The ADAPT model: integrating employer insights into a framework for practice-ready health professions graduates

This study contributes a novel, employer-informed framework for graduate readiness, extending existing models of employability to include adaptive capacity, system fluency, and wellbeing. To align with the ADAPT model for practice-ready professionals, training pathways must foster clinical reasoning and communication, embed resilience and interprofessional collaboration, and use structured frameworks for transitioning to practice. The results carry practical implications for HPE curriculum design and workforce preparedness strategies, ensuring that graduates are not only knowledgeable, but also adaptable and sustainable contributors to healthcare systems.