Educational development and consultancy
We offer expertise in the following areas of education in the healthcare sector: curriculum design, course-based education, practical and clinical training, quality assurance, selection procedures and project management and supervision of educational development.
Project management and advice uitklapper, klik om te openen
The Utrecht Center for Research and Development of Health Professions Education supports the development and implementation of new curricula by making a project manager or project advisor available, usually for long-term projects (one or more years) requiring both educational expertise and expertise in the fields of process guidance and change processes.
Coaching and advice uitklapper, klik om te openen
The Utrecht Center for Research and Development of Health Professions Education:
- provides tailored coaching and advice for the development of courses, programs and curricula. This usually involves guidance in the form of a series of meetings in which clients receive help in designing blueprints for their training courses or programs.
- provides educational expertise and supervises the process. Implementation is done mainly by the client or the coaches, depending on the client’s wishes.
- participates regularly in national and international medical education development projects.
Request our assistance uitklapper, klik om te openen
Please send an email requesting assistance to one of the following staff members:
- Prof. Marieke van der Schaaf
M.F.vanderSchaaf-5@umcutrecht.nl - Dr. Hanneke Mulder
H.Mulder-2@umcutrecht.nl
Our process
After holding an exploratory talk, we assess whether our expertise matches your request and whether we have the capacity to fulfill your request. If both questions are answered in the affirmative, we draw up a quotation outlining the services we can provide at what price. UMC Utrecht provides free basic services to the courses for which the Utrecht Center for Research and Development of Health Professions Education bears responsibility.
Project examples uitklapper, klik om te openen
| For whom | What | When |
|---|---|---|
| Various clients | Advice on international competency-oriented medical training | Since 2010 |
| The Radiological Society of the Netherlands | Biannual advice on the national progress test for trainee radiologists | Since 2010 |
| Medical School at UMC Utrecht | Advice on the revision of the ‘CRU 2015' curriculum | Since 2011 |
| Department for medical continuation courses | Project management for the development of various cross-discipline courses for trainee doctors | Since 2012 |
| University of Applied Sciences Utrecht, in association with HAN University of Applied Sciences and Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences | Advice on the development of a competency-oriented workplace curriculum for the new Bachelor of Biomedical Assistance course | 2013-2014 |
| UMC Utrecht Training Academy | Project Consultant for updating the curriculum of the continuation courses for nurses and the vocational training courses | 2009-2013 |
| Netherlands Orthopedic Association | Assistance in writing the national orthopedics training plan, in implementing this training plan and in setting up and providing the training courses for trainers and trainee doctors | 2006-2013 |
| University of Applied Sciences Utrecht | Assistance in developing the workplace curriculum of the Physician Assistant course | 2009 |
| Department of Geriatric Psychiatry of the Netherlands Psychiatric Association | Assistance in developing a national geriatric psychiatry curriculum | 2008-2009 |