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Funding Programme
Erasmus+ Programme, Cooperation Partnerships in Higher Education
Theme
Medicine
Target group
Higher Education
Project Reference
2022-1-RO01-KA220-HED-000087854
Date
16-03-2023 | 16-03-2023
Project Details
Project Title
Innovation Skills for Nurses - Curriculum development for up-skilling specialist nurses (SN) and advanced practice nurses (APN)
Context
The motivation that backs up the Innovative Skills for Nurses project is related structural issues with national healthcare systems that came to light, with the COVID pandemic. Relevant to this project is the case of Specialist Nurse (SN) and the Advanced Practice Nurse (APN). Whereas the concept of SNs and APNs has recently evolved as a response to healthcare needs, there is currently no convergence in terms of higher education since the curriculum structures, length of educational programs, and learning outcomes differ among European countries, as well as their practical training in their respective clinical field.
Objectives
The specific aims of the project are:
- Develop an innovative Curriculum to be implemented in all partner universities for the training of Specialist Nurses (SN) and Advanced Practice Nurses (APN)
- Provide trainers and lecturers of in-service and student nurses with innovative digital teaching skills and methods
- Create an online Repository of digital and virtual reality based scenarios and diagnostic challenges to be used as teaching and learning sources to qualify nurses
Activities
The following activities will be implemented:
- Transnational research activity comparing existing curricula for training Specialist Nurses and Advanced Practice Nurses
- Creation of a joint curriculum for training Specialist Nurses and Advanced Practice Nurses
- Creation of an online training package to train trainers and lecturers on the implementation of digital based education and training methodologies and solutions
- Collection, documentation and analysis of case studies and diagnostic challenges for nurse training
Results
The main project results include:
- An innovative Curriculum for the qualification of Specialist Nurse and the Advanced Practice Nurse
- An online e-learning package on the application of modern online digital teaching techniques, on the use of medical virtual reality techniques to qualify Specialist Nurse and the Advanced Practice Nurse
- A Repository of digital and virtual reality based learning scenarios and problem solving diagnostic challenges to allow the development of important practical skills