BACKGROUND
Competency frameworks ultimately serve as a mechanism through which the workforce can be aligned with population needs. One of the key points at which this alignment occurs is education and training, where the specific knowledge, skills, attitudes and behaviours of a workforce are shaped. Competency-based education (CBE) is an approach to education that orientates curriculum around learning outcomes so that learners leave an educational programme equipped with competencies relevant to the health and demographic profile of the population and to the environments in which they will work. Developing a rehabilitation education programme, and its curriculum to support the delivery of CBE requires a systematic approach grounded in robust and multisectoral planning. While involved, the process is fundamental, as it enables the rehabilitation needs and environmental challenges particular to the country to be factored into the learning objectives of the curriculum.
In CBE, learning objectives typically draw on a competency framework that defines the expectations of the workforce. The Rehabilitation Competency Framework (RCF) provides a reference framework from which context-specific competency frameworks can be developed from which learning objectives can be shaped. Building on Training session 1, which focused on adapting the RCF to a specific context, this training session will examine how to use a contextualised rehabilitation competency framework to develop a rehabilitation education programme and curriculum that supports the implementation of CBE. It will draw on the content of the practical guide1, published alongside the RCF, concerned with this topic as well the experience of several experts from across the world. In addition to a series of presentations, participants will have the opportunity to raise questions that will stimulate discussion.
This training is open to anybody who is interested in gaining a more in-depth understanding of CBE in the context of rehabilitation and who is interested in using a contextualized competency framework in the development of a rehabilitation programme or course, and/or curriculum. No prior experience with competency frameworks or CBE is required.
LEARNING OUTCOMES
By the end of the training session, participants will:
- understand the features of competency-based education, and what they mean for curriculum development;
- recognize the value of planning and preparation in rehabilitation programme and curriculum development and identify how it can be undertaken; and
- feel confident in undertaking the process of rehabilitation programme and curriculum development.