International Journal of Nursing Education
  • Year: 2016
  • Volume: 8
  • Issue: 1

Nursing Curriculum Framework a Comparison between Switzerland and India: Insights from Faculty Exchange Programme

  • Author:
  • Anne-Claude Allin1, Yvan Durenberger2, G Malarvizhi3, Elizabeth Jean Abraham4
  • Total Page Count: 6
  • Page Number: 191 to 196

1Dean of Education & Deputy Director, Haute Ecole de la Santé La Source-Lausanne, Switzerland

2Senior Lecturer, UAS, Head of CIPP (Center for Innovation and Educational Promotion), Haute Ecole de la Santé La Source-Lausanne, Switzerland

3Vice Principal, PSG College of Nursing, Coimbatore-Tamilnadu

4Principal, PSG College of Nursing, Coimbatore-Tamilnadu

Online published on 15 January, 2016.

Abstract

This paper is designed to compare and exchange ideas about the Nursing curriculum and teaching strategies adapted in India and Switzerland and identify similarities and differences in building competencies in the Baccalaureate Nursing programmes. Teaching and learning entails the holistic process of development of life-long Skills etc. It then becomes exigent for educators, administrators.

Keywords

Curriculum, Teaching strategies, Baccalaureate Nursing education, Course framework, training