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Comparative Study of Iranian Postgraduate Nursing and Surgical Nursing Curriculum with University of Pennsylvania in USA
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Fatemeh Taghlili    , Narges Arsalani , Maryam Ahmadi , Ladan Naseh , Fatemeh Moghaddam , Masoud Fallahi-khoshknab * |
| Department of Nursing,university of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences,Tehran,Iran. , fallahi@uswr.ac.ir |
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Introduction: Nurses play an important role in providing health services to the community. Therefore, the curricula in this field are of particular importance and should be continuously revised in line with the educational system and the needs of society. Therefore, this study aimed to compare the MSc curriculum of Iranian Internal Surgery Nursing and The University of Pennsylvania in the United States.
Methods: This comparative review was conducted in 1401. First, according to the ranking of nursing faculties of the world, a top university ranking one (Pennsylvania Nursing School) was selected by searching the QS.COM site, and the required information was collected and compared using the 4-step Bereday model.
Results: The findings showed that The Iranian Nursing Program and the Pennsylvania School of Nursing have commonalities and differences. (In Pennsylvania, the method of decentralized admission, with the condition of average and background, and in Iran, merely having a bachelor's degree and participation in the entrance exam of the Ministry of Health), the nature of the field (in Pennsylvania, with an emphasis on the development of clinical decision-making experts according to culture, and in Iran, the development of clinical specialists in the field of disease care). It is international) The content of the courses (in Iran and Pennsylvania, the content of the lessons is largely the same, but varies in the number of units).
Conclusion: Comparing the U.S. and Iran curricula shows that the U.S.-Iran curriculum has similarities in the content of the curriculum and objectives in general. However, in the nature of the field, the mission, prospects, and the way students are accepted are superior to those in Iran.
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| Keywords: Nursing Education, Curriculum, Nursing School, Iran, USA |
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Type of Study: Nursing Education |
Subject:
nursing
Received: 2023/01/18 | Accepted: 2023/03/13 | Published: 2023/05/31
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