The Project
What is Co-Creation of Care ?
Co-Creation of Care (CCC) refers to the collaborative shaping of nursing care by patients and nursing staff.
At its core is the everyday collaboration between patients and nursing staff in hospitals. How do they communicate with one another? How do they build relationships, agree on goals, and work together to accomplish tasks?
Co-Creation of Care recognizes both patients and nursing staff as active partners in shaping care. Each brings their own experiences, needs, and expertise to the collaboration.
Our research project explores how this collaboration unfolds in everyday hospital care, what conditions support or hinder it, and how it affects those involved and the quality of care.
The Research Goals
Understanding Co-Creation of Care
How do patients and nursing staff experience and shape their collaboration in everyday hospital care? What forms of co-creation can be observed?
Exploring the Conditions
What individual, interpersonal, and organizational factors support or hinder Co-Creation of Care?
Investigating the Outcomes
How is Co-Creation of Care related to the well-being and satisfaction of patients and nursing staff, as well as the quality of care?
Our Approach
The project brings together diverse scientific perspectives and both qualitative and quantitative research methods.
Across seven interconnected work packages, we examine Co-Creation of Care from different angles. Our methods include interviews with patients and nursing staff, observations in everyday hospital settings, standardized surveys, creative approaches to capturing individual experiences, and analyses of care-related and organizational data.
Findings from the individual studies will be integrated to develop a comprehensive understanding of Co-Creation of Care and generate practical recommendations for hospitals, healthcare professionals, and other stakeholders in healthcare.
Working Research Model:
Conditions/Determinants, Processes, and Outcomes of Co-Creation of Care.
The Interdisziplinary Consortium
The Co-Creation of Care research project brings together five research teams from four Swiss academic and healthcare institutions.
The participating researchers contribute diverse disciplinary perspectives and work with Swiss partner hospitals to better understand and advance collaboration between patients and nursing staff.
This interdisciplinary approach allows us to examine Co-Creation of Care both from the perspectives of those directly involved and within the broader organizational and institutional contexts in which care takes place.
Involved Institutions:
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