Abstract

POBLETE TRONCOSO, Margarita et al. Nursing students' experiences of change: from a traditional curriculum to a competency-based curriculum. Rev. Enf. Ref. [online]. 2017, vol.serIV, n.14, pp.49-56. ISSN 0874-0283.  https://doi.org/10.12707/RIV17036.

Background: In the past decade, nursing education has initiated important curricular changes based on competency training. The discipline faces the challenge of defining the most relevant competencies for students to acquire. Objective: To understand the experiences of students from the Catholic University of the Maule, Chile about competency-based education. Methodology: A qualitative, descriptive and interpretative study was conducted. A total of 17 semi-structured interviews were performed. Van Manen's holistic approach was used in the analysis. Results: The emergent themes were feelings experienced regarding curricular innovation; the difficult implementation of competencies; the profound changes; and a good teaching. Conclusion: The study allowed us to understand the meaning of curricular innovation from the students' perspective and provided relevant information for curricular redesign. It allowed us to reflect on the teaching/learning process of competency-based curricula in Latin-America.

Keywords : education, nursing; curriculum; students, nursing; competency-based education.

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