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<strong>School</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Nursing</strong> & <strong>Midwifery</strong>, <strong>Trinity</strong> College Dublin: 8 th Annual Interdisciplinary Research <strong>Conference</strong><br />

Transforming Healthcare Through Research, Education & Technology: 7 th – 9 th November 2007<br />

<strong>Conference</strong> <strong>Proceedings</strong><br />

Back to contents page<br />

Collaborative Partnerships in Curriculum Development: The<br />

gateway to success?<br />

Dr. Willem Fourie PhD; M.Cur; B.Cur; RN<br />

Research Leader: Department <strong>of</strong> <strong>Nursing</strong> and Health Studies<br />

Manukau Institute <strong>of</strong> Technology<br />

Private Bag 94006<br />

South Auckland Mail Centre<br />

Manukau 2240<br />

New Zealand<br />

+64 9 9688606<br />

wifourie@manukau.ac.nz<br />

Background and context<br />

Manukau Institute <strong>of</strong> Technology’s Department <strong>of</strong> <strong>Nursing</strong> & Health<br />

Studies in Auckland New Zealand, was established in 1980.<br />

Between 1980 and 1997 approximately 1200 graduates successfully<br />

completed the Diploma in Comprehensive <strong>Nursing</strong> and subsequently<br />

passed the New Zealand <strong>Nursing</strong> Council State Examination for<br />

registration as a Comprehensive Nurse (Department <strong>of</strong> <strong>Nursing</strong> and<br />

Health Studies 2005).<br />

In 1989, the Education Amendment Act <strong>of</strong> New Zealand gave<br />

polytechnics the right to <strong>of</strong>fer and award degrees, which prior to<br />

this date, had been the domain <strong>of</strong> universities. The result <strong>of</strong> this<br />

change was the Bachelor <strong>of</strong> Health Sciences (<strong>Nursing</strong>) programme,<br />

which was introduced in 1995. This programme was <strong>of</strong>fered to preregistration<br />

and post-registration students, and replaced the<br />

Diploma in Comprehensive <strong>Nursing</strong>. Between 1998 and 2005 a total<br />

<strong>of</strong> 837 nurses graduated from the Bachelor <strong>of</strong> Health Sciences<br />

(<strong>Nursing</strong>) programme (Department <strong>of</strong> <strong>Nursing</strong> and Health Studies<br />

2005).<br />

Changes to the nursing education programmes <strong>of</strong> New Zealand<br />

became necessary because <strong>of</strong> recent changes in health strategies.<br />

The Ministry <strong>of</strong> Health published the Primary Health Care Strategy in<br />

2001. This strategy deemed Primary Health Care to be “. . . central<br />

to improving the health <strong>of</strong> New Zealanders and, in particular,<br />

tackling inequalities in health” (King 2001, p.1).<br />

In 2003 the Ministry <strong>of</strong> Health also published a report on Primary<br />

Health Care and Community <strong>Nursing</strong>, in which it stated that the<br />

fields <strong>of</strong> primary health care and community nursing recruited and<br />

retained low numbers <strong>of</strong> Maori and Pacific nurses. These nurses are<br />

needed to provide culturally sensitive health care services to these<br />

population groups (Ministry <strong>of</strong> Health 2003).<br />

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