Instructional Design Linking Military Training and Academic Education for Officer Cadets

A Scoping Review

Authors

  • Steven Hornstra Maastricht University; Maastricht University Medical Centre+; Royal Netherlands Army; NATO C2COE.
  • Jaap Hoogenboezem Maastricht University; Royal Netherlands Army
  • Steven Durning Uniformed Services University
  • Walther van Mook Maastricht University Medical Centre+ ; Maastricht University

Abstract

As a result of civil-military operations and hybrid warfare, strategic thinking becomes increasingly important for officer cadets, necessitating ever more academic education at a military academy. For officer education, several efforts have been made to close the gap between the traditional training of military skills and the academic education. Until now, little attention has been paid to instructional design as a means of linking military training and academic education. Consequently, we make a plea for an innovative integrated instructional design (ID) model for both military training and academic education, based on an ID model for military skills training and an ID model for academic education. Before we actually designed that integrated model, we needed to know if these two ID models have not previously been integrated. Our scoping review confirms that these two models have not been integrated yet.

Author Biographies

Steven Hornstra, Maastricht University; Maastricht University Medical Centre+; Royal Netherlands Army; NATO C2COE.

MAJ Steven Hornstra BEd, MSc is educational researcher at the school of health professions education of Maastricht University, educationalist at the academy for postgraduate medical education of Maastricht University Medical Centre+, civil-military co-operation specialist in the civil-military interaction command of the Royal Netherlands Army, and staff officer military-academic networks at the NATO Command and Control Centre of Excellence. His main research interests are military education, officer education, learning theories and instructional design.

 

Jaap Hoogenboezem, Maastricht University; Royal Netherlands Army

MAJ. dr. Jaap Hoogenboezem is lecturer in public administration at Maastricht University and civil-military co-operation specialist in the civil-military interaction command of the Royal Netherlands Army. His main research interests are political and military leadership.

Steven Durning, Uniformed Services University

Prof. dr. Steven Durning is professor and vice chair, department of medicine, and director, center for health professions education at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD. His main research interests are clinical reasoning, assessment and evaluation, professional development, identity formation and educational theory.

Walther van Mook, Maastricht University Medical Centre+ ; Maastricht University

Prof. dr. Walther van Mook is internist-intensivist, and vice chair of the department of intensive care medicine, dean/director for postgraduate medical education of Maastricht University Medical Centre+, and professor at the school of health professions education of Maastricht University. His main research interests are medical education and clinical research in general, and professional development, professionalism and professional identity formation specifically.

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Published

2023-12-21

Issue

Vol. 22 No. 4

Section

Articles