Table 2 Task assignment for estimation of organizational burden and curricular implementation costs
From: Medical student disaster medicine education: the development of an educational resource
Curricular activity | Mission description |
|---|---|
Program management | Development of a local organizational structure responsible for curricular activities: team recruitment, appointment of managers and departmental staff in-charge, task assignment |
Identification of internal and external experts and invitation as teaching cadre | |
Establishment of collaboration with local disaster response agencies and planning of common external units, exercises, and simulations | |
Teaching and preceptor assignment for internal and external units | |
Institution of curriculum within medical school program and coordination of units with program planners | |
Organization of facilities and equipment for in-house units with university’s lecture support staff | |
Organization of transport to external units | |
Management of administrative and reporting issues | |
If necessary: establishment of financial recording, billing, and reimbursement system | |
Faculty development/continuous professional growth | Future faculty development through involvement in existing teaching activities, plans, and team meetings |
Faculty instructor training | |
Optional: professional growth through participation in related internal and external developmental programs for university educators and disaster medicine preparedness | |
Quality assurance/continuous curricular development | Development of data collection system |
Analysis of ongoing evaluations from learners and educators | |
Use of course assessments and experiences for orientation, end-of-course team meetings, and future progress | |
Student support | Provision of curricular schedule and learning objectives |
Provision of lecture compilation (syllabus or CD) as course content workbook and base for self-directed learning | |
Development of data collection system and analysis of student examination data | |
Development of reporting system for examination grades | |
Maintenance of partnerships/collaborations | Continuous encouragement and support for internal and external partnerships and collaborations |
Running of administrative/overhead expenditures | If necessary: management of direct and indirect expenditures, such as telecommunication costs |
Other pursuits | Designing of plans for course revisions or curricular enhancements, such as integration of e-learning methods |