Establishing a Women's Health Curriculum Using the Delphi Method

Philips, Billy U.; Anderson, Garland D.; Ridl, Kimberly

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“…Many researchers have used different variations of the Delphi technique to rank and rate the relative importance of the desired attributes and characteristics of university graduates (Snoke and Underwood, 1999), to identify the competent curriculum contents and topics for undergraduate and graduate education programs (Seagle and Iverson, 2002; Philips et al , 2003; Gatchell et al , 2004; Shah, 2003, 2004), and even both (Simon et al , 2004). For example, Shah (2003, 2004) recently did an extensive research study to discover and describe the competency areas considered most important in the discipline of engineering management to update and validate the curriculum for the Master of Science in Engineering Management degree at Eastern Michigan University.…”

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Enhancing the undergraduate industrial engineering curriculum

Eskandari

Sala-Diakanda

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et al. 2007

Education + Training

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PurposeThis paper aims to present the results of an initial research study conducted to identify the desired professional characteristics of an industrial engineer with an undergraduate degree and the emerging topic areas that should be incorporated into the curriculum to prepare industrial engineering (IE) graduates for the future workforce.Design/methodology/approachA survey was administered to faculty and industry professionals across the USA to describe the desired characteristics and define the important emerging topic areas. The modified three‐round Delphi technique was applied to obtain consensus and ranking of the emerging topics.FindingsThe research findings that identify the desired characteristics and the most important emerging topics to be incorporated into the reengineered curriculum discussed in this paper. Statistical analysis of the results indicates some differences in opinions expressed by persons in academic settings and those working in business and industry.Originality/valueThese research findings have implications for the development of curricula at the international level.

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Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Enhancing the undergraduate industrial engineering curriculum

Eskandari

Sala-Diakanda

Furterer

et al. 2007

Education + Training

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“…A three generational Delphi method was used by the Women's Health Initiative Task Force, University of Texas Medical Branch, to identify and prioritise the key concepts in issues relating to women's health in order to develop a curriculum for medical students and resident physicians. 32 …”

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The Delphi technique

Thangaratinam

Redman

2005

The Obstetrician &Amp; Gynaecologist

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The Delphi technique is a way of obtaining a collective view from individuals about issues where there is no or little definite evidence and where opinion is important. The process can engender group ownership and enable cohesion among individuals with diverse views. It is an iterative questionnaire exercise with controlled feedback to a group of panellists who are anonymous. The design avoids the often counterproductive group dynamics that can occur where individuals are swayed or intimidated by others but allows panellists to reappraise their views in the light of the responses of the group as a whole.

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“…These two initiatives relied on published research and local expertise to develop courses. At the University of Texas, a multidisciplinary task force representing five primary care medical specialties developed a WH curriculum for medical students and residents using a three-round Delphi method to prioritize topics identified by literature review, and generate corresponding activities and skills [ 48 ]. Topics mainly reflected reproductive health and women’s cancers but also included health promotion, cardiovascular care, musculoskeletal disorders, mental health and the caregiver role.…”

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Medical student exposure to women’s health concepts and practices: a content analysis of curriculum at Canadian medical schools

Anderson

Gagliardi

2021

BMC Med Educ

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Background Women’s health (WH) includes a broad array of concerns and challenges that affect health across the lifespan. Considerable research shows that women continue to experience disparities in access to and quality of care. Apart from surveys of medical trainees and faculty, little research and none in Canada examined medical curriculum for WH. This study assessed how Canadian medical schools integrate WH in their curriculum. Methods We used deductive and summative content analysis to describe instances and the nature of WH topics in program and course descriptions that were publicly-available on web sites of Canadian medical schools. We reported results using summary statistics and text examples. We employed a framework, tested in our prior research, that included mention of women’s health principles and practices relevant to any health concern or condition including factors (e.g. sex, gender, social determinants) that influence health, and access to or quality of care. Results We retrieved 1459 documents from 16 medical schools (median 49.5, range 16 to 301). Few mentioned WH (125, 8.6 %), and the quantity of mentions varied by school (range 0.0–37.5 %). Pre-clerkship course documents more frequently mentioned WH (61/374, 17.3 %, chi square 43.2, p < 0.00001) compared with clerkship course documents (58/1067, 5.4 %). Core course documents more frequently mentioned WH (72/542, 13.3 %, chi square 29.0, p < 0.00001) compared with elective course documents WH (47/899, 5.2 %). Overall, documents more frequently referred to the WH domain of social determinants of health (88, 70.4 %). Few documents addressed women’s health (21, 16.8 %), sex or gender (19, 15.2 %), other considerations (15.2 %) or principles/components of women’s health (2, 1.6 %). Most documents that mentioned WH provided little detail about what those concepts referred to or how to optimize WH. Conclusions Based on program and course descriptions, WH may not be well-integrated at Canadian medical schools, and future physicians may not be consistently exposed to the full breadth of WH. This reveals opportunities for enhancing WH in the medical curriculum. Future research is needed to engage stakeholders including women in developing, implementing and evaluating competencies and corresponding curriculum that reflect the full range of WH concepts and practices.

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Establishing a Women's Health Curriculum Using the Delphi Method

Cited by 15 publications

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Enhancing the undergraduate industrial engineering curriculum

Enhancing the undergraduate industrial engineering curriculum

The Delphi technique

Medical student exposure to women’s health concepts and practices: a content analysis of curriculum at Canadian medical schools

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