Fichardt A E, Viljoen M J
Curationis. 2000 Dec;23(4):107-16. doi: 10.4102/curationis.v23i4.768.
A key step in the development of any educational programme is learning needs assessment. This is however often neglected. The purpose of this research was to identify learning needs of potential students in order to develop a relevant educational programme for registered nurses in advanced midwifery and neonatology. A survey design was used, and the population of the study was the registered nurses in the Free State. Two thousand questionnaires were mailed to respondents, selected by means of simple random sampling. Advanced educational programmes emphasize the teaching of advanced knowledge and skills and accept that the students entering these programmes already have specific knowledge and skills included in the curricula for basic programmes. This is contrary to the findings of this study. The results underline the importance of learning needs assessment in the development of relevant educational programmes.
任何教育项目开发中的关键一步是学习需求评估。然而，这一点常常被忽视。本研究的目的是确定潜在学生的学习需求，以便为注册护士制定一个关于高级助产学和新生儿学的相关教育项目。采用了调查设计，研究对象是自由邦的注册护士。通过简单随机抽样选取了2000名受访者并向其邮寄了问卷。高等教育项目强调先进知识和技能的教学，并认为进入这些项目的学生已经具备基础项目课程中包含的特定知识和技能。但本研究的结果与此相反。这些结果强调了学习需求评估在制定相关教育项目中的重要性。
