JUST-CRS master programme: an interdisciplinary curriculum for occupation and physical therapy

Abstract

JUST-CRS is a capacity building Project in higher education funded by the EU Erasmus+ aims to establish an interdisciplinary master program in rehabilitation sciences at JUST for both occupational and physical therapy. Consortium partners, led by the grant holder (JUST) and universities from Portugal, England, Turkey and Jordan have worked collaboratively to build an international curriculum with structure that provides innovative solutions to Jordanian rehabilitation gaps and ts Jordanian Higher Education standards and the European standards set in the European Qualification Framework. This presentation intends to shed light on the process, steps, outcomes and insights of developing this master’s degree program in rehabilitation sciences. The process highlights the steps starting from needs assessment, setting up program graduate competencies, setting up core and elective courses’ skeletal structure and descriptions, establishing courses learning outcomes, courses’ contents and topics as well as establishing the courses’ evaluation methods. Each step was collaboratively crafted to t multiple international culturally-different partners, multi-disciplines, multiple views and perspective of educational and professional systems. Ultimately, the program has been a success. The recipe for this success as well as better suggestions for future international collaborations in the eld of higher education for rehabilitation sciences will be disseminated.N/