Establishing consensus for the core concepts of physiology in the Australian higher education context using the Delphi method

Kathy Tangalakis; Louise Lexis; Deanne H. Hryciw; Michelle Towstoless; Anthony J. Bakker; Elizabeth Beckett; Daniel Brown; Melissa Cameron; Julia Choate; Lisa Chopin; Matthew B. Cooke; Tracy Douglas; Suzanne Estaphan; Sarah Etherington; Voula Gaganis; Andrew Moorhouse; Christian Moro; Tamara Paravicini; Ben Perry; Ruben Phillips; Christopher Scott; Gabrielle Todd; Tanya Uebergang; Glenn Wadley; Matthew Watt; Alan Hayes

doi:10.1152/advan.00140.2022

Establishing consensus for the core concepts of physiology in the Australian higher education context using the Delphi method

Kathy Tangalakis, Louise Lexis, Deanne H. Hryciw, Michelle Towstoless, Anthony J. Bakker, Elizabeth Beckett, Daniel Brown, Melissa Cameron, Julia Choate, Lisa Chopin, Matthew B. Cooke, Tracy Douglas, Suzanne Estaphan, Sarah Etherington, Voula Gaganis, Andrew Moorhouse, Christian Moro, Tamara Paravicini, Ben Perry, Ruben PhillipsChristopher Scott, Gabrielle Todd, Tanya Uebergang, Glenn Wadley, Matthew Watt, Alan Hayes

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A set of core concepts (‘big ideas’) integral to the discipline of Human Physiology are important for students to understand and in turn, demonstrate their capacity to apply. We found poor mapping of an existing set of core concepts against subject learning outcomes across physiology curricula in undergraduate degree programs throughout Australian universities. One plausible reason is that the existing set of core concepts do not resonate with Australian physiology educators. The objective of this project was to reach Australia-wide consensus on a set of core concepts for physiology, to be embedded in curricula across Australian universities. A four-phase Delphi protocol was employed, starting with the invitation and acceptance of Physiology educators with extensive teaching and curriculum development expertise, from 25 Australian universities, to form a Task Force. Following two online meetings and a survey, the Task Force reached agreement on 7 core concepts of physiology and their descriptors, which were t

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	419-426
Number of pages	8
Journal	Advances in Physiology Education
Volume	47
Issue number	3
Early online date	Jun 2023
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1152/advan.00140.2022
Publication status	Published - Sept 2023

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Tangalakis, K., Lexis, L., Hryciw, D. H., Towstoless, M., Bakker, A. J., Beckett, E., Brown, D., Cameron, M., Choate, J., Chopin, L., Cooke, M. B., Douglas, T., Estaphan, S., Etherington, S., Gaganis, V., Moorhouse, A., Moro, C., Paravicini, T., Perry, B., ... Hayes, A. (2023). Establishing consensus for the core concepts of physiology in the Australian higher education context using the Delphi method. Advances in Physiology Education, 47(3), 419-426. https://doi.org/10.1152/advan.00140.2022

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