EDUPROF expert meeting

Educational Programs

Bas de GeusPhD, doctor-assistant

Department of Human Physiology and Sports MedicineVrije Universiteit Brussel

4/14/2011

• Please describe structure of academic programs (degrees (Bachelor, Master), # of years)

• Bachelor of Science in Physical Education and Movement Sciences (model trajectory: 3 yrs): Day student or work student Short BSc programmes (for students with professional BSc)

• Master of Science in Physical Education and Movement Sciences (model trajectory: 2 yrs) Day student or work student

• Postgraduate Sport, Economy and Communication (1 yr)• Expert Class in Professional Sportmanagement• Phd (average 5 yrs)

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• Please describe for which professional field your program is preparing the students (1)

• Physical Education & Movement Sciences:1. Fitness & Health:

Fitness- or health care sector: sportive training of elderly, obese, children…Diploma ‘Fitnessdeskundige’ (Personal Trainer)

2. Sports management:Organizer of sports events, manager in sports federation, sports administrator or promoterDiploma ‘Sports administrator’

3. Training & Coaching:Trainer or coachDiploma ‘Trainer B’ or ‘Trainer A’

4. Education – Certified diploma of Teacher, higher secondary education:Physical education or biomedical sciencesMedical or pharmaceutical representative

Scientific Research (common for 1,2,3 and 4)

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• Please describe for which professional field your program is preparing the students (2)

• Educational programs in physiotherapy:• BSc and MSc in Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation Sciences

Geriatric rehabilitation Neurological rehabilitation Physiotherapy of patients with internal disorders Musculoskeletal rehabilitation

Manual therapy Sports physiotherapy

Education – Certified diploma of Teacher, higher secondary education

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• Please describe amount of credit hours dedicated to research coursework (Physical education and movement sciences)

• Research methodology in movement sciences (2nd Bachelor – 4 credits)

• Research, statistics and informatics (3rd Bachelor – 6 credits)

• Masters thesis part 1 – (1st Master – 10 credits)• Masters thesis part 2 – (2nd Master – 14 credits)

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• Please describe to which extent research components/course work plays a role in the educational program

• BSc and MSc educational programs are by definition composed of scientific based education contents

• A research component is present in many courses/ in almost every course

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• Please describe how end-terms, related to research, are defined.‘Researcher’ is one of the roles of the competence profile

• Please describe how these end-terms are reachedElements of the competence profile and the way of examination are comprised in the content description of the courses

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• Please describe in which years of the program research courses are offered (form and content of courses)

• Research courses in Ba and Ma-program, (cfr. previous slides).

• Especially 24 credits of the master thesis

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• Please describe future plans / developments• Introduction of a 2 years masters program of

physical education and movement sciences in Flanders (actually a one year master)

• Increase Internationalization @ home and abroad.

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