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Web-based curriculum mapping – a pilot project of Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH) and Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin
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Olaf Ahlers
- Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Department of Anaesthesiology – LOOOP project, Berlin, Germany
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Ursula Brack
- ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
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Firman Sugiharto
- Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Department of Anaesthesiology – LOOOP project, Berlin, Germany
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Jörg Goldhahn
- ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
| Published: | March 7, 2017 |
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Introduction: Switzerland will implement a new, EPA based Swiss Catalogue of Learning Objectives for Undergraduate Medical Training (SCLO). The new version outlines a generic profile of the physician and describes the Principal Relevant Objectives for Integrative Learning and Education in Switzerland (PROFILES). ETH Zürich will develop and implement a new undergraduate bachelor program "Bachelor in Medicine" (MDBSc) and needs to map its curriculum to the PROFILES. The integrated curriculum based on the learning spiral requires coordination and synchronization between the different program partners. In addition, outcome levels of MDBSc students have to be defined to enable the transition of students from MDBSc to different Master programs.
Objective: The aim of this project was to develop a concept for curriculum mapping for MDBSc by adaption of the internationally used web-based Learning Opportunities, Objectives and Outcomes Platform (LOOOP) and for its implementation according to Swiss needs.
Methods: From September 2016 to December 2016, the concepts of our international LOOOP network for curriculum mapping were adapted for MDBSc needs, LOOOP functions were analysed with respect to Swiss requirements and work packages for adaptations were defined. In addition, PROFILES draft from August 2016 was preliminary mapped to the MDBSc learning modules.
Results: Curriculum mapping at ETH will refer to three outcome levels: 1) PROFILES as MDBSc outcome definition, 2) definition of competencies for each MDBSc module, 3) clearly defined educational objectives for each learning event within the modules. As the PROFILES will not include diagnoses, Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) will be used to enable comprehensive semantic navigation within the MDBSs curriculum. In addition, disciplines, departments, learning formats and assessment formats will be strongly aligned. The concepts for a comprehensive adaptation of LOOOP to the ETH bachelor curriculum have been worked out completely and a project plan for its implementation has been created.
Conclusion: Adaptation of the general LOOOP principles to the needs of ETH's MDBSc was possible within a three month period. This will enable a sophisticated development and mapping of the detailed MDBSc curriculum with consideration of the new Swiss PROFILES.
