UNIVERSITAT DE VALENCIA, Polibienestar Research Institute

Polibienestar Research Institute (www.polibienestar.org) is a Public Research Institute belonging to the University of Valencia (Spain), leaded by Jordi Garcés, Prince of Asturias distinguished visiting professor at Georgetown University. It is specialized in research, innovation and social technology, technical advice and training in the field of public policies. Its final mission is the improvement of the Welfare and Quality of Life of society.

The Institute is composed by an interdisciplinary team with 24 senior and 18 junior researchers with national and European experience from the departments of Preventive Medicine and Public Health; Didactics and School Organisation; Educational Sciences; Personality, Assessment and Psychological Treatment; Applied Economics; Marketing; Labour and Social Security Law; Commercial Law; Social Work and Social Services; Sociology and Social Anthropology, from five Universities: Valencia, Castilla-León, Murcia, Castellón and Extremadura.

Polibienestar develops interdisciplinary research applied in social sciences. This interdisciplinary perspective is necessary to respond to the complexity of welfare systems and allows Polibienestar to develop, from innovative and classic research, effective analysis and solutions for new social challenges. In this line, Polibienestar advises the Administration and private entities in the design, planning and implementation of social welfare policies and services.

Activities

Leading the Output 6: Learning tools for healthcare leaders in culturally competent and compassionate care

Activities

• Contribution to the creation of the intellectual outputs:

  • O1 - Conducting the integrative reviews of the literature regarding culturally competent compassion

  • O2 - Tool for self assessment of culturally competent compassion

  • O3 - Needs assessment of nurses’ and other health professionals’ leaders

  • O4 - A European model for the development of role models to promote and support culturally competent and compassionate care

  • O5 - A work based training curriculum for healthcare leaders in culturally competent and compassionate care

  • O6 - Learning tools for healthcare leaders in culturally competent and compassionate care

  • O7 - Culturally competent compassion knowledge sharing network

• Piloting and testing the Tool for self assessment of culturally competent compassion and the European Model for the development of role models to promote and support culturally competent and compassionate care, training curriculum and learning tools created with nurses’ and other health professionals’ leaders.

• Organizing the National Seminar in Spain

• Participating in the European Conference in UK

• Monitoring, evaluation, assessment and dissemination of project on the national level.

Project team

• George Garcés Ferrer, Full Professor at the University of Valencia and Prince of Asturias Distinguished Visiting Professor at Georgetwon University (Washington, DC, USA), Director of Polibienestar

• Francisco Ródenas Rigla , researcher in Polibienestar

• Estrella Durá Ferrandis, Professor at the University of Valencia