Dignity in care: enhancing ethical practice and critical reflection by the sTimul experience in a care-ethics lab

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The 'Dignity in Care' project aims to improve the quality of healthcare as well as the training of medical and social care providers in the 2 Seas area. The project will reflect on the way in which care is provided by students and care providers, using the experience-based learning methods of a care-ethics laboratory in Flanders (STimul). The research is based on behaviour and not technical and clinical skills, in order to improve dignity and patient-centered care, especially for elderly people and those dependent on carers. The methodology has been developed using a fully-equipped care environment where health and social care professionals and students are brought together to experience being cared for, first hand. This sTimul concept will be furthered using the expertise of the cross-border partners to strengthen knowledge and best practice within institutions and related professions in the 2 Seas area. The expected results of the 'Dignity in Care' project will be an improvement in the training of existing and future health and social care providers, a self-sustaining network of Dignity Champions in every cross-border region and a new sTimul care-ethics lab in Zeeland.

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