Postgraduate Nursing and Midwifery Education

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“…It also seems that the curriculum is not following the needs of society and the education system of the country; in addition to paying attention to the basic needs of learners, we should also pay attention to the needs, issues, and health problems of society and consider them as important criteria in curriculum development. The courses related to information technology do not meet the needs of students to do research, and the duplication of educational content and its overlap with units passed in graduate school and the lack of foreign language courses are other problems of the curriculum [17]. It can also be inferred those passing units such as research methods in nursing and clinical need prerequisites such as sociology and anthropology because the goals and content of nursing are influenced by other disciplines and humanities and social sciences.…”

“…Quality assurance of doctoral courses in nursing is one of the most important priorities that will affect the development and improvement of educational programs because the existence of high-quality programs facilitates the training of competent and efficient students [14]. Undoubtedly, the biggest challenge for nursing students and graduates is to face a deep gap between the ideals and the undefined position in the clinic in theory and reality [15][16][17][18]. In Iran, the knowledge gained from studying at the highest level of the nursing profession is limited to the boundaries of academia remain, and the practical application of what is learned in the clinic is ignored [19].…”