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Case 6
Module 6: Cardiorespiratory Systems & Technology
One cohort of a single discipline of students gain insight into anatomy, physiology and pathophysiology of the cardiorespiratory system, relevant measurement and imaging techniques, basic skills in clinical and technical-medicine reasoning, as well as consultation and file management. They then apply their new knowledge to the project to solve clinically relevant technical medical problems, in order to make a diagnosis and to propose therapy in a peer consultation. The interdisciplinary aspect of the module is coordinated by the educators, due to the student groups being monodisciplinary. The knowledge and skills that are facilitated are carefully planned and merged from top-down, not between the students as is common in interdisciplinary project work.
The STRIPES involvement in this module was between November 2019 and February 2020, the objective for the educational research was to map out how the interdisciplinary character of the programme was addressed. Observations, InterVision meetings and interviews were undertaken to gather qualitative data.
What we learned
- Tutor within project groups played a key role in facilitating students to connect and construct new knowledge through the application within the project.
- Not all learning processes were explicitly observable, therefore linking and constructing knowledge within some disparate disciplinary areas was more implicit.
- More critical thinking and reflective exercises can further enhance the interdisciplinary aspects of the module.
