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KMID : 0616620040100010213
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Journal of Soonchunhyang Medical College
2004 Volume.10 No. 1 p.213 ~ p.221
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Development of Interdisciplinary Curriculum Module for Social Welfare in Medicine
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Shin Hea-Jong
Nam Hae-Seon
Song Rha-Yun
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Abstract
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The purpose of the study was to develop the curriculum of medical welfare based on the perspectives from the disciplines of medicine, nursing and social welfare. The final goal of the study is to enhance the clinical competency of the graduates to effectively deal with the situations required for skills and approaches from both disciplines. The study has been designed to conduct in 3 phases; the first phase to explore the potential employment for the graduates of medical welfare by describing the specific areas which their clinical competency would fit in, the second phase to identify the level of recognition made by students regarding the medical welfare program, the third phase to develop the curriculum of medical welfare according to the student classification. In the first phase of the study, total of 115 questionnaires were sent to the institutions and hospitals specifically selected for their relevancy to the medical welfare program and 53 responses (reply rate 46.1%) were included in the analysis. Most respondents (87%) were familiar to the definition of medical welfare and 77.4% reported that they believe this program would be helpful to do their job. More than 90% of respondents assessed the future of the medical welfare program is rather good. In the second phase of the study, 301 students from the first and second year of Soonchunhyang University received a questionnaire regarding the medical welfare program that has been recently listed in their option for secondary major. Thirty percent of the respondents were aware of the program, and 65% expressed their interests in this program. Majority of the students (86%) considered this program would be helpful to find a job after their graduation, assessing the future of the program as promising. Most respondents (83%) were willing to refer this program to their family and friends. In the third phase, the specific curriculums of medical welfare program were developed according to the background of the potential participants. The first module is for those from social welfare discipline (14 subjects, 35 credits), the second is for those in medicine and nursing disciplines (14 subjects, 40 credits), and the third module is for those with other major (15 subjects, 41 credits). At the completion of each module, the students are allowed to take the exam for Advanced certificate of care worker. The study findings confirmed the need to develop the new approach combined in medicine and social welfare to accomplish the required role of social welfare related to the medical situation. Further studies would be required to evaluate the pilot application of each curriculum module of the medical welfare program as an evidence of practice-oriented education in university setting.
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KEYWORD
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Curriculum, Nursing, Social Welfare, Medicine, Interdisciplinary
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