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

Autoři	CARUANA C.J. WASILEWSKA-RADWANSKA M. AURENGO A. DENDY P.P. KARENAUSKAITE V. MALISAN M.R. MATTSON S. MEIJER J.H. MIHOV D. MORNSTEIN Vojtěch ROKITA E. VANO E. WECKSTROM M. WUCHERER M.
Rok publikování	2012
Druh	Článek v odborném periodiku
Časopis / Zdroj	Physica Medica : European Journal of Medical Physics
Fakulta / Pracoviště MU	Lékařská fakulta
Citace
Doi	http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejmp.2011.05.001
Obor	Biofyzika
Klíčová slova	Biomedical physics education; SWOT audit; Strategic planning; Academic role development; Medical education
Popis	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.