RGU Appointed to Complete Academic Literature Review
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We are delighted to announce that FRRHH Organisational Member Robert Gordon University (RGU) has been appointed to carry out an academic literature review covering remote, rural and humanitarian healthcare in order to support the development of the FRRHH Capabilities Framework.
The Capabilities Framework will underpin a number of the faculty’s key activities by working to define, review and set standards of competence for organisations as well as medical and non-medical personnel delivering healthcare in remote, rural and humanitarian healthcare. Considerable focus has been placed on the need for the Framework to define the clinical and non-clinical capabilities of unregulated roles that appear within the field. We are thrilled to be working with RGU who share the same values and desire to improve remote, rural and humanitarian healthcare as FRRHH do.
FRRHH Executive Committee Member, Dr Angus Watson spoke on behalf of the faculty commenting
'I am delighted that the College is once again working with RGU. The university are completing some very important research on which will underpin the creation of the FRRHH capability framework. The systematic review is the foundation piece of this work'. Consultant General and Colorectal surgeon and is Director of Research and Development at NHS Highland
This next step in the faculty’s development phase has been informed by previous engagement activities to seek out the views and expertise of a wide range of global experts. The 2019 September Business Breakfast and November Workshop were pivotal events that informed and guided the faculty’s approach to creating a capabilities framework. These events were attended by key global experts from public, private and third sector healthcare organisations with representatives from the World Bank, the United Nations, BT, NHS, the University of Highlands and Islands, Shell, BP, Chevron and Heineken to name a few. It was crucial that such high calibre representatives were engaged from the outset in order to ensure that our plans are informed by those who will benefit from the finished product. The appointment of RGU continues with our commitment to enlist world class experts in the creation of this framework. We will continue to seek the views and input of global experts through the different stages of the frameworks creation.
This exciting activity is overseen by our faculty executive committee led by members Josette Morrison, Sandra MacRury and Angus Watson who will all work closely with the RGU team.
The objective of RGUs role is to produce a comprehensive scoping literature review of both historical and current remote, rural and humanitarian healthcare standards, capabilities and competencies, including grey literature. This work will explore the wide range of healthcare roles working within remote, rural and humanitarian contexts and will focus on regulated and unregulated roles. This will cover multiple geographic locations, professions and career grades working within a remote, rural and humanitarian healthcare context. The literature review will be crucial in forming the foundation of the FRRHH Capabilities Framework due for publication in late 2021.
The RGU team is led by Dr Sheelagh Martindale, Head of Academic Commercialisation and Internationalisation. Dr Martindale brings a wealth of experience to this project from previous collaborations with industry professionals working on upskilling remote healthcare practitioners and delivering short courses on mental health, wellbeing and occupational health. RGU as an academic institution has a strong track record in supporting remote, rural and humanitarian healthcare contributing to the development of competence in this area of healthcare through a range of educational activity for private, public and third sector healthcare.
This educational delivery includes skills development in minor injuries and illness through to complex advanced clinical examination and, prescribing skills for GPs and Advanced Practitioners in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland delivered in a range of methods that suit the workforce. Working together with other industry partners, RGU also delivers courses to support remote medic roles, ensuring that skills and competencies of practitioners working in remote environments are at an appropriate standard. RGUs lead role on a three - year project training Community Midwife Assistants in North, Central and South Malawi involved developing an 18-month course and delivering a train the trainer programme to midwifery/nursing educators in Malawi higher education colleges and universities offering further learnings taken forward.
The final literature review will be published in an academic peer reviewed journal later this year.
If you would like to contribute to this literature review or to find out more information on how to get involved in the development of the capabilities framework, please contact Gillian Mitchell g.mitchell@rcsed.ac.uk
