J 2012

A strategic development model for the role of the biomedical physicist in the education of healthcare professionals in Europe

CARUANA, C.J., M. WASILEWSKA-RADWANSKA, A. AURENGO, P.P. DENDY, V. KARENAUSKAITE et. al.

Basic information

Original name

A strategic development model for the role of the biomedical physicist in the education of healthcare professionals in Europe

Authors

CARUANA, C.J. (826 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland), M. WASILEWSKA-RADWANSKA (616 Poland), A. AURENGO (250 France), P.P. DENDY (826 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland), V. KARENAUSKAITE (440 Lithuania), M.R. MALISAN (380 Italy), S. MATTSON (752 Sweden), J.H. MEIJER (528 Netherlands), D. MIHOV (100 Bulgaria), Vojtěch MORNSTEIN (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution), E. ROKITA (616 Poland), E. VANO (724 Spain), M. WECKSTROM (246 Finland) and M. WUCHERER (276 Germany)

Edition

Physica Medica : European Journal of Medical Physics, Pisa-Roma, Elsevier, 2012, 1120-1797

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

10610 Biophysics

Country of publisher

Italy

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Impact factor

Impact factor: 1.167

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14110/12:00079940

Organization unit

Faculty of Medicine

DOI

UT WoS

000311259900005

Keywords in English

Biomedical physics education; SWOT audit; Strategic planning; Academic role development; Medical education

Tags

Tags

International impact, Reviewed
Změněno: 2/4/2015 14:02, Ing. Mgr. Věra Pospíšilíková

Abstract

V originále

This is the third of a series of articles targeted at biomedical physicists providing educational services to other healthcare professions, whether in a university faculty of medicine/health sciences or otherwise (e.g., faculty of science, hospital-based medical physics department). The first paper identified the past and present role of the biomedical physicist in the education of the healthcare professions and highlighted issues of concern. The second paper reported the results of a comprehensive SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats) audit of that role. In this paper we present a strategy for the development of the role based on the outcomes of the SWOT audit. The research methods adopted focus on the importance of strategic planning at all levels in the provision of educational services. The analytical process used in the study was a pragmatic blend of the various theoretical frameworks described in the literature on strategic planning research as adapted for use in academic role development. Important results included identification of the core competences of the biomedical physicist in this context; specification of benchmarking schemes based on experiences of other biomedical disciplines; formulation of detailed mission and vision statements; gap analysis for the role. The paper concludes with a set of strategies and specific actions for gap reduction. (c) 2011 Associazione Italiana di Fisica Medica. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.