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 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.
Department of General Practice and Health Services Research, University Hospital Heidelberg , Heidelberg , Germany .
Cornelia
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Mahler
Sarah Jane
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Berger
Sven
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Karstens
Stephen
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Campbell
Marco
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Roos
Joachim
J
Szecsenyi
D002983:Clinical Competence; D003142:Communication; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D003479:Curriculum; D003657:Decision Making; D005858:Germany; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D018802:Patient-Centered Care / Q000458:organization & administration; D012947:Social Work / Q000193:education*
Health and social care; interprofessional education; interprofessional learning; pre-qualifying/pre-licensure