Volker Heyse and Max Giger (eds): Erfolgreich in die Zukunft: Schlüsselkompetenzen in Gesundheitsberufen

This book buys into the current trend of structuring every and any target-oriented interpersonal interaction in education, ongoing education and on-the-job training along competency boundaries. More than anything else, key competency has become a slogan that dominates every program and renders colorless any conventional educational approaches, which are oriented on knowledge, ability and ethos. This might be off-putting for many an experienced practitioner, but also for younger educators, since it means asking a series of foundational questions relevant to adult education, as well as challenging a number of established opinions. This sizable volume gives voice to 51 authors through 29 individual contributions. It opens with an exhausive introduction, which ties together the independent chapters. This framework permits the reader to systematically approach relevant topics. There is a certain sense ofmission discernible in the introduction, and it is defined by the editors' self-understanding, but it considerately and helpfully serves its purpose as a guide toward the concept and structure of the book. The book itself covers five broad topics situated at the intersection points ofmultiple special themes and aspects of methodology: