Curriculum Development for HF/E Graduate Students: Lessons Learned in an Ongoing Effort to Educate and Meet Industry Demands

摘要

As a department, we were tasked with completely revising a HF/E and safety curriculum that hadnot been thoroughly revised or updated for years. We were producing students that could recitethe same information all HF/E professionals know by heart and is the basis for our profession, butwere having trouble finding gainful employment upon graduation. Our task was to update thecurriculum in such a way as to still impart the knowledge and skills needed by HF/Eprofessionals, but in a way that tailors that skill set and knowledge to something they can apply inan industry setting based on first-hand experience. Results three years post review showsstudents graduating with multiple job offers and advancing in their career paths at rates fasterthan their peers.