title: Vocational analysis of health care professions as a basis for innovative curricular planning. An analysis and prognosis of the development of the professional competencies of midwives--cornerstones of innovative curricula in tertiary education.
abstract: This article describes current and future tendencies in the development of curriculum planning for health care professions in Germany, using the example of midwifery education. In particular, it discusses 'output-based control' of curriculum planning giving consideration to issues related to German education, health policies and professional educational theories with a view to the general international development. The results of this analysis constitute the starting point for the conceptual planning of a dissertation at the medical faculty of the Berlin Charité with the goal of developing a competency model for the curriculum planning of midwifery education, thus creating a modern curriculum as a basis for a fundamental reform of German midwifery education.
authors.affiliation: jessica.pehlke-milde@charite.de
authors.forename: Jessica
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pehlke-Milde
authors.forename: Jutta
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Beier
authors.forename: P H
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Friederike Zu Sayn-Wittgenstein
authors.forename: Valerie
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Fleming
mesh_terms: D003162:Competency-Based Education / Q000458:organization & administration; D003479:Curriculum / Q000592:standards*; D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D004511:Education, Nursing, Graduate / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005544:Forecasting; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D017145:Models, Educational; D016294:Models, Nursing; D020380:Needs Assessment / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009721:Nurse Midwives / Q000193:education* / Q000458:organization & administration; D024802:Nurse's Role; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D010934:Planning Techniques; D011361:Professional Competence / Q000592:standards*; D016730:Program Development