Promoting mental health in intensive care unit onboarding: a consensus-based iterative development of a competency-based framework - Takeaways - MDSpire

Enhancing Mental Health Support During ICU Onboarding: A Collaborative Development of a Competency-Focused Framework

  • By

  • Tobias Bexten

  • Janina Henneberg

  • David Josuttis

  • Anne Kamphausen

  • Dominik Hinzmann

  • July 21, 2026

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    Healthcare professionals in ICUs experience significant psychological stress, with burnout rates reaching up to 59.4%.

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    A competency-based educational framework for ICU onboarding was developed to integrate mental health promotion into training.

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    The framework includes eight educational domains, such as resilience, coping, and the second victim phenomenon.

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    Competency levels were operationalized from knowledge to evaluation, aligning learning objectives with teaching and assessment.

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    The study emphasizes the need for structured psychosocial support systems to enhance staff wellbeing and patient safety.

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Promoting mental health in intensive care unit onboarding: a consensus-based iterative development of a competency-based framework

  • by Tobias Bexten, Janina Henneberg, David Josuttis, Anne Kamphausen, Dominik Hinzmann

  • July 21, 2026

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