1. Nursing students' experiences of change: from a traditional curriculum to a competency-based curriculum.
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Poblete Troncoso, Margarita, Cofre Gonzalez, Carmen Gloria, Guerra Guerrero, Verónica Teresa, Miño Gonzalez, Carmen Gloria, Ceballos Vasquez, Paula Anrea, and Jara Rojas, Ana Verónica
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OUTCOME-based education , *CURRICULUM , *EXPERIENCE , *INTERVIEWING , *RESEARCH methodology , *NURSING education , *NURSING students , *STATISTICAL sampling , *STUDENTS , *STUDENT attitudes , *QUALITATIVE research , *TEACHING methods , *THEMATIC analysis , *HUMAN services programs - Abstract
Background: In the past decade, nursing education has initiated important curricular changes based on competen- cy 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 implementa- tion of competencies; the profound changes; and a good teaching. Conclusion: The study allowed us to understand the meaning of curricular innovation from the students’ per- spective and provided relevant information for curricular redesign. It allowed us to reflect on the teaching/learning process of competency-based curricula in Latin-America. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2017
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