PROJECT-2000 - A MODULAR APPROACH TO COURSE PLANNING

Project 2000 has given nurse educators an opportunity to consider and plan educational programmes that will endure until the year 2000 and b eyond. The United Kingdom Central Council for Nursing, Midwifery and H ealth Visiting (1986) highlighted the need for preparing practitioners for uncertainty by developing structures that adapt to rapid change. This includes planning smaller units of study, that are accessible and allow for credit transfers. This article describes the development of a semester based, modular programme of study, for Project 2000, The i dea of modularity, both from the higher education and nurse education perspective is examined. An outline of the course is offered and for t he benefit of colleagues who may be considering embarking on a similar remit, areas of difficulty encountered on implementation are highligh ted with some resolutions.