A generic curriculum development model for the biomedical physics component of the educational and training programmes of the non-physics healthcare professions

Caruana CJ, Karenauskaite V, Mornstein V, Vano E, Pace E, Lammertsma AA, Maas AJ, Bert C, Byrne B, Colgan N, Essers M, Isidoro J, Koniarova I, Makridou A, Pesznyak C, Rønde HS, Winiecki J (2021)

Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2021

Journal

Physica Medica Elsevier

Book Volume: 85

Pages Range: 32-41

DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmp.2021.04.015

Abstract

The objective of the study was the construction of a generic curriculum development model for the use of biomedical physics (BMP) educators teaching the non-physics healthcare professions (HCP) in Europe. A comprehensive, qualitative cross-sectional Europe-wide survey of the curricula delivered by BMP in Faculties of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS) was carried out. Curricular content was collected from faculty web-sites, curricular documents and textbooks. The survey data was supplemented with semi-structured interviews and direct observation during onsite visits. The number of faculties studied was 118 from 67 universities spread all over Europe, whilst the number of onsite visits/interviews was 15 (geographically distributed as follows: Eastern Europe 6, North Western Europe 5, and South Western Europe 4). EU legislation, recommendations by European national medical councils, educational benchmark statements by higher education quality assurance agencies, research journals concerning HCP education and other documents relevant to standards in clinical practice and undergraduate education were also analyzed. Best practices and BMP learning outcomes were elicited from the curricular materials, interviews and documentation and these were subsequently used to construct the curriculum development model. A structured, comprehensive BMP learning outcomes inventory was designed in the format required by the European Qualifications Framework (EQF). The structures of the inventory and curriculum development model make them ideally suited for use by BMP involved in European curriculum development initiatives for the HCP.

Authors with CRIS profile

Christoph Bert Professur für Med. Strahlenphysik

Involved external institutions

University of Malta MT Malta (MT) Vilnius University / Vilniaus universitetas LT Lithuania (LT) Masarykova univerzita CZ Czech Republic (CZ) Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM) ES Spain (ES) Mater Dei Hospital MT Malta (MT) European Federation of Organisations for Medical Physics (EFOMP) NL Netherlands (NL) Mater Misericordiae University Hospital (MMUH) / Ospidéal an Mater Misercordiae IE Ireland (IE) University Hospital Galway IE Ireland (IE) Dr. Bernard Verbeeten Instituut NL Netherlands (NL) Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra (CHUC) PT Portugal (PT) National Radiation Protection Institute / Státní Ústav Radiacní ochrany CZ Czech Republic (CZ) Theageneio Hospital of Thessaloniki / Theagenio Cancer Hospital of Thessaloniki / Θεαγένειο Αντικαρκινικό Νοσοκομείο Θεσσαλονίκης GR Greece (GR) Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BME) / Budapesti Műszaki és Gazdaságtudományi Egyetem HU Hungary (HU) Aarhus University Hospital / Aarhus Universitetshospital DK Denmark (DK) Nicolaus Copernicus University (NCU) / Uniwersytet Mikołaja Kopernika w Toruniu (UMK) PL Poland (PL)

How to cite

APA:

Caruana, C.J., Karenauskaite, V., Mornstein, V., Vano, E., Pace, E., Lammertsma, A.A.,... Winiecki, J. (2021). A generic curriculum development model for the biomedical physics component of the educational and training programmes of the non-physics healthcare professions. Physica Medica, 85, 32-41. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejmp.2021.04.015

MLA:

Caruana, C. J., et al. "A generic curriculum development model for the biomedical physics component of the educational and training programmes of the non-physics healthcare professions." Physica Medica 85 (2021): 32-41.

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