All health systems across the WHO European Region should prepare to respond to the age-related increase in deaths from chronic diseases, by focusing on integration and boosting of palliative care education. CODE-YAA@PC-EDU aims to measure, explore, and promote access to palliative care education and training in the WHO Euro-region, focusing mainly on primary health care, which is considered the most sustainable and cost-effective model for palliative care delivery.
CA22127 - COllaboratively DEveloped culturallY Appropriate and inclusive Assessment tool for Palliative Care EDUcation (CODE-YAA@PC-EDU)
The CODE-YAA@PC-EDU COST Action will set quality indicators to establish a gold standard for high-quality education and training in palliative care.
CODE-YAA@PC-EDU will develop and provide a new culturally and ethically appropriate inclusive evidence-based self-assessment tool, CODE-YAA, to inform leadership priorities and evidence-based decision-making related to palliative care education and training. CODE-YAA@PC-EDU is composed of three Pan-European; interdisciplinary; geographical, age and gender balanced; open and inclusive; and excellence-driven working groups: FIRE, TORCH, and THUNDER. CODE-YAA@PC-EDU will provide networking opportunities and activities for researchers and innovators to strengthen Europe’s capacity to the scientific, technological, and societal challenge of ensuring access to palliative care education and training. CODE-YAA@PC-EDU will capitalise on other EU-funded projects on ethics, research ethics, and palliative care. The CODE-YAA indicators will have a long-lasting impact in Europe and beyond. CODE-YAA@PC-EDU will coordinate joint efforts to seek ways to improve palliative care education and accelerate knowledge transfer into ethically sound practices that can be shared across Europe to reduce the societal and economic burden and harmful experiences caused by people experiencing unnecessary health-related suffering.
CODE-YAA@PC-EDU – CORE GROUP
Action Chair
Piret Paal
Action Vice-Chair
Grant Holder Scientific Representative
Minna Hökkä
Science Communication Coordinator
Cornelia Brandstötter-Gugg
Grant Awarding Coordinator
Leszek Pawlowski
Working Group 1
Gold Standard
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Stephen Mason
University of Liverpool
Working Group 2
Culture, Language & Diversity
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Philip Larkin
University of Lausanne
Working Group 3
Research Coordination, Methods
& Impact Analysis
Gil Goldzweig
Academic College Tel Aviv-Yaffo
Working Group 4
Capacity Building, Leadership
& Ethics
Vilma Tripodoro
University of Navarra
Working Group 5
Global Policy & Advocacy
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Tania Pastrana
University Hospital RWTH Aachen
Working Group 6
Communication & Dissemination
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Katarina Vojvodic
Institute of Public Health of Belgrade
WORKING GROUP TASKS
WG 1: Gold Standard
Defining quality indicators for Palliative Care Education – Testing the CODE-YAA tool
WG 2: Culture, Language & Diversity
Translation of the CODE-YAA tool – Preparing glossary for translation – Missions to showcase innovative teaching methods
WG 3: Research Coordination, Methods & Impact Analysis
Data analysis for scientific & public dissemination – Promote uptake of CODE-YAA results to relevant policy-makers and member states
WG 4: Capacity Building, Leadership & Ethics
Leadership Education Programme – Ethics Programme in Palliative Care – Mentorship Programme
WG 5: Global Policy & Advocacy
Advocacy & Policy Training – Scientific & public dissemination for advocacy and best practice
WG 6: Communication & Dissemination
Calls & Actions – Stakeholder communication – Dissemination congresses
Objectives: Research Coordination
Our comprehensive approach to coordinating palliative care education across Europe, fostering collaboration and innovation.
1-Defining the Quality Indicators
for Palliative Care education for the CODE-YAA
To identify and agree on a set of quality indicators for palliative care education and training.
2-Translation of CODE-YAA
tool and language diversity.
The emphasis is on a high-quality and culturally adapted translation that reflects the meaning of the original text and is appropriately worded, error-free, and coherent.
3-Testing the CODE-YAA Tool
For field testing, all participants will organise a half-day virtual country wide workshop to investigate.
4-Analysing the Data
for scientific and public dissemination
This objective will select the predictors of benchmarking for developing palliative care education and training, which will be presented for implementation across the European region.
1-Enhance Advocacy and Policy Skills
of young researchers, palliative care practitioners and allied professionals, to integrate quality palliative care into primary health care.
2-Showcase Innovative Teaching Methods
to COST ITC members through CODE-YAA missions. These short-term scientific missions are specifically aimed at the capacity-building of COST inclusiveness target countries (ITC).
3-Foster Partnerships
between mentors from the FIRE and THUNDER Group and mentees from the TORCH Group, to support each other by forming bilateral partnerships.
4-Develop, Transform, and Empower Leaders
from the WHO European Region to advance palliative care education, training, and practice internationally and to address present and future challenges in the field.
5-Foster Clinical and Research Ethics
competencies and practices among all members of the network.
6-Encourage the Scientific and Public Dissemination
competencies and practices among all members of the network.
7-Promote the Uptake of the Results
of the CODE-YAA to relevant policy-makers and member states. The final capacity building objective is to develop a summary research protocol to study pages maximum the CODE-YAA impact and the wider effects of this Cost Action.
Objectives: Capacity Building
Building expertise and fostering the next generation of palliative care educators researchers through training and collaboration.
