Master and Doctoral Nursing Education in Spain

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Master and Doctoral Nursing Education in Spain

• Adelaida Zabalegui, RN, PhD

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Legislation

• RD 1044/2003, Diploma Suplement
• RD 1125/2003, ECTS system
• RD 55/2005, Law that regulates graduate degrees
• RD 56/2005, Law that regulates postgraduate
  degrees (Master and doctoral levels)
• RD 44/2003, Law Ordenación de la Profesiones
  Sanitarias.

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Diploma Supplement

• Studentdemographic data
• Information about the degree (name, areas of
  knowledge related...)
• Information about the degree level (level,
  duration in years, and credits, entry
  requirements,...)
• Information about the contents and the obtained
  results (subjects, teaching methodologies, system
  of qualifications, ...)
• Information about the competencies of the degree
  (access to other degrees, access to professional
  employment, ...)
• Additional information
• Information about number of ECTS

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ECTS

• 1 credit ECTS 25 - 30 hour
• 60 ECTS per academic year 1500-1800 h
• 36 - 40 weeks per academic year
• Maximum 40 hours / week 1.5 ECTS

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Previous academic system
1 - 2 years
3 years
4 - 6 years
1r cycle
2nd cycle
Doctorate
Diploma
Doctor
Bachelor
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NEW SYSTEM
3 - 4 years 1 - 2 years
gt 3 years
Degree
Master
Doctorate
Basic Professional Competencies
21-22 years
Postdoctoral
L L L
Professional Development, Continous education
23-24 years
28 years
Specific ProfessionalCompetencies
Academic, Research, Clinical
26-27 years
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LAW STRUCTURE
Level I
Level II
1 o 2 years
3 - 4 years
gt 3 years
Master
Master 60 / 120 ECTS
Degree 180 or 240 ECTS
Doctorate
300 ECTS
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NURSING MASTERS
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TWO OPTIONS

• Professionally oriented specialties
• Focused on Research
• Allow the student to develop new knowledge in his
  or her own discipline, giving answers to societal
  problems.

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MASTER IN NURSING SCIENCE

• Competencies related to nursing leadership and
  administration
• Interpersonal competencies and therapeutic
  communication
• Nursing research

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Financial resources to obtain EU partners

• Erasmus Mundus
• AGAUR
• MEC

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NURSING SCHOOLS Master in nursing science

• Alicante University
• Almeria University
• Autonoma of Madrid University
• Huelva University
• International University of Catalunya
• Lleida University
• Rovira and Virgili of Tarragona University
• Zaragoza University

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Curriculum MNS
ECTS  
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NURSING PhD
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Types of doctorates

• Doctorates in other sciences
• Humanities, psychology, anthropology,
• Doctorates in Nursing
• Focused in nursing research (PhD)
• Focused in nursing teaching and administration
• Focused in nursing care (Clinical)
• European doctorate

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European doctorate

• Two positive reference letters from PhDs from 2
  European countries (EC)
• One member of the dissertation committe has to be
  from another EC
• A part of the dissertation defense has to be made
  in the official language of another EC
• The PhD candidate has to document his or her
  stage of at least three months in other EC to
  complete the research

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Planning

• To allow the students to reach the proposed
  objectives
• To mantain programme quality standars

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NEEDED RESOURCES

• Financing
• Infrastructures
• Qualified professors
• Employment opportunity
• Equipment

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Finances

• Not based on Soft but on Hard money
• Nursing School or Faculty has to be have a viable
  plan and clear progression towards programme
  stability
• We need to be creative, intelligent,
  assertive,.
• Unite efforts

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Potential students

• A few nurses are now interested in Masters in
  nursing sciences and Doctoral education.
• Part time versus full time dedication
• Who pays for the tuition?
• Lack of employer support
• Lack of willingness for travel
• Family support

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PROFESSORS

• Few qualified professors available
• Qualified to
• educate,
• be role models and
• guide research work
• Inter-university collaboration
• National
• International

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Employment opportunities

• Oversupply of doctors in other sciences
• Lack of demand of nursing doctors
• Programmes RDI (research, development and
  innovation)

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INFRASTRUCTURE

• Classes and seminars
• Administrative structure
• Libraires with good documental bases in Nursing
• Access to electronic data bases
• Laboratories with the needed equipment
• Technology. Computers, internet, .

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Existing Doctoral Nursing Programmes

• Nursing Practice and education
• Nursing and the culture of care
• Requirements
• 20 credits of academic subjects 12 credits for
  research sufficiency dissertation defense