Development of the competency-based medical curriculum for the new Augsburg University Medical School
Aim: With the resolution from April 28, 2014, the Bavarian state government in Germany decided to found a new medical school at Augsburg University, thereby requiring the development of a competency-based medical curriculum.Methods: Two interdisciplinary groups developed a spiral curriculum (followi...
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| author | Härtl, Anja Berberat, Pascal Fischer, Martin R. Forst, Helmuth Grützner, Stefanie Händl, Thomas Joachimski, Felix Linné, Renate Märkl, Bruno Naumann, Markus Putz, Reinhard Schneider, Werner Schöler, Claus Wehler, Markus Hoffmann, Reinhard |
| author_facet | Härtl, Anja Berberat, Pascal Fischer, Martin R. Forst, Helmuth Grützner, Stefanie Händl, Thomas Joachimski, Felix Linné, Renate Märkl, Bruno Naumann, Markus Putz, Reinhard Schneider, Werner Schöler, Claus Wehler, Markus Hoffmann, Reinhard |
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| description | Aim: With the resolution from April 28, 2014, the Bavarian state government in Germany decided to found a new medical school at Augsburg University, thereby requiring the development of a competency-based medical curriculum.Methods: Two interdisciplinary groups developed a spiral curriculum (following Harden) employing the model of Thumser-Dauth & Öchsner. The curriculum focuses on specifically defined competencies: medical expertise, independent scientific reasoning, argumentation and scholarship, as well as communication skills.Results: The spiral curriculum was developed as a hybrid curriculum. Its modular structure incorporates the mandatory subjects required by the German regulations for medical licensure (Approbationsordnung) into organ- and system-centered blocks which are integrated both horizontally and vertically. Basic preclinical sciences are covered in the blocks “Movement,” “Balance” and “Contact.” The clinical sciences are organized according to six pillars (conservative medicine, surgical medicine, men’s-women’s-children’s medicine, the senses, the nervous system and the mind, and general medicine) which students revisit three times each over the course of the program. A longitudinal clinical course incorporates interdisciplinary education. A particular focus is on scientific education encompassing a longitudinal course in the sciences (including interdisciplinary classes with other university departments), block practicums, and two scientific projects.Conclusion: It is not only the degree of integration und intensity of the Augsburg University undergraduate medical degree program, but also its targeted advancement of academic, social and communication skills that have not yet been realized to such an extent elsewhere in Germany. On July 8, 2016, the German Council of Science and Humanities unanimously gave this concept a positive evaluation. Future research will examine and evaluate the Augsburg medical curriculum and the impact of the new medical school on the hospital and university in Augsburg. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-cbf01b9574c24d5dae13224f4d66e7ac2022-12-22T01:28:25ZdeuGerman Medical Science GMS Publishing HouseGMS Journal for Medical Education2366-50172017-05-01342Doc2110.3205/zma001098Development of the competency-based medical curriculum for the new Augsburg University Medical SchoolHärtl, Anja0Berberat, Pascal1Fischer, Martin R.2Forst, Helmuth3Grützner, Stefanie4Händl, Thomas5Joachimski, Felix6Linné, Renate7Märkl, Bruno8Naumann, Markus9Putz, Reinhard10Schneider, Werner11Schöler, Claus12Wehler, Markus13Hoffmann, Reinhard14Klinikum der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Institut für Didaktik und Ausbildungsforschung in der Medizin, München, DeutschlandTechnische Universität München, Medizin-Didaktisches Centrum für Ausbildungsforschung und Lehre TUM MeDiCal, München, DeutschlandKlinikum der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Institut für Didaktik und Ausbildungsforschung in der Medizin, München, DeutschlandKlinikum Augsburg, Klinik für Anästhesiologie und operative Intensivmedizin, Augsburg, DeutschlandKlinikum Augsburg, Institut für Transfusionsmedizin und Hämostaseologie, Augsburg, DeutschlandKlinikum Augsburg, IV. Medizinische Klinik, Augsburg, DeutschlandKlinikum Augsburg, Klinik für Neurologie und klinische Neurophysiologie, Augsburg, DeutschlandKlinikum Augsburg, Stabsstelle "Aufbau eines Universitätsklinikums", Augsburg, DeutschlandKlinikum Augsburg, Institut für Pathologie, Augsburg, DeutschlandKlinikum Augsburg, Klinik für Neurologie und klinische Neurophysiologie, Augsburg, DeutschlandLudwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Lehrstuhl Anatomie I - vegetative Anatomie, München, DeutschlandUniversität Augsburg, Philosophisch-Sozialwissenschaftliche Fakultät, Lehrstuhl für Soziologie mit Berücksichtigung der Sozialkunde, Augsburg, DeutschlandKlinikum Augsburg, Klinik für Allgemein-, Viszeral- und Transplantationschirurgie, Augsburg, DeutschlandKlinikum Augsburg, IV. Medizinische Klinik, Augsburg, DeutschlandKlinikum Augsburg, Institut für Labormedizin und Mikrobiologie, Augsburg, DeutschlandAim: With the resolution from April 28, 2014, the Bavarian state government in Germany decided to found a new medical school at Augsburg University, thereby requiring the development of a competency-based medical curriculum.Methods: Two interdisciplinary groups developed a spiral curriculum (following Harden) employing the model of Thumser-Dauth & Öchsner. The curriculum focuses on specifically defined competencies: medical expertise, independent scientific reasoning, argumentation and scholarship, as well as communication skills.Results: The spiral curriculum was developed as a hybrid curriculum. Its modular structure incorporates the mandatory subjects required by the German regulations for medical licensure (Approbationsordnung) into organ- and system-centered blocks which are integrated both horizontally and vertically. Basic preclinical sciences are covered in the blocks “Movement,” “Balance” and “Contact.” The clinical sciences are organized according to six pillars (conservative medicine, surgical medicine, men’s-women’s-children’s medicine, the senses, the nervous system and the mind, and general medicine) which students revisit three times each over the course of the program. A longitudinal clinical course incorporates interdisciplinary education. A particular focus is on scientific education encompassing a longitudinal course in the sciences (including interdisciplinary classes with other university departments), block practicums, and two scientific projects.Conclusion: It is not only the degree of integration und intensity of the Augsburg University undergraduate medical degree program, but also its targeted advancement of academic, social and communication skills that have not yet been realized to such an extent elsewhere in Germany. On July 8, 2016, the German Council of Science and Humanities unanimously gave this concept a positive evaluation. Future research will examine and evaluate the Augsburg medical curriculum and the impact of the new medical school on the hospital and university in Augsburg.http://www.egms.de/static/en/journals/zma/2017-34/zma001098.shtmlCurriculum planningestablishing a university facultyspiral curriculumhybrid curriculum |
| spellingShingle | Härtl, Anja Berberat, Pascal Fischer, Martin R. Forst, Helmuth Grützner, Stefanie Händl, Thomas Joachimski, Felix Linné, Renate Märkl, Bruno Naumann, Markus Putz, Reinhard Schneider, Werner Schöler, Claus Wehler, Markus Hoffmann, Reinhard Development of the competency-based medical curriculum for the new Augsburg University Medical School GMS Journal for Medical Education Curriculum planning establishing a university faculty spiral curriculum hybrid curriculum |
| title | Development of the competency-based medical curriculum for the new Augsburg University Medical School |
| title_full | Development of the competency-based medical curriculum for the new Augsburg University Medical School |
| title_fullStr | Development of the competency-based medical curriculum for the new Augsburg University Medical School |
| title_full_unstemmed | Development of the competency-based medical curriculum for the new Augsburg University Medical School |
| title_short | Development of the competency-based medical curriculum for the new Augsburg University Medical School |
| title_sort | development of the competency based medical curriculum for the new augsburg university medical school |
| topic | Curriculum planning establishing a university faculty spiral curriculum hybrid curriculum |
| url | http://www.egms.de/static/en/journals/zma/2017-34/zma001098.shtml |
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