Re-profiling today’s health care curricula for tomorrow’s workforce

• Verfasst von: Mahler, Cornelia [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Berger, Sarah [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Karstens, Sven [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Szecsenyi, Joachim [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: Re-profiling today’s health care curricula for tomorrow’s workforce
• Titelzusatz: establishing an interprofessional degree in Germany
• Verf.angabe: Cornelia Mahler, Sarah Jane Berger, Sven Karstens, Stephen Campbell, Marco Roos, Joachim Szecsenyi
• Umfang: 3 S.
• Fussnoten: Gesehen am 28.03.2017
• Titel Quelle: Enthalten in: Journal of interprofessional care
• Jahr Quelle: 2015
• Band/Heft Quelle: 29(2015), 4, S. 386-388
• ISSN Quelle: 1469-9567
• DOI: doi:10.3109/13561820.2014.979980
• Datenträger: Online-Ressource
• Sprache: eng
• K10plus-PPN: 1555985629

Abstract

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.