Re-profiling today’s health care curricula for tomorrow’s workforce: establishing an interprofessional degree in Germany
Laws regulating education of most health professional groups in Germany today mean that curricula re-profiling in response to changing priorities in the practice environment is a significant challenge. Legally dictated theoretical and clinical requirements for the vocational training of health profe...
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| Format: | Article (Journal) |
| Language: | English |
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2015
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Journal of interprofessional care
Year: 2015, Volume: 29, Issue: 4, Pages: 386-388 |
| ISSN: | 1469-9567 |
| DOI: | 10.3109/13561820.2014.979980 |
| Online Access: | Verlag, Volltext: http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/13561820.2014.979980
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| Author Notes: | Cornelia Mahler, Sarah Jane Berger, Sven Karstens, Stephen Campbell, Marco Roos, Joachim Szecsenyi |
| Summary: | Laws regulating education of most health professional groups in Germany today mean that curricula re-profiling in response to changing priorities in the practice environment is a significant challenge. Legally dictated theoretical and clinical requirements for the vocational training of health professionals leaves little room for re-profiling in response to movements such as interprofessional education. An educational innovation was needed that worked within existing structures in Germany. The result was a formal collaboration between the Academy for Health Professionals and the University of Heidelberg allowing students undertaking vocational training to also complete a university degree in parallel. The aim of this article is to describe the curriculum development for the Bachelor of Science - Interprofessional Health Care. This article outlines an evidence-based approach to the process to curriculum development that resulted in a competency-based degree offering comprehensive interprofessional education at undergraduate level for healthcare students based in Germany. |
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| Item Description: | Gesehen am 28.03.2017 |
| Physical Description: | Online Resource |
| ISSN: | 1469-9567 |
| DOI: | 10.3109/13561820.2014.979980 |