Curriculum Development

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Curriculum Development

• Update

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Aims of the Meeting

• To update academic staff on the developments thus
  far within the Undergraduate Pre-Registration
  Nursing Curricula
• To seek your views on the developments thus far
• To agree strategy for writing modules identified

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Programmes

• B.S.c Nursing Studies/Registered Nurse Programme
• Advanced Diploma in Higher Education Registered
  Nurse Programme or Diploma
• M.A Nursing Studies/Registered Nurse Programme

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Developments thus Far

• Aims of the programme identified which align with
• the requirements of
• Nursing Subject Benchmarks
• Framework for Higher Education Qualifications
• Academic and Practitioner Standards
• Nursing and Midwifery Council Standards of
  Proficiency for Pre-Registration Nursing
  Education

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Cross Programme Developments

• Year Long Modules Personal and Professional
  Development for Inter-professional Practice in
  each year of the provision.
• Suggested Titles
• Foundations of Collaborative Working
• Developing Skills for Collaborative Working
• Collaborative Working in Practice

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Cross Programme Modules

• Year Long Clinical Skills Modules in each year
  culminating in Internship (Nursing) in third
  year.
• Framework developed

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Foundation and Cross Branch Developments

• Titles of Modules not yet decided, examples
• only Foundation Modules
• The Foundations of Care
• Concepts of Care Health, Applied Life and
  Behavioural Sciences
• Implementing Nursing Care
• Concepts of Care Health, Applied Life and
  Behavioural Sciences

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Foundation and Cross Branch Developments

• The following Modules are across All
• Branches
• Implementing Evidence Base of Nursing Clinical
  Reasoning, Decision Making
• Research Methods in Health
• Developing Managerial and leadership Skills in
  Nursing Practice
• Extended Study at 30 and 20 Credits level 6

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Spiral Modules in Branch

• Specific Links To Practice
• Foundations of Nursing
• Nursing Care Delivery
• Nursing Care Delivery
• Placements
• Foundation Hospital and Community
• Adult Branch Acute, Critical Community and
  Continuing Care

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Curricula Themes

• Remain the same However,
• Strengthening of
• Collaborative Working
• User-carer Perspective
• Public Health Developments
• Essential Skills in Practice

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Issues to be addressed

• Implementation student/staff friendly
• Theory practice integration
• Placements
• Grading practice
• International activity
• Diploma/advanced Diploma/M.A. Programme
• Admission requirements to reflect specific
  literacy and numeracy requirements

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Other Issues

• Guidance facilitator/tutor/expert facilitator
• Enquiry based learning a teaching strategy

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The Way Forward

• Writing the modules
• Consider the Module Title ensuring that it
  demonstrates fit for purpose is contemporary
  and informative.
• That aims and outcomes align with the indicative
  content and reading lists and are at the correct
  academic level
• Assure that the aims and outcomes are measurable,
  achievable and realistic

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The Way Forward

• Assessment links to outcomes formative and
  summative
• Notional Student Workload is realistic
• Synopsis of the module is clear and promotes
  marketing

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Resources

• Self
• Standards of Proficiency for Pre-Registration
  Education
• The NHS Knowledge and Skills
• Pen Portrait
• Current Curricula
• Government Agenda