EQAVET Sectoral Seminar – Quality Assurance in the Healthcare sector in Europe May 2011 Stavanger, Norway Kim Faurschou

Agenda Introduction The Healthcare sector Healthcare and quality assurance Four key themes for this seminar Aims and objectives A new approach The table discussions After the seminar

Kim Faurschou, FACO Roles Critical friend Process consultant Expert Work for The European Commission (Belgium) The EQAVET Secretariat, Ireland CEDEFOP (Thessaloniki, Greece) European Training Foundation (Torino, Italy) Nordisk Ministerråd A number of ministries and organizations in Denmark, Sweden, Austria, Lithuania, Slovakia, England, Scotland, Wales, …… On-going/recent activities The new quality assessment system. (Utdanningsdirektoratet, Norway) Mapping and analysis of ISCED level 4 and 5B post-secondary vocational education and training in Europe (Myndigheten för yrkeshögskolan, Sweden) Implementation strategy for ECVET in England, Wales and Scotland (The Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework Partnership, Scotland) Study on quality assurance of apprenticeship (ENQA-VET, Ireland)

The Healthcare sector A wide range of types of education and training: human health activities (hospital, medical and dental practice), residential care (residential nursing, residential care for mental retardation, health and substance abuse for elderly and disabled) and social work activities.

Healthcare sector in Europe - 1 Many are facing skills shortages Employ about 10 % of the total workforce Rising health spending against more than 10 % of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) Change in the ways healthcare is delivered Dynamic markets: demographic change, economic conditions, reforms, funding, earnings and worktime

Healthcare sector in Europe - 2 Changes in responsibilities and powers Merging of smaller hospitals to larger ones Growing number of private healtcare providers Political demand for accountability and control Out-patient care Difficult to recruit and retain people

Healthcare sector and quality assurance – a balance between Quantity and Quality Theory and Practice Medical staff and Non-medical staff Work-based training and School-based education Qualifications supply and Competence demand Domestic workforce and Migration Recruitment and Replacement demand Hospital-based care and Community-based care

Healthcare sector and quality assurance Key themes for this seminar 1.Models for the training and for quality assurance and development in the enterprises, institutions, local and regional authorities 2.The trainers in the enterprises/institutions 3.Documentation of the quality 4.Managing labour market needs and skills supply

Aims and Objectives To improve and develop quality assurance systems Support to the National Reference Points in the implementation of the EQAVET Recommendation Build on your experiences in the Healthcare sector

Aims and Objectives 2 Reflect on how quality assurance of VET is addressed and managed within the Healthcare sector. Generalise the outcomes of our discussions Generate guidelines that are accessible, transferable, suitable and relevant Extract messages in relation to the use and implementation of the Reference Framework

A New Approach Many new participants, faces and organisations Focus on continuing VET A lot of room for discussion and for feed-back from the participants Not heavy focus on papers EU arrangement in Norway

The Table discussions Give room for your discussions, experiences To inspire To be inspired A number of questions is presented

After the seminar A policy paper with – Overview of the challenges and conditions to succeed in the Healthcare sector – Overview of how quality assurance is addressed and managed in the Healthcare sector – Guidelines and principles for supporting quality assurance in education in the Healthcare sector – Guidelines and principles for the National Reference Points in implementing the EQAVET Recommendation involving the sectors