title: Designing a common core curriculum for operating department nursing.
abstract: This paper has been written to outline the experiences of the European Operating Room Nurses Association in designing a Common Core Curriculum for European Operating Room Nursing. The process of curriculum planning is never one to be undertaken without an understanding of the complexity of producing what often appears as nothing more than a simple document once the task is completed. In most situations the planning of a curriculum is undertaken by a small team of people who prepare a structure and content which they themselves are actually going to implement, therefore the curriculum responds to the needs of the particular location for which it is intended. When a National Curriculum is developed it is usually done so by a group of people who work within the framework and guidelines of a national body, but they include local representatives from different areas to ensure that the finished product is one which can usefully be applied to all areas of the country. The designing of a curriculum for Europe brings a whole new dimension to curriculum planning.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Brett
mesh_terms: D003479:Curriculum; D005062:European Union; D006801:Humans; D009871:Operating Room Nursing / Q000193:education*; D016730:Program Development