title: [Inside the French reform of nursing education: a survey of faculty members].
abstract: Changing societal health care needs has led the Ministry of Health to rethink the paramedical courses. European harmonization was needed to set up this training with the LMD system within a university scheme. Based on this new paradigm, an educational reform consisting of a competency-based approach was implemented, leading to major modifications in the function of a trainer. Consequently, training institutes for health care managers had to adapt their program to this new learning concept. The main objective of this study was to identify the needs of trainers in charge of this new graduate nurse program. The secondary objective was to collect their perceptions in order to recognize the positive or negative factors related to these changes. A questionnaire survey was conducted with 276 trainers belonging to 16 out of the 17 nursing schools of the Rhone-Alpes 2 region. One hundred and five trainers responded, corresponding to a rate of 38%. The majority of the respondents considered the new program as suitable, both for training and for profession. The skills approach is seen as a factor for improvement. The learnings to be developed are in line with reflective practice and the conception of symbolic situations. The study has allowed to gather the needs for the trainers to adapt their training. It highlighted the importance of a referent trainer for the trainee, a major and precious lever for change.
authors.affiliation: Cadre de Santé formateur IFCS CHU Grenoble. abouveret@chu-grenoble.fr
authors.forename: Annick
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bouveret
authors.forename: Laurent
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lima
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Michon
authors.forename: Michel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Grangeat
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003162:Competency-Based Education / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004506:Education, Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005181:Faculty, Nursing; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D020380:Needs Assessment; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires