Curriculum Innovation HAN School for Physiotherapy

Period: 2019 – 2024
Client: Hogeschool Arnhem Nijmegen

This is a comprehensive project aiming to update the physiotherapy curriculum. Trigger was the dissatisfaction of students and teachers with the assessment program. In 2018, we decided to develop and implement the concept of Programmatic Assessment including the scientific evaluation. This innovation coincided with a rigorous redesign of curriculum content and didactics. The innovation is based on a number of guiding principles:

curriculum based on authentic issues in current and anticipated professional practice
flexible learning routes, flexible learning content, fixed learning outcomes.
collaborative learning in vertically organized communities of practice (across all four school years).
hybrid learning environment
assessment according to the principles of Programmatic Assessment using a digital portfolio Scorion in which information is aggregated (fig. 1 below)

Fig 1

The implementation is accompanied by an intensive professionalization program for teachers. We are now in the last phase in which we shape the practical learning period. In doing so, we look for innovative forms of intervision in collaboration with the professional field and professional association in anticipation of developments in healthcare and society.