Planning reform to competency based curricula in undergraduate nursing and midwifery education: A qualitative study.

Background: Reform to Competency-based curricula, a standard for training health professionals of the 21st century, requires rigorous planning for successful implementation. However, although the reform defines the direction of the schools and quality of their products, it lacks in planning and prominence which could lead to the failure and waste of resources.

Objective: To explore the processes of planning reform to Competency-based curricula in undergraduate nursing and midwifery education in Rwanda.

Conceptualization of competency based curricula in pre-service nursing and midwifery education: A grounded theory approach.

In health professional education, the competency-based curriculum concept has been an important driver of reform in the training of competent graduates for the 21st century. In African countries, although there has been implementing it in pre-service nursing and midwifery education and the literature reports a lack of understanding of what is it on the part of the implementers. This article explores the meaning of competency based curriculum in pre-service nursing and midwifery education in Rwanda.