Approach to Developing a Core Competency Framework for Student Nurses in Saudi Arabia: Results from Delphi Technique
Background: Competence, while firmly established as a primary conceptual framework in nursing education, continues to lack clarity and uniformity across borders and contexts. While a wealth of research has been carried out on the various dimensions of this concept, including the drafting and impleme...
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| description | Background: Competence, while firmly established as a primary conceptual framework in nursing education, continues to lack clarity and uniformity across borders and contexts. While a wealth of research has been carried out on the various dimensions of this concept, including the drafting and implementation of frameworks for nursing competence, no unifying international framework has been forthcoming. Indeed, the continued development of more localized approaches, based on geography or specialization, would appear to be the most realistic objective. It is incumbent on nurse educationalists and researchers to build on existing frameworks and develop evidence-based tested methodologies for competence assessment in localized contexts. Currently, there is a dearth of such evidence-based frameworks in the Middle East and in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) in particular. This study aimed to formulate and validate a competence framework for undergraduate nursing students in KSA. Results: Following documentary analysis, framework drafting and a three round Delphi process, a consensus was reached as to elements, comprising six discrete domains, to be included. The identified competence domains provide a framework to guide the implementation of a competence-based assessment and move towards a competency-based curriculum for nursing education in KSA. Conclusions: The study concluded that providing a competency-based model and expanding and standardization of competency concept in different dimensions of nursing profession is a necessity; considering that clarification of the concept of competency, the recognition of its dimensions, characteristics and the factors affecting it help in determining the criteria and standardizing the competency tools. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9ddde58418f24ecf9d774bf91d470d5e2023-11-30T21:48:03ZengMDPI AGNursing Reports2039-439X2039-44032022-01-01121293810.3390/nursrep12010004Approach to Developing a Core Competency Framework for Student Nurses in Saudi Arabia: Results from Delphi TechniqueDena Attallah0Abd Alhadi Hasan1Oncology and Palliative Care Nursing, Fakeeh College for Medical Sciences, Jeddah 23323, Saudi ArabiaPsychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, Fakeeh College for Medical Sciences, Jeddah 23323, Saudi ArabiaBackground: Competence, while firmly established as a primary conceptual framework in nursing education, continues to lack clarity and uniformity across borders and contexts. While a wealth of research has been carried out on the various dimensions of this concept, including the drafting and implementation of frameworks for nursing competence, no unifying international framework has been forthcoming. Indeed, the continued development of more localized approaches, based on geography or specialization, would appear to be the most realistic objective. It is incumbent on nurse educationalists and researchers to build on existing frameworks and develop evidence-based tested methodologies for competence assessment in localized contexts. Currently, there is a dearth of such evidence-based frameworks in the Middle East and in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) in particular. This study aimed to formulate and validate a competence framework for undergraduate nursing students in KSA. Results: Following documentary analysis, framework drafting and a three round Delphi process, a consensus was reached as to elements, comprising six discrete domains, to be included. The identified competence domains provide a framework to guide the implementation of a competence-based assessment and move towards a competency-based curriculum for nursing education in KSA. Conclusions: The study concluded that providing a competency-based model and expanding and standardization of competency concept in different dimensions of nursing profession is a necessity; considering that clarification of the concept of competency, the recognition of its dimensions, characteristics and the factors affecting it help in determining the criteria and standardizing the competency tools.https://www.mdpi.com/2039-4403/12/1/4nursingcompetencecompetencycurriculumpracticeKingdom of Saudi Arabia |
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| title | Approach to Developing a Core Competency Framework for Student Nurses in Saudi Arabia: Results from Delphi Technique |
| title_full | Approach to Developing a Core Competency Framework for Student Nurses in Saudi Arabia: Results from Delphi Technique |
| title_fullStr | Approach to Developing a Core Competency Framework for Student Nurses in Saudi Arabia: Results from Delphi Technique |
| title_full_unstemmed | Approach to Developing a Core Competency Framework for Student Nurses in Saudi Arabia: Results from Delphi Technique |
| title_short | Approach to Developing a Core Competency Framework for Student Nurses in Saudi Arabia: Results from Delphi Technique |
| title_sort | approach to developing a core competency framework for student nurses in saudi arabia results from delphi technique |
| topic | nursing competence competency curriculum practice Kingdom of Saudi Arabia |
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