@article{09216563-0f64-49f3-81a5-db8b99c87cb6, author = {Elżbieta Mirewska, Katarzyna Szczerbińska, Violetta Kijowska}, title = {In job education of professionals providing care for older persons in the social care institutions (ComPro project)}, journal = {Public Health and Governance}, volume = {2009}, number = {Volume 7, Issue 1}, year = {2009}, issn = {1731-7398}, pages = {95-101},keywords = {educator; continuous professional training; in-job learning; social care; caregiver; elderly people}, abstract = {Continuous in-job education plays a meaningful role in the update of professional knowledge and skills needed to provide high quality  services. The positive attitude to constant education is currently perceived as a crucial characteristic of a worker which allows for development of professional career. Moreover, the educational policy builds strength of an institution at the labor market. The following paper presents the concept of continuous in-job education of professionals providing care for elderly people in social care institutions in Poland. It promotes the idea of a new profession of coordinator of in-job education – a person responsible for educational needs assessment and training plan development in Polish social care facilities. On top of this, the article provides the outline of a systematic approach to strategy of professionals’ in-job education including: educational needs diagnosis, structured training plan, training implementation and outcomes evaluation. The paper was written in the frames of the ComPro project.}, doi = {}, url = {https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/zdrowie-publiczne-i-zarzadzanie/article/ksztalcenie-ustawiczne-osob-zajmujacych-sie-opieka-nad-ludzmi-starszymi-w-instytucjach-pomocy-spolecznej-projekt-compro} }