Defining generic skills to better support the development of future health professionals: results from a scoping review

Developing generic skills for future health professionals: Student and faculty perceptions of a Recovery College curriculum and courses

“…While the development of disciplinary skills is necessary for best professional practice, the acquisition of generic skills, whether adaptative, collaborative, communicative, or ethical, is essential for professional insertion, adaptability, ongoing self-development, and the quality of one's professional practice (Dolev et al, 2021;van der Aa et al, 2020). Our research team conducted a scoping review to investigate how generic competencies are de ned, categorized, and assessed in the context of health studies (Zouaoui et al, 2023). The results indicated that generic skills are largely oriented towards the labour market and skills related to new technologies, such as knowledge, communication, and planning over adaptative, citizenship, collaborative and ethical skills that are essential for future healthcare professionals (Andersson et al, 2022).…”

“…The results indicated that generic skills are largely oriented towards the labour market and skills related to new technologies, such as knowledge, communication, and planning over adaptative, citizenship, collaborative and ethical skills that are essential for future healthcare professionals (Andersson et al, 2022). The gaps observed in the traditional university curricula, particularly in supporting the development of epistemic, citizenship, relational, ethical, and adaptive skills (see table 1), underline the pressing need for innovative approaches in the education of current and future health professionals (Zouaoui et al, 2023). It is here that the Recovery College (RC) model, with its pioneering approach focused on transformative learning, presents a promising solution for developing these critical generic skills.…”

“…In our scoping review, we compiled a conceptual framework based on the skills identi ed in the literature (Zouaoui et al, 2023). The framework was structured from the individual level to the relationship with ideas and objects, and then to the relationship with the social environment, culminating with the relationship to society.…”

“…Our study underscores the need to innovate learning models within the educational curricula of future health professionals. Traditional methodologies may fall short in fully developing generic skills, a critical component for addressing society's rapidly evolving healthcare needs (Zouaoui et al, 2023). According to Thomas et al (2020), the pedagogical approach should evolve to ensure a continuum of learning, integrating basic science, clinical reasoning, and humanistic elements for epistemic justice and a wellrounded education.…”