AN EVALUATION OF POST-REGISTRATION STUDENTS EXPERIENCE OF HIGHER-EDUCATION

The Diploma in Professional Studies in Nursing and Midwifery (DPSN/M) was planned to help experienced nurses and midwives to study at a high er education level. The main aim of the course is to inform and improv e practice, thus supporting research based, reflective, professional d evelopment. In this paper the students experience of the Management of Care Delivery (MCD) unit of the course is evaluated by use of a seman tic differential scale, the Hoste Grid. The results show a positive ex pectation of the unit which is shaken, but not destroyed, by the proce ss of experiencing the course and its assessment. The study also highl ights some of the difficulties of conducting educational research.