産學蓮繫에 依한 醫學技術敎育 改善方案에 關한 硏究 = A Study on the Competency Based Curriculum In Medical Laboratory Science Education

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

The field of medical laboratory science, like many other allied health professions, is currently experiencing a number of noteworthy changes. One of the obvious changes is the multitude of new tests and instruments being rapidly introduced into the practice of laboratory sciences.
As results of these technological innovations, the duties and responsibilities of laboratory manpower have also been changed.
Requisition to the development of competency based curicula in the medical laboratory science is the translation of competency statement into terminal performance objectives so that the achievment of career-entry competence can be measured.
In order to study laboratory tasks in depth, and to provide data for logically reconstructing job roles, a task inventory based on professional practices for their respective areas of the clinical laboratory had been investigated. Results of this task analyses could be in identifying objectives necessary to develop a task-oriented curriculum.
The implications of the result of this study are summarized in the following.
1. For the purpose of updating and practicing curriculum for medical technology established curriculum total credit hours should be increased within the limits of the possibility.
2. The curriculum should provide opportunities for students to apply theory in to practice through correlated and supervised instiution in clinical practice areas.
3. The teaching program must be well organized on the educational curriculum comprised of humanities and related science subjects.
4. While the student/instructor ratio in the medical laboratory sciences courses should be appropriate more balanced ratio is emphasized.
5. Based on the data studied, it can be concluded that some major courses are lacking its uniformities.
6. It should ascertained that the affiliation between academic institutions and hospital facilities must be compulsory for enhancing competency oriented education.