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Caruana CJ, Amos RA, Burgos D, Heukelom S, Jeremic MZ, Julkunen P, Karenauskaite V, Marcu L, Papanastasiou E, Pesznyak C. EFOMP policy statement 18: Medical physics education for the non-physics healthcare professions. Phys Med 2023; 111:102602. [PMID: 37244072 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmp.2023.102602] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2023] [Accepted: 05/02/2023] [Indexed: 05/29/2023] Open
Abstract
Although Medical Physics educators have historically contributed to the education of the non-physics healthcare professions, their role was not studied in a systematic manner. In 2009, EFOMP set up a group to research the issue. In their first paper, the group carried out an extensive literature review regarding physics teaching for the non-physics healthcare professions. Their second paper reported the results of a pan-European survey of physics curricula delivered to the healthcare professions and a Strengths-Weaknesses-Opportunities-Threats (SWOT) audit of the role. The group's third paper presented a strategic development model for the role, based on the SWOT data. A comprehensive curriculum development model was subsequently published, whilst plans were laid to develop the present policy statement. This policy statement presents mission and vision statements for Medical Physicists teaching non-physics users of medical devices and physical agents, best practices for teaching non-physics healthcare professionals, a stepwise process for curriculum development (content, method of delivery and assessment), and summary recommendations based on the aforementioned research studies.
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Affiliation(s)
- Carmel J Caruana
- Medical Physics, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Malta, Malta.
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- Department of Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, University College London, London, UK
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- Medical Physics Department, Hospital Universitario San Cecilio and Department of Radiology, Granada University, Granada, Spain
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- Radiotherapy Department, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- University Clinical Center Kragujevac, Department of Nuclear Medicine, Kragujevac, Serbia
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- Department of Technical Physics, University of Eastern Finland and Diagnostic Imaging Centre, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland
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- Faculty of Informatics and Science, University of Oradea, Oradea, Romania; School of Health Sciences, University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia
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- Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- National Institute of Oncology and Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Budapest, Hungary
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Caruana CJ, Karenauskaite V, Mornstein V, Vano E, Pace E, Lammertsma AA, Maas AJJ, Bert C, Byrne B, Colgan N, Essers M, Isidoro J, Koniarova I, Makridou A, Pesznyak C, Rønde HS, Winiecki J. A generic curriculum development model for the biomedical physics component of the educational and training programmes of the non-physics healthcare professions. Phys Med 2021; 85:32-41. [PMID: 33964550 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmp.2021.04.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2021] [Revised: 03/23/2021] [Accepted: 04/14/2021] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
Abstract
The objective of the study was the construction of a generic curriculum development model for the use of biomedical physics (BMP) educators teaching the non-physics healthcare professions (HCP) in Europe. A comprehensive, qualitative cross-sectional Europe-wide survey of the curricula delivered by BMP in Faculties of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS) was carried out. Curricular content was collected from faculty web-sites, curricular documents and textbooks. The survey data was supplemented with semi-structured interviews and direct observation during onsite visits. The number of faculties studied was 118 from 67 universities spread all over Europe, whilst the number of onsite visits/interviews was 15 (geographically distributed as follows: Eastern Europe 6, North Western Europe 5, and South Western Europe 4). EU legislation, recommendations by European national medical councils, educational benchmark statements by higher education quality assurance agencies, research journals concerning HCP education and other documents relevant to standards in clinical practice and undergraduate education were also analyzed. Best practices and BMP learning outcomes were elicited from the curricular materials, interviews and documentation and these were subsequently used to construct the curriculum development model. A structured, comprehensive BMP learning outcomes inventory was designed in the format required by the European Qualifications Framework (EQF). The structures of the inventory and curriculum development model make them ideally suited for use by BMP involved in European curriculum development initiatives for the HCP.
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Affiliation(s)
- C J Caruana
- Medical Physics, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Malta, Msida, Malta.
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- Department of Biophysics, Medical Faculty, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Medical Physics, Radiology Department, School of Medicine, Complutense University, Madrid, Spain
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- Medical Physics, Medical Imaging Department, Mater Dei University Hospital, Msida, Malta
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- Chair of EFOMP Education & Training Committee & Radiology & Nuclear Medicine, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Chair of EFOMP Professional Matters Committee & Member MREC Brabant, Tilburg, Netherlands
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
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- Medical Physics, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
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- School of Physics, National University of Ireland & Medical Physics, Galway University Hospital, Galway, Ireland
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- Medical Physics and Instrumentation, Institute Verbeeten, Netherlands
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- Medical Physics and Radiation Protection, Centro Hospitalar e Universitario de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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- National Radiation Protection Institute, Department of Radiation Protection in Radiotherapy, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Medical Physics, Thessaloniki Cancer Hospital "Theagenio", Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Radiotherapy Centre, National Institute of Oncology & Institute of Nuclear Techniques, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Budapest, Hungary
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- Medical Physics, Danish Centre for Particle Therapy, Aarhus Universitetshospital, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Medical Physics Department, prof. Franciszek Lukaszczyk Memorial Oncology Centre & Collegium Medicum Nicholas Copernicus University, Bydgoszcz, Poland
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