Mackay Maria, Joyce-McCoach Joanne, Stephens Moira, Cutler Natalie, Brown Roy, Fernandez Ritin, Froggatt Terry J, Heaton Leeanne, Moxham Lorna, Sim Jenny, Traynor Victoria, Bourgeois Sharon
University of Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia.
University of Wollongong and St George Hospital, Sydney, Australia.
Nurse Educ Today. 2016 Jul;42:73-7. doi: 10.1016/j.nedt.2016.04.004. Epub 2016 Apr 27.
The University of Wollongong (UOW) delivers two Transnational International Programmes (TNEP) in Hong Kong (HK): a 1-year undergraduate Bachelor of Nursing (Conversion) degree and a 2-year postgraduate Master of Nursing degree. A curriculum review of these programmes has been undertaken to ensure the quality of the programme remains consistently high and competitive in an international environment.
The aim of the Curriculum Review Project was to utilise the experience of expert academic staff to review the TNEP curricula delivered by an Australian University in Hong Kong (HK) to ensure it met contemporary needs of students, the university, and the Hong Kong Authority.
The curriculum review projects followed a qualitative research methodology. Thematic analysis was undertaken utilising Braun and Clarke's six-phase method (2006), as this method facilitated an inductive semantic approach where themes are strongly linked to the data and sourced from the explicit meaning of the discourse within the interview (Braun and Clarke, 2006).
In total, there were 6 participants who were all permanent academic staff members within the School of Nursing at the UOW. The results of this project have been reported within a strengths, weaknesses, opportunity, and threats (SWOT) framework. Participants recognised the value and challenges to both individual students and the broader nursing profession in HK. Overall, there was a perception that being involved as an academic staff member in a TNEP developed both their subject knowledge and teaching skills.
This project has demonstrated that the TNEP makes an important contribution to the nursing profession in HK, while also facilitating the growth and development of academic staff at UOW.
卧龙岗大学（UOW）在香港提供两个跨国国际项目（TNEP）：一个为期1年的护理学学士（转换）本科学位和一个为期2年的护理学硕士研究生学位。已对这些项目进行课程审查，以确保项目质量在国际环境中始终保持高水平且具有竞争力。
课程审查项目的目的是利用专家学术人员的经验，审查一所澳大利亚大学在香港提供的TNEP课程，以确保其满足学生、大学和香港当局的当代需求。
课程审查项目采用定性研究方法。采用布劳恩和克拉克的六阶段方法（2006年）进行主题分析，因为这种方法有助于采用归纳语义方法，使主题与数据紧密相连，并源自访谈中话语的明确含义（布劳恩和克拉克，2006年）。
共有6名参与者，均为卧龙岗大学护理学院的常任学术人员。该项目的结果已在优势、劣势、机会和威胁（SWOT）框架内报告。参与者认识到对香港的个别学生和更广泛的护理专业的价值和挑战。总体而言，有一种看法是，作为学术人员参与TNEP项目既发展了他们的学科知识，也提高了他们的教学技能。
该项目表明，TNEP对香港的护理专业做出了重要贡献，同时也促进了卧龙岗大学学术人员的成长和发展。
