Clinical competency of nurses trained in competency-based versus objective-based education in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: a qualitative study

• Published in: Human resources for health Vol. 22; no. 1; p. 38
• Main Authors: Nagai, Mari, Oikawa, Miyuki, Komagata, Tomoko, Basuana, Josué Désiré Bapitani, Ulyabo, Gérard Kahombo, Minagawa, Yui, Matsuoka, Sadatoshi, Egami, Yuriko, Honda, Mari, Tamura, Toyomitsu
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 04.06.2024; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Adult; Clinical Competence; Clinical medicine; Clinical nurses; Clinical supervisors; Competency based education; Data collection; Decision-making; Democratic Republic of the Congo; Demographics; Education, Nursing; Evaluation; Female; Focus Groups; Health facilities; Humans; Interviews; Male; Middle Aged; Nurses; Nursing; Nursing care; Nursing education; Nursing skills; Professional development; Provinces; Public health; Qualitative Research; Questionnaires; Resource-limited countries; Science education; Self evaluation; Self-Assessment; Standardized nursing care; Supervisors; Training; Workforce; Democratic Republic of the Congo; Congo (Kinshasa); Clinical supervisors; Standardized nursing care; Competency-based education; Democratic Republic of the Congo; Clinical nurses; Resource-limited countries

Designing competency-based education (CBE) programmes is a priority in global nursing education for better nursing care for the population. In the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), object-based education (OBE) remains mainstream in pre-service nursing education programmes. Recently, the Minist...