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https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.65241/wh.9.1.1
Global certification: A pathway to shaping the future of the world’s health workforce
Julia To Dutka
; TruMerit
*
Peter Preziosi
; TruMerit
* Dopisni autor.
Sažetak
This editorial examines the role of global certification as a
standardized, competency-based framework to validate health
professionals’ knowledge and practice across jurisdictions
while remaining responsive to local contexts. As the health
workforce becomes increasingly mobile — whether in person,
digitally, or virtually — strengthening global approaches to
workforce development is essential to ensuring safe, effective,
and equitable care. The COVID-19 pandemic demonstrated
that regulatory flexibility, cross-professional collaboration,
and competency-based practice can accelerate innovation
and improve health outcomes; the challenge now is to sustain
and institutionalize these advances.
Global certification offers a pragmatic and forward-looking
solution. Drawing on four global nursing and rehabilitation
certifications developed between 2019 and 2025, these efforts
illustrate how consensus-based standards — developed by
subject matter experts from across world regions and income
levels — can enhance patient safety, workforce readiness, and
professional recognition. These global certifications address
longstanding gaps in practice validation, where caregivers
may have acquired essential competencies outside formal
education pathways.
Beyond quality assurance, global certification supports
workforce mobility, reduces duplicative assessment burdens,
and enables health systems to respond more effectively to
workforce shortages and emerging challenges, including
digital health transformation. Importantly, global certification
complements — rather than replaces — national regulatory
frameworks by providing a trusted, evidence-based foundation
for practice competence. Global certification is a catalyst for a more agile, connected, and
confident health workforce. With sustained collaboration and investment, it offers a hopeful pathway toward future-ready
health systems and high quality care for communities worldwide.
Ključne riječi
Certification; global; workforce; competencies
Hrčak ID:
349699
URI
Datum izdavanja:
31.5.2026.
Posjeta: 39 *