Developing Health Sciences Curricula: Principles and Process Workbook 2 for HSE 3704 Study units 4-6: Assignment
03 (S1) 2017
Activity 4.1: Components of a situation analysis
Component
Vision of the program
Studying the context within which the
program will be implemented
People or groups expectations
Prospective students
Health services employers
Nurses in the field
Education authorities
Regulatory bodies (SANC)
The community served by
educational institutions
Environmental influences on the
Programme
Health systems
Education systems
Regulatory systems
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Description
What the future will demand for
graduates
Trends and movements
Evaluation of strengths endurance
of trends
Baseline of the situation of the
context within which the program
will be implemented
The extent to which a current
programme meets the expectation
of the groups
Description and analysis of the
impact of the influence of
environmental influences on the
program
Position of graduates in health
care system
Structure and function of health
system
Educational philosophy and
mission of institution
Local international current
educational debates and
development in the profession
Competence of new students
Education quality standards
Regulations from nursing
regulatory bodies
New terns of nursing covered in
the program
Ethical issues to be addressed
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Impacts on current debates in

nursing

Societal systems
The type of health services used
Health indicators in particular the
area of practice the programme
prepares nurses for
Consumers health problems
Globalizations influence on this
programmes (compliance with
international standards)
Resources accessed by the The number of the teaching staff
programme Clinical facilities analysis

The number of teacher available

Teaching staff for the new programme
The teachers professional
qualifications
Teachers experience in nursing
field and educational approach
Quality of adequate support for
teachers (offices, support staff)

Number of class rooms and its

Teaching resources type
Availability of library
Availability and the condition of
equipments (computers, overhead
projectors, video players)

Prospective students The number of prospective

students to be registered per year
The size of the pool from which
student will be recruited
Students ability to finance their
registration in the programme
Interest of employers in
sponsoring students for this
programme
The level of interest in the

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programme from potential students

Clinical facilities The availability of appropriate
health facilities for clinical
placement of students for this
program
The quality of the physical facilities
(human resources and the service
in these institutions )
What is the quantity of services
provided by the health facilities if it
will allow for sufficient learning to
take
place
willingness of the health services
to have
students placed there

Formulating curriculum foundations

Vision statement Aligned to a mission statement of

the institution

Mission statement Incorporates the needs of society

Articulates the values of the
organization(beliefs, what is
regarded important and what their
service is all about)

Sources
1. Developing Health Science curricula.: Components of a situation analysis. Only study guide for HSE 3704 University of South Africa Pretoria, 2017
2 Billings & Halstead 2012:79 Teaching in nursing: a guide for faculty 3rd edition. St Louis: Elsevier Saunders

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