Requirements for the level of doctors of philosophy training in nursing: results of stakeholder survey

Abstract

Summary. Increasing the skills of nursing staff is an important strategy for achieving the goals of sustainable development and strengthening the health care system. The aim of the study – to analyze the needs of medical schools for specialists in the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in nursing and the requirements for them, as well as the educational program in 223 "Nursing", which is implemented at I. Horbachevsky Ternopil National Medical University, to provide the necessary level of training. Materials and Methods. In order to achieve this goal, letters of request were sent to the e-mails of 30 medical education institutions to agree to take part in the survey. As a result, 10 institutions agreed to take the questionnaire and sent the completed questionnaires. Results. The main requirements for doctors of nursing from external stakeholders are as follows: a very high level of theoretical and practical training with the formation of a significant number of necessary competencies provided by the educational-scientific program in 223 "Nursing" implemented at Ternopil National Medical University. It is recommended to review and fully ensure the formation of psychological and pedagogical competencies and the ability to apply the acquired knowledge in related specialties of the field 22 "Health". The quality of training of specialists at the 3rd level of higher education in nursing is confirmed by the high interest of external stakeholders in hiring (70 %) and willingness to recommend other managers to hire (100 %) graduates of TNMU in Nursing. Conclusions. The educational and scientific program in the specialty 223 "Nursing", implemented at the Ternopil National Medical University, provides a high level of training for doctors of philosophy in nursing