Barbara Head, PhD, CHPN, ACSW, FPCN Bonika Peters, MPH

Transcription

1 Barbara Head, PhD, CHPN, ACSW, FPCN Bonika Peters, MPH

2 Fnded by a grant from: Gordon and Betty Moore established the fondation to create positive otcomes for ftre generations. In prsit of that vision, the Fondation fosters path-breaking scientific discovery, environmental conservation, patient care improvements and preservation of the special character of the Bay Area. Visit Moore.org and

3 SWHPN S Role Credentialing Committee formed after Annal Meeting in 2016 Committee explored fnding opportnities and developed proposal Committee oversees project activities inclding selection of the Advisory and Exam Development Committees SWHPN Board offers expertise and leadership to the developing program Separate organization will be charged with the administration of the certification program SWHPN will develop related training materials

4 Or Partner psi Private corporation providing fll range of program management, test development and test delivery services to over 100 clients and testing over 200,000 candidates annally Staff dedicated to test development, informational technology, test administration, candidate services and marketing Will ensre certification program meets the highest standards for a psychometrically sond and legally defensible testing program Already certify hospice and palliative nrses and hospice medical directors

5 Why do we need an evidence-based specialty certification program? SWs are essential to the practice of hospice and palliative care. We bring specialized skills and knowledge to that practice and shold be recognized as advanced practitioners. Certification reqires verification of knowledge and competency based on passing of an evidence-based exam specifically and scientifically constrcted to reflect the essential knowledge and skills reqired for specialty practice. Or colleages in nrsing and medicine have had specialty certification programs for over 20 years.

6 Difference from the NASW Credential APHSW-C is evidence-based, reqires entry exam based on the known skills and tasks for the job APHSW-C meets the standards for certification organizations No relationship between the two one doesn t honor the other ACHP-SW is based on a portfolio; spervisor and three colleages evalate candidate on competencies Reqirements for each differ Renewal for APHSW-C is every for years; for ACHP-SW it s every two years

7 Benefits of an Evidence-Based Certification Program A defined body of knowledge and related edcation/training opportnities Recognition by employers and colleages Preferred employability Meets standards of accreditation bodies sch as JCAHO Improved patient/family care Assres pblic that a practitioner has the knowledge and skills to provide safe, high-qality care

8 Part One/Year One: Job Analysis, Role Delineation Bilds on work already done by the Consenss Project in determining competencies for generalist practice Established Advisory Committee to oversee process Developed task statements based pon established crriclms, literatre, job descriptions Developed job analysis qestionnaire based on task statements Developed sampling design Distribted web-based qestionnaire to sample of practitioners (p to 5,000) Review by Advisory Committee and development of job-related test content otline Repeat in five years

9 The Advisory Committee Name Location Crrent Position Charles Antoni Florida (Orlando) Palliative Care Coordinator Dept of VA Medical Ctr Myra Glajchen Ssan Hedlnd Magdalena Ritchy Reid Jacobs Jordane Jolley Nicole Parente Margaret Ptnam-Pite Ryan Weller New York (New York) Oregon (Portland) Arizona (Phoenix) Colorado (Denver) New York (New York) Ohio (Colmbs) California (Santa Crz) Oregon (Portland) Director of Medical Edc MJHS Inst Innov in Palliative Care Mgr of Patient & Family Spport Svcs Knight Cancer Institte Patient Care Coordinator Hospice of the West Lead Instrctor CSU: Inst for Palliative Care Mgr of Comm Initiatives Center to Adv Palliative Care Ped Palliative Care SW Nationwide Children's Hosp Adv Cancer SW El Camino Hosp Cancer Ctr Ntl Dir of VA Interprofessional Fellowship Palliative Care Prog Mgr, VA Northwest Network Barbara Head Kentcky (Loisville) PI, Palliative and Hospice SW Certification

10 Advisory Committee

11 Reslts of Job Analysis Participants 623 responded 482 provided sable responses Those exclded failed the srvey check item (n=50), failed to provide ratings for fewer than 25% of the tasks (n=83) or stated the definition didn t match his/her practice (13) Average nmber of years of post-degree work experience was years Average nmber of years experience in hospice or PC was 9.05

12 Frther Description 89.7% had Master s degree 15% had ACHP-SW and 1.7% had CHP-SW; 2.9 had OSWc 47.5% identified as hospice social workers; 27.7% as PC social workers and 14.4% as hospice and PC social workers 39.2% practiced in rban settings; 36.8% in sbrban; 23.9% in rral 85.6% were licensed in social work 93.8% female, 71% white 58.9% felt the srvey covered the job tasks completely; 40.3% adeqately

13 Process AC reviewed all ratings of job tasks Used rles to exclde items based on performance of the task and the mean importance rating Considered job tasks sggested by respondents Developed exam specifications

14 Reslts = Exam Specifications % of exam Nmber of Items Assessment and Reevalation Planning and Intervention Death, Grief and Bereavement Professionalism Total

15 Test Specifications or Otline Available at Provides detailed otline of test content List of resorces for stdy is also available

16 Cognitive Complexity levels Recall Reqires the identification, recall or recognition of isolated information Application Reqires comprehension, interpretation or maniplation of limited concepts or data; response not overly complex Analysis Reqires integration or synthesis of a variety of concepts or elements to solve a specific problem sitation; complex problems with many sitational variables

17 Frther Exam Specifications Content Category Nmber of Items Distribtion (Recall-Application-Analysis) Assessment and Reevalation Planning and Intervention Death, Grief and Bereavement Professionalism Total Scored Items

18 Part Two/Year Two: Develop Exam Item writers recrited to write 20 items each Item Writing Workshop March 10, 2018 PSI test development staff edit items for format, style, grammar and se of langage Items vetted by sbgrop of item writers via series of conference calls Items imported into compterized item banking system and compared to test content otline to ensre adeqate content coverage Board reviews and approves items; two forms of the exam with 150 items each developed Appropriate passing point (ct score) determined by Board

19 Item Writing Items developed by grop of content experts after training session Items are vetted by a series of reviews by Exam Development Committee Items re-evalated based on actal performance New items always needed to keep test p-to-date

20 Parts of an Item Stem Distractors Key or correct answer

21 What makes a good item? Preferred item type 4 option mltiple choice qestions Positively worded stem A reference Two formats for stems: - direct qestions Who was the fonder of the modern hospice movement? - incomplete statement The fonder of the modern hospice movement was.

22 The Board Name Location Position Gary Gardia, MEd, MSW, LCSW Myra Glajchen, DSW, ACSW New Mexico New York Speaker/Consltant & Private Practice Director of Medical Edcation MJHS Institte for Innovation in PC Barbara Head, PhD, ACSW Kentcky Associate Professor Univ of Loisville School of Medicine Reid Jacobs, MSW, LSW Colorado Lead Instrctor CSU: Institte for PC Nicole Parente, MSW, LSW Ohio PC Social Worker Nationwide Children s Hospital Bridget Smser, LMSW California Clinical SW UCSF Adlt PC Service Kathy Spiano, PhD, LCSW Utah Associate Professor Univ of Utah, School of Nrsing Ryan Weller, LCSW Oregon Ntl Dir of VA Interprofessional Fellowship in Palliative Care

23 Exam Eligibility Edcation Master s Degree in SW or Bachelor s Degree in SW with the eqivalent of 3 years spervised hospice and palliative experience in past 5 years Experience 2 years of post-degree experience in hospice and palliative social work over the past five years for MSWs; three years of spervised experience in the past five years for BSWs Ethics self-report that applicant practices in accordance with the NASW Code of Ethics Licensre if state reqires licensre to practice based p on the person s edcational level and type of practice, licensre in good standing is reqired

24 Cost $$$$$$$$ 2019 SWHPN Members = $275 Non-members = $450 SWHPN Membership = $ SWHPN Members = $325 (or more depending on bdget) Non-members = $500

25 Next steps Candidate Handbook Developed early October, available via website Candidate landing page developed on psi website Marketing activities Candidates recrited

26 Testing Dates Testing Cycle Applications Received Testing Window Cycle 1 Nov. 1 Dec. 15, 2018 Jan. 15 Feb. 16, 2019 Cycle 2 May 1 Jne 15, 2019 Jly 16 Agst 20

27 What if I fail? Yo can reapply Mst pay fee Mst wait ntil next test cycle Can take test twice yearly

28 Recertification 60 Contining Edcation Credits CECS inclde live and self-stdy corses and contining edcation offerings Academic, professional edcation and development activities inclding academic corses, formal professional presentations, development of patient teaching materials, pblications, spervision of stdents/interns/new employees, volnteer assignments The content of eligible CECs mst correspond to at least one of the exam content domains Cost to be determined

29 Areas of Concern/Opportnity Test preparation Test anxiety/poor test takers Cltral and langage barriers Cost Employer spport Financial viability

30 Ways Yo Can Help Tell others abot the program inclding yor employer Plan to apply for certification

31 Preparing for the Exam SWHPN is offering 7 fondational live webinars throghot the fall, each of which cover a main topic area of the exam Recorded versions will be available to prchase one week after the live version Each webinar will offer one (1) CEU, pending approval from NASW SWHPN is a provider of CEUs in New York PDFs of presentation slides are inclded with webinar registration Test specifications are available on or website

32 Fondations of Hospice with John Cagle, MSW, PhD September 12, 2018 // 11:30am-12:30pm EST Advance Care Planning with Shirley Otis-Green, MSW, MA, ACSW, OSW-C September 24, 2018 // 1:00-2:00pm EST Caregiving with Karla Washington, PhD October 15, 2018 // 12:00-1:00pm EST Bereavement with Deborah Waldrop, MSW, PhD November 1, 2018 // 12:00-1:00pm EST Commnication with Terry Altilio, LCSW, and Dana Ribeiro Miller, M.DIV., LMSW, ACHP-SW November 7, 2018 // 12:00-1:00pm EST Professionalism with Karen Bllock, PhD and Ellen Csikai, PhD November 12, 2018 // 12:00-1:00pm EST Assessment & Interventions with Anne Kelemen, MSW, LICSW, ACHP-SW November 19, 2018 // 9:00-10:00am EST

33 Go to swhpn.org/webinars to register.

34 Qestions

35