J Korean Acad Community Health Nurs.  2022 Jun;33(2):153-163. 10.12799/jkachn.2022.33.2.153.

A Preliminary Study for the Curriculum Development of Community Care Coordinators: Educational Needs Analysis

• Park HN
• Yoon JY
• Jang SN
• Nam HJ

• KMID: 2531106
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.12799/jkachn.2022.33.2.153

Abstract

Purpose
A care coordinator is an emerging nursing professional role in South Korea. The purpose of this study was to identify educational needs and priorities for care coordinators among nurses.
Methods
An online survey was conducted on 661 current or retired nurses from January 30 to February 28, 2021. A total of 17 essential competencies for care coordinators, recognized based on literature review, were used to analyze the educational needs. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, a paired t-test, and one-way analysis of variance with SPSS 25.0. The educational needs analysis was conducted by using a paired t-test, the Borich Needs Assessment Model, and the Locus for Focus Model.
Results
Five contents were identified as the first priorities for educational needs: ‘Health program planning and evaluation’, ‘Care planning’, ‘Coordinating community-based services’, ‘Case management’, and ‘Transitional care’. The second priorities for educational needs included 'Population health management' and'Welfare resource linkages via communicating with social workers’.
Conclusion
The priority items derived from this study offer underpinning insights for the development of care coordination training program.

Keyword

Care coordinator; Education; Needs assessment; Nurses; Public health