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Abstract
As of 2024, 2,631,356 individuals in South Korea are registered as persons with disabilities, representing 5.1% of the total population. They are at increased risk of preventable secondary health conditions and chronic diseases, further exacerbated by social and environmental barriers such as limited mobility, insufficient provider awareness, and inadequate disability-friendly healthcare infrastructure. These challenges underscore the need for a multidisciplinary team-based approach, in which care coordinators play a critical role. However, despite the establishment of Regional Health and Medical Centers for Persons with Disabilities, coordinators’ roles remain poorly defined, and structured training programs are lacking.
This study was conducted in two phases. First, the DACUM method was used to analyze the job of coordinators in the health management program for persons with disabilities. Second, educational needs were assessed among coordinators, including nurses, social workers, medical social workers, physical therapists, and occupational therapists using Borich Need assessment and The Locus for Focus Model.
The coordinator role was defined as providing services to promote health rights through health assessment and management, health education, and coordination of health, medical, and social welfare services within a multidisciplinary team. The job comprised eight duties, 26 tasks, and 95 task elements. All professional groups demonstrated high educational needs in multidisciplinary collaboration, service linkage and coordination, disability-specific education, and network building. Profession-specific differences were observed: (medical) social workers prioritized the assessment domain, whereas physical and occupational therapists showed a broader range of educational needs, including client intake, monitoring, and administrative management.
This study provides empirical evidence for defining coordinator roles and prioritizing educational needs, contributing to the development of standardized roles and competency-based training programs for multidisciplinary teams.
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Funding Statement:
This research was supported by Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea(NRF) funded by the Ministry of Education(No. RS-2025-25415904) This research was supported by the Hanmaeum Scholarship of the Seoul Nurses Association This work was supported by the 2026 Graduate Student Research Grant from the Research Institute of Nursing Science, Seoul National University
References:
Bakerjian, D., & Wasserman, M.R. (2024). Interdisciplinary Care and Care Coordination. In: Wasserman, M.R., Bakerjian, D., Linnebur, S., Brangman, S., Cesari, M., Rosen, S. (eds) Geriatric Medicine. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-74720-6_99
Shi, Y., Li, H., Yuan, B., & Wang, X. (2025). Effects of multidisciplinary teamwork in non-hospital settings on healthcare and patients with chronic conditions: a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMC Family Practice, 26(1), 110–117. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12875-025-02814-0
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Non-member
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Poster
Format Type
Text-based Document
Study Design/Type
Other
Research Approach
Other
Keywords:
Job Analysis, Curriculum Planning, Curriculum, Needs Assessment, Educational Evaluation, Managed Care Programs
Recommended Citation
Lee, Haesun; Kang, Gyeonga; and Yoon, Ju Young, "DACUM-Based Job Analysis and Educational Needs Assessment of Community Disability Care Coordinators" (2026). International Nursing Research Congress (INRC). 108.
https://www.sigmarepository.org/inrc/2026/posters_2026/108
Conference Name
37th International Nursing Research Congress
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Sigma Theta Tau International
Conference Location
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Conference Year
2026
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Invited Presentation
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Date of Issue
2026-09-16
DACUM-Based Job Analysis and Educational Needs Assessment of Community Disability Care Coordinators
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
As of 2024, 2,631,356 individuals in South Korea are registered as persons with disabilities, representing 5.1% of the total population. They are at increased risk of preventable secondary health conditions and chronic diseases, further exacerbated by social and environmental barriers such as limited mobility, insufficient provider awareness, and inadequate disability-friendly healthcare infrastructure. These challenges underscore the need for a multidisciplinary team-based approach, in which care coordinators play a critical role. However, despite the establishment of Regional Health and Medical Centers for Persons with Disabilities, coordinators’ roles remain poorly defined, and structured training programs are lacking.
This study was conducted in two phases. First, the DACUM method was used to analyze the job of coordinators in the health management program for persons with disabilities. Second, educational needs were assessed among coordinators, including nurses, social workers, medical social workers, physical therapists, and occupational therapists using Borich Need assessment and The Locus for Focus Model.
The coordinator role was defined as providing services to promote health rights through health assessment and management, health education, and coordination of health, medical, and social welfare services within a multidisciplinary team. The job comprised eight duties, 26 tasks, and 95 task elements. All professional groups demonstrated high educational needs in multidisciplinary collaboration, service linkage and coordination, disability-specific education, and network building. Profession-specific differences were observed: (medical) social workers prioritized the assessment domain, whereas physical and occupational therapists showed a broader range of educational needs, including client intake, monitoring, and administrative management.
This study provides empirical evidence for defining coordinator roles and prioritizing educational needs, contributing to the development of standardized roles and competency-based training programs for multidisciplinary teams.
Description
This study systematically identified job tasks through field expert participation and examined commonalities and differences in educational needs across professions to establish priorities. The findings provide a foundation for standardizing the roles of care coordinators in health care management programs for people with disabilities and for developing profession-specific training programs within multidisciplinary teams.