and children. Since 1997 Hopice Caa Sperantei ha been promoting palliative care at national and regional level, by education programme. Over profeional from Romania and 18 countrie in the region have attended education programme in palliative care. Etablihed in 1964, the Robert Boch Stiftung i a German foundation aociated with a private company. It repreent the philanthropic and ocial endeavour of Robert Boch ( ) and fulfill hi legacy in a contemporary manner. The Robert Boch Stiftung work predominantly in the field of international relation, health and education. The funding of the Robert Boch Stiftung make it poible to offer the current Leaderhip Coure at a reduced rate. Furthermore the participant get a tudy grant covering the cot of the rate and of travelling and accommodation. The eupca leaderhip coure aim at emerging palliative care leader of all profeional background from acro Europe. Thu each of the academic centre offer one teaching week, o that participant viit all four intitution over the duration of coure. Further development of the coure, tatitical data and evaluation reult The coure ha taken place once yet. It ran from September 2013 to May There were 51 application for the 20 place of the coure. Applicant came from 24 European countrie, equally ditributed between Eatern and Wetern Europe. Of which were 26 doctor of medicine, 11 nure, 5 health manager, 3 ocial worker, 1 ociologit, 1 health care academic, 1 peech therapit, and other. Among the 51 applicant were 39 women and 12 men. Of the 20 participant of the programme were altogether 7 profeion, a there were phyician, 6 nure, 1 educator, 1 manager, 1 ociologit, 1 ocial worker, 1 health care academic. They came from 14 countrie in Eatern and Wetern Europe. No grade were given for the graduate of the firt coure. However there were aement to pa for completing the coure. 95 percent of the participant completed the coure. Only one tudent failed to ubmit a final aignment. Both an internal and an external evaluation have been carried out. The feedback from participant wa predominantly poitive concerning apect uch a content, tructure and organiation a well a the coordination of the coure. Due to the feedback from the evaluation, the following change have been made to the tructure of the coure: The module Teamwork ha alo been retructured. In the module Peronal Development, the number of taught model ha been reduced and the practical apect increaed. For the module Project Management more Skype conference will be organized between the coure week in order to improve the mentoring of the peronal project. Detail on the intitution FIBAA Certification Report Page 6

7 Rating The development of the coure i to be conidered poitive. For the 20 place there were for both coure over 50 application each. The application are well mixed a they came from 14 European countrie and even profeion which i in line with the general aim of the coure to be a well a place of exchange of opinion. The ucce rate of the firt coure i high, a 95 percent of the participant completed the coure. An unmitakeable learning ucce i therefore given. In view of an external evaluation there i potential for optimiation which ha been carried out in part yet. Detail on the intitution FIBAA Certification Report Page 7

8 Decription and appraial in Detail 1 STRATEGY AND OBJECTIVES 1.1 Logic and tranparency of coure objective (Aterik Criterion) The overall aim of the coure i to upport future leader in the field of palliative care, epecially medical doctor, nure and health manager, in developing the kill, abilitie and expertie to advance palliative care acro Europe and to addre future challenge in the field. A palliative care i a relatively new area in health care, the coure aim to broaden participant horizon with inight into different healthcare ytem and local bet practice, helping them to learn from diverity and imilaritie, and enabling them to acquire comprehenive knowledge of the topic covered. Participant - are enabled to progre organiation and team member in a reponible, reflective and targeted manner to allow them to handle complex ituation, - acquire kill in allocation and reource management epecially to ucceful manage complex ituation, - get knowledge of the national and international context of palliative care, the different ocial and organiational ytem and policie acro different etting and countrie and are helped to advance their peronal development for auming leaderhip. - achieve the pecially required kill in palliative care from renowned academic intitution in thi field in Europe. - are equipped with pecialit and cutting-edge knowledge and kill in project management, teamwork, reearch and advocacy in order to find olution for complex problem within their organiation and/or region, to define manageable, meaureable goal and gain all relevant knowledge to plan a project in accordance with tate-of-theart method. - are authentic leader and have developed elf-awarene concerning their own trength and weaknee. They develop their own leaderhip tyle and know the eential principle of how to further develop productive relationhip with colleague and their organiation. Moreover they enure proper cooperation and team effectivene. - act independently and reponibly a an authentic leader in order to further develop the intitution ervice in a trategic manner and aume reponibility to lead their own team in order to achieve trategic objective of the ervice. - are able to identify, recognie and prioritie clinical iue and problem that warrant palliative care reearch and to identify and apply appropriate reearch method to addre palliative care related iue. Furthermore they are able to deign reearch tudie to addre iue in palliative care. Thu they alo have acquire pecialied kill to critically judge whether concluion drawn from reearch tudie are jutified. The coure i taught by lecturer who operate and teach at level 7 in tudy programme. Content and learning outcome are derived from an exiting Mater programme in Palliative Care, Pychology, Pedagogy or Advocacy, which can be tudied at the univeritie of the partner intitution in Cologne, Torun and London. The coure give a detailed and comprehenive theoretical foundation a well a practical kill concerning the different part of conducting ucceful project in palliative care. Participant have to think independently and to develop olution for their pecial project, which ha to be completed during the coure. The coure aim that participant critically appraie and crutinie different approache and actively involve coure participant during their proce of learning. An evaluation i carried out for each coure week by the participant. An impact aement follow the tudent from the firt cohort and their development over the next few year. Decription and appraial in Detail FIBAA Certification Report Page 8

9 Rating: The objective of the EUPCA coure i conitent in relation to the targeted group of future palliative care leader and to the peronal development in the targeted profeional field. The objective contain academic proficiency and to a high extend the development of the individual participant peronality which i crucial in the field of palliative care. The objective embrace comprehenive employability, a the already employed participant hould further develop their kill on the field of palliative care. The coure objective are baed on learning outcome pecific for the field of palliative care. They are in line with the level of the qualification to be awarded on completion. The intended level of the programme according to the European Qualification Framework (EQF) i 7. That mean that the participant have highly pecialied knowledge, ome of which i at the forefront of knowledge in the field of palliative care, a the bai for original thinking. Graduate have gained problem-olving kill required in innovation in order to develop new knowledge and procedure. They manage and tranform work context that are complex and require new trategic approache. They take reponibility for contributing to profeional practice and for reviewing the trategic performance of team. The objective to work cientifically i formulated. Neverthele the panel recommend to trengthen the objective with regard to harpen the analytical kill of participant. When defining the learning objective, the intitution alo take into account the finding of internal and external evaluation. 1. Strategy and Objective 1.1* Logic and tranparency of coure objective Exceed Meet Doe not meet 1.2 International orientation of the coure The coure aim to develop leader equipped with neceary competencie to advance palliative care acro Europe. Therefore participant are able to: - examine the development and organiation of palliative care and policy acro different etting and countrie. - interact effectively with a range of profeion and agencie internationally. The coure i run by five intitution from four different European countrie and i aimed at palliative care profeional from all countrie in Eatern and Wetern Europe. It i one objective of the coure to promote the exchange of palliative care profeional with the potential to become leader in their communitie in Europe. The mix of nationalitie within the coure allow participant the chance to gain a more international perpective of palliative care on a European level and to gain kill in conducting project, team leading and to broaden the field of palliative care, epecially in le developed countrie through the exchange between Eat and Wet. Furthermore the coure aim to etablih contact with other profeional outide of the home nation of the individual participant and to etablih tep by tep a network. The intercultural experience exchange when viiting the academic intitution but alo between the participant, all erve to further upport the participant employability in their national or international context. Thu the coure enable participant to work at an international level and providing experience and kill to meet counterpart from other countrie, in order to further develop palliative care in Europe. Rating: Decription and appraial in Detail FIBAA Certification Report Page 9

10 The programme objective all have clearly a trong international link. Learning outcome put an emphai on internationality a well a it promote an exchange with regard to palliative care on an international level. An international perpective i the overall bai of the coure. Therefore, participant are definitely enabled to acquire knowledge and develop kill to competently handle international project. The further career of participant i utainably promoted. Exceed 1. Strategy and Objective 1.2 International orientation of the coure Meet Doe not meet 1.3 Poitioning of the coure One aim of the coure i to enhance palliative care in Europe by contributing to cloing the gap in further education. A Palliative Care i a young ubject in the field of medicine there are not many coure offered. In order to poition EUPCA vi-à-vi other leaderhip programme in palliative care, comparable proviion wa reearched with the reult that there i no other imilar programme fulfilling the central criteria - to teach kill to participant who qualify a leader and have at leat three year profeional experience in palliative care, - to go beyond conidering palliative care in medical term but multi-profeional, - to addre expert from whole Europe. Key competence taught in the coure increae the employability of participant a there are theoretical competencie in the module peronal development, project management, reearch, teamwork and advocacy a well a local bet practice. The taught element were elected on the bai of the King College online urvey in which European expert evaluated the educational market gap for the planned topic and offered opinion on the tructure of the coure. A further advantage i that participant can complete the coure parallel to their work. Furthermore, they conduct a project in their intitution. Thu, there i a ynergy effect by both completing the coure and working. With regard to the international job market the four partner intitution are renowned clinical and academic centre for Palliative Care. Furthermore, the coure i conducted with upport of the European Aociation of Palliative Care (EAPC). Moreover, there i an increaing demand for palliative care becaue there ha been an overall ocial development changing the attitude toward illne and dead. Furthermore, European ocietie are ageing and alo increae the trend toward Palliative Care. The coure fit in the different trategie of the intitution by which it i run: One objective of the Robert Boch Stiftung i to contribute to overcoming the challenge in health care ytem, which are a reult of increaingly carce human and financial reource, change in demographic, and the growing number of chronically ill patient. There i a long tradition in the work of the Robert Boch Stiftung to accompany and upport initiative of training and education of health care pecialit and their collaboration with one another. In the field of palliative care the foundation ha been active for over 20 year in Germany and more recently in Eatern Europe. The medical facultie of the Univeritie involved in the coure are committed to education and further training. The cloe connection between medical care, reearch and teaching allow for an optimal experience baed learning environment for all learner group. The univeritie Decription and appraial in Detail FIBAA Certification Report Page 10

11 involved and their variou intitution offer education and training programme for phyician, nure and other occupational regarding potential applicant to the coure. Among thee training programme are alo coure on pecific topic in palliative care, which are the reult of the trategy of the univeritie. They have et the goal of making an active contribution to palliative care, it improvement and a there are not many opportunitie on thi field they aim to fill thi gap for the whole of Europe Rating: The academy ditinguihe the programme on the education market by defining it goal and by outlining it characteritic. The profile and the competence goal are uch that the programme can compete on the education market a well a on the job market. Field of employment are decribed in a plauible manner and correpond to a demand, which i clearly given. The way in which the programme i incorporated into the Robert Boch Stiftung and the partner intitution overall trategy i decribed. It i directly related to other programme on the field of medicine run by the partner intitution. A it i a coure for already employed participant who have profeional experience it i an offer correponding with the concept of Life Long Learning. 1. Strategy and Objective 1.3 Poitioning of the coure Poitioning of the coure in the education and job market, and the profeional field ( Employability ) Poition of coure within the intitution overall trategy Exceed Meet Doe not meet 2 ADMISSION In the tudy regulation of the coure it i laid down in 4 that profeional from Europe who are by training and work experience pecialit in palliative care according to the undertanding in their repective countrie of reidence can apply for thi programme. The profeional background (e.g. education, medicine, nuring, ocial, pirituality, therapy) of the applicant i irrelevant. Applicant hould have at leat three year of full time work experience in palliative care or related ubject. A the coure i addreed to future leader in palliative care, applicant hould prove that they are an active palliative care expert in their country. The coure i on a pot-graduate level. The academic potential can be proved by graduate or equivalent qualification and certificate. Applicant need a good working knowledge of Englih to attend the coure (level B2 Common European Framework of Reference for Language/CEFR tet). Thi ability i aeed by written kill and during a phone interview, tructured by an interview guideline and in accordance with B2-level criteria, conducted by member of the teering committee which include native Englih peaker. The Academy ha defined General Term and Condition for the relationhip between itelf and the participant. They include the obligation of the Academy: the general content of the curriculum, the funding provided by the Robert Boch Stiftung a there i the Scholarhip, the travel and accommodation grant, hotel expene, time and place of the coure week, the tudy grant and it rule of reimburement of travel and accommodation cot. Moreover, they include the obligation of the participant: attendance and coure work, travel via and Decription and appraial in Detail FIBAA Certification Report Page 11

12 inurance, abence, confidentiality and copyright, reimburement of allowance, aement and certificate. The term and condition ha to be igned by the participant. Furthermore, the employer of the applicant have to ign a tatement of intent and tate that they will upport the application of the employee and will releae him from work of being preent at the four coure week. Rating: The target group of the coure i characteried on the bai of previou knowledge, experience, and educational level. The target group of participant ha been choen in accordance with the objective of the coure. The admiion are defined, coherent and tranparent a they are publihed in a legally binding document. They take the pecific characteritic of the heterogeneou target group into account and upport the achievement of the coure objective. General term and condition have to be igned a a contract between the provider and the participant. Furthermore, the approval of the employer i enured. Therefore, right and obligation of both partie are etablihed and are known to both partie and the employer. Thu, tranparency and legal certainty exit. Exceed Meet 2. Admiion 2.1* Focu on the target group 2.2* Admiion condition 2.3* Legal relationhip Doe not meet 3 IMPLEMENTATION 3.1 Structure The coure conit of the module a they are given in the following table: Module Compoition Hour Total Hour ECTS Peronal Development Seion Pre modular 5 Continual work 25 Eay 25 Project Management Seion Skype + preparation 21 Project plan/log book 20 Leading project 180 Project report 45 Obervation Week 40 Obervation Week 30 preparation Obervation Week report 8 Reearch Seion 25 56,5 2 Pre modular 6,5 Aement 25 Teamwork Seion Pre modular 25 Follow up 5 Decription and appraial in Detail FIBAA Certification Report Page 12

13 Aement 20 Advocacy Pre modular Seion 25 Aement 25 Local Bet Practice Seion 16 25,5 1 Eay 9,5 TOTAL They are tudied a the following plan how: Module 1 Peronal Development Module 2 Project Management Week 1 Cologne 4 S 11 S Week 2 London 2 S Week 3 Obervation Week Week 4 Torun 2 S Week 5 Braov 2 S (Between Week 1-4) 4 S 4 S 4 S 20 S Module 3 Reearch 1 S 12 S Module 4 Teamwork 1 S 12 S Module 5 Advocacy 1 S 12 S Module 6 Local Bet Practice 2 S 2 S 2 S 2 S Each week i a time of intene learning a it contain 40 contact hour. Together with continuou aignment and a peronal project the coure comprie of 686 hour and i to be completed within 1.5 year. A one CP i defined to hold 25 hour the coure i credited with 27 CP in total a it i laid down in 5 and 6 of the tudy regulation. A it enable participant to continue their work in their place of employment in palliative care it i a part time coure. The coure i divided up into four week of attendance, one at each of the academic centre. The fifth week i an Obervation Week with local bet practice according to their peronal project which i to be carried out by the participant at an intitution of their choice between the firt and the lat coure week. During the coure week the module are taught, each week with a main focu on a pecial module. The module are: Peronal Development, Project Management and Local Bet Practice. Together with a diploma a certificate upplement i given when the coure i completed. It contain a decription of the coure in Englih and the final grade. The coure begin with an introduction into each of the five upcoming module o that participant gain inight into what they hould expect from the following 1.5 year. Five of the ix module of the coure are taught acro the four week of the coure, wherea each week place emphae. During the firt week the focu i on Project Management to provide the participant with the theory and practical kill neceary to implement a project and to give the peronal project plan a realitic tart. The econd coure week focue on Reearch to Decription and appraial in Detail FIBAA Certification Report Page 13

14 expand the participant kill in cientific working, which are exitential to further develop and evaluate the project idea with gained cientific kill. The third week i the obervation week. It i part of the module Project Management. The fourth week i dedicated to Teamwork, becaue it i the point of time of the project tatu to reflect and improve collaboration. The fourth week i dedicated to Advocacy and to taking reponibility in addreing retrictive policie, regulation and/or practice that hinder palliative care development or delivery by developing advocacy plan of the project. The module Peronal Development and Local Bet Practice pread in a more regular way over the four coure week. Although there i no quantifiable workload evaluation by module, when reviewing the workload after the coure ran for a firt time, the academy took into account tudent feedback and the programme ucce rate and a a reult changed part of the programme (ee chapter Detail on the intitution ). The module decription comprie detailed information about coordinator, faculty, learning outcome, pre-aignment, aement, literature, teaching method, content and timetable. The tudy and examination regulation of the coure are in accordance with the up-to date verion of the tudy and examination regulation of the Univerity of Cologne. They contain regulation about cope, goal of the programme, purpoe of the degree, qualification, admiion to the programme and pecial qualification, duration and tructure of the coure, the module and ECTS, teaching method, the obervation week, coure guidance, examination guidance, recognition of previou academic work according to the Libon Convention, type of examination, rule of examination, compenation for diabilitie, dicloure of examination reult, examination committee, organiation of examination, completion of the programme and certification. Regarding quetion participant can either contact the coordinating office for all general querie concerning coure, organiational and adminitrative matter, or they can contact the individual lecturer directly, if and when they know who can bet anwer their query. They all can be contacted by phone, or peronally. Rating: The tructure of the curriculum i convincing and erve to promote the educational objective and the tudent acquiition of knowledge and competence on the field of palliative care. They are in line with the coure objective. The ECTS element uch a principle of modulariation, credit point and workload pecification have been implemented. It i defined that one CP i baed on 25 hour workload. The coure ha a modular tructure. Credit point are given according to the workload of each module. Furthermore, the mandatory obervation week a a practical component of the coure i credited a it i part of the module Project Management. Within thi module the obervation week workload of 40 hour i properly taken into account. The workload i undertandably deduced a it wa confirmed by lecturer and participant that the time period for the different part of the coure are in line with the tak to be performed. The module decription provide detailed decription of intended learning outcome the information defined in the ECTS Uer Guide. A certificate upplement document the coure and the aociated qualification in a tranparent and coherent manner a it contain a detailed decription of the coure in Englih. There are legally binding tudy regulation that are orientated toward the principle of tudy regulation of the Univerity of Cologne. The coure tructural feature and examination rule have been completely implemented. The five coure week are time of intene working a the workload rie up to 40 hour. The ret of the around 500 hour i to be completed in elf-tudy or elf-working time within one Decription and appraial in Detail FIBAA Certification Report Page 14

15 and a half year. The workload i manageable even if the participant ha got a full-time job. Each module i completed with one written aement. Thu the workload i calculated plauibly curriculum i uitably deigned. Appropriate upport ervice a well a academic and general tudent counelling exit a lecturer and the coordinator are alway at hand. When reviewing the workload after the coure ran for a firt time, the academy took into account tudent feedback and the programme ucce rate and continue doing o. 3. Implementation 3.1 Structure Exceed Meet Structure of the coure 3.1.2* Application of the European Credit Tranfer and Accumulation Sytem (ECTS) and modulariation 3.1.3* Study and examination regulation Doe not meet 3.1.4* Feaibility of tudy workload 3.2 Content The coure conit of ix module, each carrying out a upporting theme of palliative care. The module Project Management cover different theoretical approache to project management and tool which are applied throughout the whole run of the coure. A participant have to work on an accompanying project, the acquired kill are applied in a project plan with the project background and motivation check, mart criteria for goal definition, definition of indicator a there i for example ucce. Furthermore, different reflection method uch a olution focued peer conulting and coaching interview are examined. In order to upport the learning proce, participant apply peer counelling method in two kype eion in between the coure week. They apply an individual counelling method in between coure week in one-to-one, olution focued coaching interview to develop and demontrate critical elf-reflection upon peronal and profeional development kill, uch a the ability to conider alternative in complex ituation, to develop and implement olution for unforeeen circumtance and to reflect on one own kill in leading a project team. Part of the module Project Management i the Obervation Week which aim at providing an inight into local bet practice in hopice, palliative care or other intitution relevant to the peronal project. It enure once more that theoretical tool of project management are undertood and applied. Participant have to write a detailed report about their experience. The Reearch module appraie varying method available for reearch in palliative care and end of life care. The module introduce coure participant to critical quetion focuing on factor, a there are demographic ageing, frailty, different dieae trajectorie, undererved ymptom, going beyond phyical ymptom including well-being and aement of piritual iue, ervice development and configuration. Thu, the development and organiation of palliative care and policy acro different etting and countrie are examined. Participant gain kill to develop reearch quetion acquire quantitative and/or qualitative data, ue epidemiological method, urvey reearch deign, reearch ethic a applied to palliative and end of life care. Furthermore, they critically appraie cientific tudie. Coure participant Decription and appraial in Detail FIBAA Certification Report Page 15

16 apply knowledge and kill they have acquired in teaching eion and import them into group-learning where they are expected to operationalie iue and concept they are now more familiar with. The module teamwork focue at the theorie of teamwork, therefore allowing participant to apply the principle of ervice organiation to the development and delivery of palliative care. Furthermore it contain tage of team building. Team formation tage are dicued, looking at different element and factor affecting the of team functioning. Thee include iue of communication within the team, motivating, preventing burnout and team development. After analying the condition for functioning of the palliative care team, the module concentrate on external challenge in different countrie and the changing realitie with variou cultural, ethical and piritual iue regarding end-of-life care. The lat part of the module concern collaboration with other health care pecialit and the local environment allowing participant to interact with people from other profeion and background. The Advocacy module enable participant to learn how to affect poitive change through the development and implementation of policy. It contain advocacy technique with reference to cae tudie produced by participant a pre-modular aignment. Participant acquire kill about the tage of the advocacy cycle, a there are theoretical concept and practical work on advocacy project Participant will receive and dicu pecialized knowledge on a pecific advocacy tage. Thu, they elect the appropriate modality to build up their advocacy project. The Peronal Development module focue on three main area. 1) The leader a a peron: building awarene on elf, own trength and weaknee and gaining new kill to addre them. 2) The leader in the team: including team role, team building, team dynamic. 3) The leader repreenting the organiation in working alongide other organiation. Practice and theory are ytematically linked in the module Teamwork, a each eion include a theoretical part illutrated with example directly taken from the teamwork practice in palliative care. Therefore, participant prepare a cae tudy on collaborative deciionmaking in their team. Collected cae prompt participant to reflect on the ituation, but alo help to illutrate the theory on thi iue during the eion. Furthermore, in the module Project Management the tudent implement the planned project during the run of the coure. Theoretical kill are directly applied in the project. The module Advocacy a well teache knowledge on advocacy topic on bai of example, of how to put theory into practice, are demontrated and dicued. In the module Reearch Method a erie of eion i incorporated into the coure to introduce participant to theoretical kill, on how palliative care reearch and tudie can be formulated. Thee kill are ued, when critically appraiing a cientific paper or engaging in their own tudie. Regarding internationality four academic intitution in Eat and Wet Europe are reponible for the mix of content. The range of intitution wa choen in order to give a repreentative inight in country pecific work, but alo an overview of European culturally pecific difference. For example the Advocacy module equip participant to critically analye power, legilation and policie in advocating for palliative care in different countrie. Furthermore, the eion on Local Bet Practice allow the variou intitution to how the tudent how palliative care i conducted in their repective countrie. Thee eion have the aim of providing tudent with variou European example of palliative care. A a reult tudent get an international perpective on palliative care. Inight i given in other national health care ytem to learn from them The acquiition of methodological competencie i the key aim of the module Project Management, which teache numerou method of project management a a central tool of palliative care. Method dealt with are agile and claical project management, making ue of different criteria for defining goal and meaurable outcome criteria. Participant can ue different method to etimate neceary reource and know different technique to plan the project chedule. They are able to prepare workflow plan on the bai of the project planning. They are competent regarding rik management trategie and they apply the project planning cycle, the ytemic mapping method and it application in funding. They are able to ue pecialied method to evaluate and to control the project run. Decription and appraial in Detail FIBAA Certification Report Page 16

17 The module Reearch Method teache methodological competence in qualitative and quantitative reearch, a it i laid down in the module decription. After completing the module participant are able to execute palliative care related tudie. That mean, tudent are able to prepare and conduct literature earch, reearch project and to deign and then evaluate intervention. In the module Teamwork, method of team management, negotiation, conflict management and treamline team are taught. The Advocacy module ha one focu on methodological competence in developing advocacy project to addre retrictive policie, regulation and practice that hinder palliative care development or delivery. In 11 of the coure regulation it i laid down that module will normally be completed with a module examination which i orientated toward the learning goal and achievement defined for that module. There are written aement a the completing of a project plan, a paper, a profile, a cientific abtract and a cae tudy, each attuned to content and learning outcome of the module. Rating: The module content are arranged in meaningful unit a being central part of palliative care. They are well-balanced and alway oriented toward the defined detailed learning outcome. Step by tep the lecture of the four coure week cover the content neceary for achieving the qualification objective. Therefore, the curriculum i conceptually coherent. The panel appreciate that theory and practice are clearly linked. Epecially during the mandatory Obervation Week tudent apply theorie and concept by working with real-life cae. A project, which link theory and practice, i part of the coure. Knowledge delivery and practical contribution are repreented and taught in different module and go hand in hand to develop participant competence with regard to palliative care in praxi. According to the outtanding international qualification objective of the coure, international content are clearly part of the coure, a the comparion of palliative care of different European countrie alway play a trong role. Furthermore participant come from all over Europe. All lecture are held in Englih. The practical experience of different way of palliative care epecially in the Obervation Week doe contribute to the tudent capacity to act in different environment of palliative care. The learning objective of the module decription mirror the acquiition of methodological competence on the defined level of the European qualification framework, a problem-olving tool regarding palliative care are taught. By uing thoe tool participant are able to develop new procedure and integrate knowledge from different field, a there i for intance project management, in palliative care. It i et down a a learning objective in the module decription. The ability for academic work i enured through the curriculum for the intended qualification level 7 of the European Qualification Framework. It i et down a a learning objective in the module decription. Epecially the module Reearch Method give adequate proof of cience-baed teaching within the coure. It ha clearly been provided. The exam of the module are uited in format and content to acertain the intended learning outcome. The are in accordance with the deired qualification level. 3. Implementation 3.2 Content Exceed Meet Doe not meet 3.2.1* Logic and conceptual coherence Integration of theory and practice International and intercultural content Decription and appraial in Detail FIBAA Certification Report Page 17

18 Exceed Meet Methodological competence Academic work and cience-baed teaching 3.2.6* Examination Doe not meet 3.3 Multidiciplinary qualification and kill Communication and public-peaking kill are taught in different eion of the module Project Management to enable participant to preent themelve and their project work. Participant are equipped with cooperation and conflict handling kill, with uitable didactical and methodological meaure. They explicitly learn to reflect critically on mechanim of conflict and it ource. Conflict management trategie and the finding of olution with the knowledge about the poitive or negative effect of conflict for the work in team and organiation are part of the module Peronal Development. Furthermore, there are pecial kill building eion concerning communication and public peaking. Participant learn how to plan and conduct a face to face meeting, how to handle an interview and how to develop and record an advocacy meage. Rating: The curriculum a well a the module decription how that the academy equip the tudent of the coure with generic kill uch a communication kill, public peaking kill, a well a team work and conflict handling kill. The lecture are alway upported by mean of uitable didactical and methodological meaure. Exceed Meet 3. Implementation 3.3 Multidiciplinary qualification and kill Doe not meet 3.4 Didactic and Methodology The overall teaching method are mall group work, interactive dicuion but alo formal lecture. In the variou module, teaching method are coordinated to the learning objective of the module and the overall programme objective. To learn, how to aume reponibility and the leaderhip role, numerou teaching method are applied, a there are problem baed learning, collaborative learning, to perceive team thinking, how to contribute with own experience, to learn critical, contextual and analytical thinking. To undertand and to implement reearch, a erie of didactic meaure are taken in addition to practical group baed learning in order to achieve it learning objective. Therefore a didactic eion on reearch propoal development i followed by a group learning exercie, where tudent have to operationalie concept and deign a tudy that i feaible. Similarly, a eion on conceptually undertanding complexity in palliative care i followed by a eion, where tudent mut develop a complex intervention and appraie the variou way of evaluation. In the module Teamwork activating teaching method a dialogue, role play and Decription and appraial in Detail FIBAA Certification Report Page 18

19 individual work are ued. Teaching method operate on different ene and help to undertand the information upplied, remember it, and through participation in clae how the effectivene of the propoed method in practice. In the final module, Advocacy, a wide range of teaching method have been incorporated: braintorming, preentation to bring to the group pecialized knowledge on the topic under dicuion, individual work to operationalie idea, group work to jointly develop advocacy project by electing and filling in pecific tool for each advocacy tage (for example: power map, problem tree analyi) to foter critical thinking, cae tudie and video analyi for reflection, critical thinking, argumentation and preentation of actual practice. During the Peronal Development module the following teaching method are applied: tory analyi, debate, preentation, video preentation, plenary dicuion, braintorming, individual work, feedback, group work, individual reflection on tet reult, work in mall group, experiential learning, elf-reflection, individual exercie. Teaching method are lited and decribed in the curriculum and the tudy regulation: Peer coaching, kype conference, eminar, leaderhip role tet, obervation week, practice exchange and project. Coure material, a there are cript, powerpoint preentation and cientific article, are alway publihed for the tudent. On the internal webite pre-modular aignment are alo publihed with update and further information prior to the coure week. Printed verion of PowerPoint preentation and lecture note are handed out. PowerPoint preentation and lecture note are uploaded in digital form on to webite afterward. Rating: The logic of the teaching methodology, a laid out by the academy, clearly lead tudent to the final qualification. It i decribed in a logical and tranparent manner. A variety of teaching and learning method are part of the concept and applied in coure, a for example dialogue, role play, braintorming, preentation, cae tudie and video analyi. They are alway adjuted to the content and curricular of each module. The panel come to the concluion that the accompanying coure material, a preentation, reader and the literature recommended in the module decription, correpond to the intended learning outcome and to the coure Mater level. Coure material are up to date and are acceible a they can be downloaded by the tudent. 3. Implementation 3.4 Didactic and methodology Exceed Meet 3.4.1* Logic and tranparency of teaching and learning methodology 3.4.2* Coure material Doe not meet 3.5 Skill for employment / Employability (Aterik Criterion) The content of the module focu on the development and evaluation of palliative care in different etting, evidence-baed care and appraial of evidence for ue in practice. Furthermore, the participant are actively working while completing the coure. Participant have to develop the peronal project in coure. Subequently, they are part of the participant work in their intitution. Therefore, they are able to apply the knowledge and kill gained to their working environment. Decription and appraial in Detail FIBAA Certification Report Page 19

20 Moreover, the content of the module Project Management, Teamwork and Advocacy can be directly applied in the praxi of palliative care. To enure the implementation of thoe kill, between the coure week the tudent participate in Skype conference with a lecturer and their peer group. In thee Skype eion the participant receive direct and indirect feedback, on how they can ue the knowledge and kill gained during the coure in their everyday working live, a well a how thi poitively affect their employability. Rating: The coure content are clearly focued on achieving the qualification objective which were developed by analying the need of palliative care. The kill participant acquire in the coure can be applied to palliative care. Thu, employability of the participant i trengthened, adding a benefit for graduate in the repective occupational field. Exceed Meet 3. Implementation 3.5* Skill for employment / Employability Doe not meet 4 RESOURCES AND SERVICES 4.1 Teaching Staff There i a teering committee which i reponible for the contruction of the coure content, evaluation and further development. Furthermore, it i reponible for announcement, election of participant and deciion concerning tudy and examination. The teering committee conit of nine peron. There are repreentative of all partner intitution. They all are expert in palliative care and in teaching on univerity level and hold a Mater a an univerity degree. The coure taff include 29 lecturer. They all are employed at a univerity and have clinical and academic connection to palliative care. Thee intitution are either palliative care teaching intitution or univeritie with a long tanding cooperation with an intitute for palliative care. The only exception are the expert for project management and journalim. The taff a employed by univeritie ha been appointed in accordance with the general recruitment procedure. Thi involve a public job advertiement, a committee of graduate employee in poeion of a doctorate degree and the profeor. The election take place in accordance with criteria concerning academic qualification, reearch interet, work experience in reearch and teaching and oft kill. All lecturer of the coure are experienced in teaching at univerity level. All lecturer have extenive experience in their relative field and in accordance with the module they teach. Mot of them are experienced in the field of palliative care and work in facultie of medicine and univerity hopital of the partner intitution. They are pecialied lecturer and teacher and, a mot of the participant are a well, nure and doctor. The taff internal cooperation i enured in following way: - The coordinating office act a a facilitator in ecuring regular communication with all lecturer on matter of organiation of the teaching week and the development of the curriculum. - Thoe teaching in one module develop their own lecture under the uperviion of the module coordinator. - Monthly telephone conference are conducted in which member of the Steering Committee are preent. Decription and appraial in Detail FIBAA Certification Report Page 20