Establishing consensus for the core concepts of physiology in the Australian higher education context using the Delphi method.

Autor: Tangalakis K; Institute for Sustainable Industries and Liveable Cities, Victoria University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.; First Year College, Victoria University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia., Lexis L; School of Agriculture, Biomedicine and Environment, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia., Hryciw DH; School of Environment and Science, Griffith University, Nathan, Queensland, Australia., Towstoless M; First Year College, Victoria University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia., Bakker AJ; School of Human Sciences, University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia., Beckett E; School of Biomedicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia., Brown D; Curtin Medical School, Faculty of Health Science, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia., Cameron M; School of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia., Choate J; Department of Physiology, Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia., Chopin L; School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia., Cooke MB; Department of Health Sciences and Biostatistics, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia., Douglas T; School of Health Sciences, College of Health and Medicine, University of Tasmania, Newnham, Tasmania, Australia., Estaphan S; Medical School, ANU College of Health and Medicine, The Australian National University, Acton, Australian Capital Territory, Australia., Etherington S; School of Medical, Molecular and Forensic Sciences, Murdoch University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia., Gaganis V; College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia., Moorhouse A; School of Medical Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia., Moro C; Faculty of Health Sciences and Medicine, Bond University, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia., Paravicini T; School of Health and Biomedical Sciences, RMIT University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia., Perry B; School of Science, Western Sydney University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia., Phillips R; School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Western Australia, Australia., Scott C; School of Dentistry and Medical Science, Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia., Todd G; UniSA Clinical and Health Sciences and Alliance for Research in Exercise, Nutrition and Activity (ARENA), University of South Australia, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia., Uebergang T; School of Behavioural and Health Sciences, Australian Catholic University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia., Wadley G; Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition (IPAN), School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Deakin University, Burwood, Victoria, Australia., Watt M; Department of Anatomy and Physiology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia., Hayes A; Institute for Health and Sport, College of Health and Biomedicine, Victoria University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Advances in physiology education [Adv Physiol Educ] 2023 Sep 01; Vol. 47 (3), pp. 419-426. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Feb 09.
DOI: 10.1152/advan.00140.2022
Abstrakt: A set of core concepts ("big ideas") integral to the discipline of physiology are important for students to understand and demonstrate their capacity to apply. We found poor alignment of learning outcomes in programs with physiology majors (or equivalent) from 17 Australian universities and the 15 core concepts developed by a team in the United States. The objective of this project was to reach Australia-wide consensus on a set of core concepts for physiology, which can be embedded in curricula across Australian universities. A four-phase Delphi method was employed, starting with the assembling of a Task Force of physiology educators with extensive teaching and curriculum development expertise from 25 Australian universities. After two online meetings and a survey, the Task Force reached agreement on seven core concepts of physiology and their descriptors, which were then sent out to the physiology educator community across Australia for agreement. The seven core concepts and their associated descriptions were endorsed through this process ( n = 138). In addition, embedding the core concepts across the curriculum was supported by both Task Force members (85.7%) and educators (82.1%). The seven adopted core concepts of human physiology were Cell Membrane, Cell-Cell Communication, Movement of Substances, Structure and Function, Homeostasis, Integration, and Physiological Adaptation. The core concepts were subsequently unpacked into themes and subthemes. If adopted, these core concepts will result in consistency across curricula in undergraduate physiology programs and allow for future benchmarking. NEW & NOTEWORTHY This is the first time Australia-wide agreement has been reached on the core concepts of physiology with the Delphi method. Embedding of the core concepts will result in consistency in physiology curricula, improvements to teaching and learning, and benchmarking across Australian universities.
Databáze: MEDLINE