Navigating Challenges and Unlocking Benefits: Patient Care Micro-Credentials in Rural Healthcare
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In an era of evolving healthcare demands, micro-credentials offer a promising avenue for enhancing the skills of primary care providers, particularly those serving rural communities. This panel discussion will delve into the challenges and benefits associated with developing patient care micro-credentials, with a specific focus on addressing the needs of patients with disabilities and limited English proficiency. Rural providers encounter diverse patient populations with varying backgrounds, languages, and abilities. Micro-credentials must be designed to address this diversity effectively. Additionally, ensuring the credibility and recognition of these credentials poses a challenge, especially in resource-constrained rural settings. Micro-credentials allow providers to tailor their competence by specializing in relevant areas such as disability care and language proficiency. This patient-centered approach improves patient outcomes and satisfaction. Moreover, micro-credentials contribute to professional growth, enhancing providers’ confidence and adaptability. Collaboration among healthcare institutions, accrediting bodies, and community organizations is crucial for successful implementation. Leveraging technology, such as e-learning platforms, can facilitate credential delivery and assessment. Cultural competence should also be a key consideration in designing micro-credentials. Patient care micro-credentials hold significant promise for rural providers. Panel members will offer perspectives from a pediatric, internal medicine, the humanities, and behavioral medicine lens. Panelists will describe initial challenges they faced when considering what micro-credentials should be offered, when they should be offered, and how they should be offered. The panel will also describe the journey taken to develop credentials pertinent to primary care and a busy clinic schedule. Particular skills-based competencies will be emphasized for the two patient populations.
Keywords: Disability, LatinoAuthors and Affliiates
Co-Author: Isabela Negrin, MD, West Virginia University, School of Medicine Department of PediatricsCo-Author: Norman Ferrari, MD, West Virginia University School of Medicine, Department of Medical Education
Co-Author: Scott Cottrell, EdD, West Virginia University, School of Medicine, Department of Medical Education
Co-Author: Manuel Vallejo, MD, West Virginia University School of Medicine Department of Medical Education
Co-Author: Alejandra Mendez, MD, West Virginia University School of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine
Co-Author: Anna Schuster, BS, West Virginia University School of Medicine
Co-Author: Meghann Boone, BS, West Virginia University, School of Medicine
Co-Author: Lisa DiBartolomeo, PhD, West Virginia University Eberly Arts & Sciences, Department of World Languages
Co-Author: Renee Nicholson, PhD, West Virginia University Eberly of Arts & Sciences Center for Humanities
Navigating Challenges and Unlocking Benefits: Patient Care Micro-Credentials in Rural Healthcare
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