Roxburgh, M, Watson, R, Holland, K, Johnson, M ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6570-0145, Lauder, W and Topping, K
2008,
'A review of curriculum evaluation in United Kingdom nursing education'
, Nurse Education Today, 28 (7)
, pp. 881-889.
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Abstract
Recently we have witnessed several significant changes to the nursing curriculum in the United Kingdom (UK). This review forms part of a larger study evaluating the ‘fitness for practice’ elements of the nursing curriculum in Scotland. Systematic review methods were used including the following databases: CINAHL and BNI. Twenty six papers were retrieved and 14 remained after applying the review criteria, the main rationale being the empirical focus. It appears that there is a paucity of research in this area in the UK and papers dealt exclusively with either content, process or outcome evaluation of the nursing curriculum. National, well funded, multi-centre studies tended to be more rigorous. Results, where they were positive about curricular changes, tended to be limited. There is clearly a need for rigorous research into curriculum evaluation, both at the micro and macro level, which investigates content, process and outcome. Without such research, curriculum change will be uninformed.
Item Type: | Article |
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Themes: | Subjects / Themes > R Medicine > RT Nursing Health and Wellbeing |
Schools: | Schools > School of Health and Society > Centre for Applied Research in Health, Welfare and Policy Schools > School of Health and Society |
Journal or Publication Title: | Nurse Education Today |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Refereed: | Yes |
ISSN: | 0260-6917 |
Depositing User: | Institutional Repository |
Date Deposited: | 06 May 2011 12:42 |
Last Modified: | 16 Feb 2022 11:16 |
URI: | http://usir.salford.ac.uk/id/eprint/13972 |
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