J 2022

Development and implementation of an online platform for curriculum mapping in medical education

MAJERNIK, J., A. KACMARIKOVA, Martin KOMENDA, A. A. KONONOWICZ, A. KOCUREK et. al.

Basic information

Original name

Development and implementation of an online platform for curriculum mapping in medical education

Authors

MAJERNIK, J. (guarantor), A. KACMARIKOVA, Martin KOMENDA (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), A. A. KONONOWICZ, A. KOCUREK, A. STALMACH-PRZYGODA, L. BALCERZAK, I. HEGE and A. CIUREANU

Edition

BIO-ALGORITHMS AND MED-SYSTEMS, BERLIN, WALTER DE GRUYTER GMBH, 2022, 1895-9091

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

30304 Public and environmental health

Country of publisher

Germany

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

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Impact factor

Impact factor: 1.200

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14110/22:00125387

Organization unit

Faculty of Medicine

DOI

UT WoS

000733951000001

Keywords in English

curriculum; curriculum management; curriculum mapping; learning; medical education

Tags

Tags

International impact, Reviewed
Změněno: 26/4/2022 11:22, Mgr. Tereza Miškechová

Abstract

V originále

Objectives: Nowadays universities face ever-increasing demands on quality of education, which is crucial from perspective of future graduates. In face of the need of constant quality improvements of medical curricula, it is important to seek strategies for their efficient management. The general trend is to develop electronic support tools to streamline the curricular design, analysis and harmonization. Methods: Based on the requirements we have identified by the needs analysis among curriculum designers, teachers and managers at five universities involved in the Building Curriculum Infrastructure in Medical Education (BCIME) project, and evidence published in literature on curriculum development, we have developed methodological guidelines on curriculum innovations and a software-based tools that help manage, map and analyse curricula in the medical and healthcare study fields. Results: In this paper, we share our experiences with building and implementation of EDUportfolio, an online platform developed within our consortium and intended to facilitate harmonisation and optimisation of medical outcome-based curricula. Its functionalities and outputs were verified by pilot mapping of Anatomy curricula as taught at partner universities in five European countries. Conclusions: The visualisation and the analysis of described curriculum data using natural language processing techniques revealed both the hidden relations between curriculum building blocks and a set of overlaps and gaps in curricula. In addition, we demonstrate both the usability of the platform in the context of the involved academic environments and the capability to map and compare curricula across different institutions and different countries.