Arts en Ingenieur: an ever the twain shall meet : Analyse en ontwerp van de opleiding Technische Geneeskunde

Miedema, Helene Anna Theodora

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“…Emerging professional groups are by design ‘groundbreakers’, and the CT profession was no exception. They emerged as a professional group to fill the gap between “engineer” and “physician” [ 11 ] and an important part of their role is to “design and develop new diagnostic and therapeutic opportunities” [ 46 ]. While the results of this study indicate that the legal amendment to provide an ESP to CTs was likely effective and efficient for a small portion of CT graduates, a larger portion of CT graduates did not use the ESP at all during the evaluation period.…”

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“…However, between 2014–2018, they also experimented with a new professional group, the Clinical Technologist (CT). CTs have completed a six-year university curriculum, which combines traditional medical courses with engineering, physics and math [ 10 ] and are geared towards using, improving and creating complex medical technologies [ 11 ]. CT education consists of a three year’s Bachelor and three year’s Master program, during which CTs complete as least two year’s clinical internships in which they combine patient care and research.…”

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Evaluating task shifting to the clinical technologist in Dutch healthcare: A mixed methods study

Haan

Eijk-Hustings²,

Bessems-Beks³

et al. 2023

PLoS ONE

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Background Expected rise in the demand for healthcare and a dropping supply of healthcare professionals, has generated an increased interest in the most effective deployment of healthcare professionals. Consequently, task shifting has become a common strategy to redistribute tasks between established professional groups, however, little is known about the effects of shifting tasks to emerging professional groups. The aim of this study was to evaluate a legal amendment to facilitate task shifting to an emerging profession in Dutch healthcare: Clinical Technologists (CTs). CTs were introduced and provided an Extended Scope of Practice (ESP) to perform nine ‘reserved procedures’ independently. Methods A concurrent multi-phase mixed methods study was used to evaluate whether a legal amendment to facilitate task shifting to CTs was effective and efficient. Results The results show that CTs use their ESP frequently to perform five categories of reserved procedures independently and suggest that the ESP increased the efficiency of care delivery for those procedures. Additionally, the findings highlight that task shifting was influenced by the setting in which CTs worked, time allotted to patient-contact as well as external factors (e.g., financing). Conclusions This study provides tentative lessons for policymakers on how task shifting to emerging professional groups can be improved. Providing a legal amendment to facilitate task shifting to CTs seems to be effective and efficient. However, it also poses multiple challenges. While established professional groups can face similar challenges, it is likely that these are exacerbated for emerging professional groups, particularly when shifting tasks occurs horizontally.

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Evaluating task shifting to the clinical technologist in Dutch healthcare: A mixed methods study

Haan

Eijk-Hustings²,

Bessems-Beks³

et al. 2023

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“…An international comparison of medical education is described elsewhere ( Weggemans et al , 2017 ). All students had prior training in non-technical communication and professional behaviour skills with simulated patients and followed a mandatory injections and catheterization skills course prior to enrolment in the surgical skills course ( Miedema, 2015 ; Groenier, Pieters and Miedema, 2017 ).…”

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Development and Evaluation of a Proficiency-based and Simulation-based Surgical Skills Training for Technical Medicine Students

Halfwerk¹,

Jebbink²,

Groenier³

2020

MedEdPublish

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This article was migrated. The article was marked as recommended. Objective Surgical graduate training to achieve practice-ready students is needed, yet is often lacking. This study developed and evaluated a proficiency-based, simulation-based course for basic surgical skills at graduate level. Learning outcomes were measured at the level of knowledge and skills and evaluated with a post-course questionnaire after students’ clinical rotations. Methods The surgical skills course was anchored to surgical patient flow and covered topics and skills related to pre-, intra-, and post-operative care, including case-based medical reasoning, patient safety, infection management, operating theatre etiquette, scrubbing and donning, instrument handling, local anaesthesia, excision of tissue, and suturing. Students were assessed on knowledge and procedural skills. Results 155 graduate Technical Medicine students from academic years 2015-2016 and 2016-2017 entered this 10-week, 3 ECTS credits graduate Surgical Skills course. Pass rates of the knowledge test were 78%, and 87% for the procedural skill assessment. Graduate students reached proficiency level in a simulation-based basic surgical skills course. Students stated to go with confidence to the operating room and felt competent in performing four basic surgical skills. Conclusion Based on this study, we recommend that proficiency-based training using simulation should be standard in surgical curricula before students are allowed to practice on patients.

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How Philosophical Beliefs about Science Affect Science Education in Academic Engineering Programs: the Context of Construction

Boon

2022

Engineering Studies

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Arts en Ingenieur: an ever the twain shall meet : Analyse en ontwerp van de opleiding Technische Geneeskunde

Cited by 3 publications

References 47 publications

Evaluating task shifting to the clinical technologist in Dutch healthcare: A mixed methods study

Evaluating task shifting to the clinical technologist in Dutch healthcare: A mixed methods study

Development and Evaluation of a Proficiency-based and Simulation-based Surgical Skills Training for Technical Medicine Students

How Philosophical Beliefs about Science Affect Science Education in Academic Engineering Programs: the Context of Construction

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