Future-Proof Changes in Dutch Healthcare: Impact on the Governance of the Postgraduate Psychology Training ()
ABSTRACT
Background: The changing and increasing demand for healthcare has consequences for
education as the foundation for professional healthcare practice. This
contributes to the urgency of the improvement of mental healthcare by a
revision of the Postgraduate Psychology internships. Purpose:
Exploration of several forms of network governance, in order to find the most
suitable one, to perpetuate the desired future regional cooperation in
postgraduate internships for psychologists and to achieve national goals. Method:
A literature review of various forms of network governance mirrored to a
real-life case study of a cooperation in a postgraduate internship program in a
Mental health Institute. Results: Three proven effective formats of
network governance were compared: the “Shared Governed Network” (SGN); the “Lead
Organization Governed Network” (LOGN) and the “Network Administrative
Organization” (NAO). Several predictors of the success of a particular format
of governance were evaluated: mutual trust between participants, the number of
participants, consensus on the purpose of the network and the need for network
skills, shared ambition, mutual gains (interests), relationship dynamics, organizational dynamics, and process
management. Conclusion: Based on the literature review, the Lead
Organization Governed Network (LOGN) appears to offer the highest potential for
effective, sustainable and flexible collaboration in Postgraduate internship
for Psychologists.
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Van den Broek, A. (2023) Future-Proof Changes in Dutch Healthcare: Impact on the Governance of the Postgraduate Psychology Training.
Open Journal of Social Sciences,
11, 73-84. doi:
10.4236/jss.2023.1110005.
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