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The impact of the curriculum on the employability of nursing and healthcare graduates

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  • Esther van der Schoot, Jan N. Streumer

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Nowadays, graduates need to cope with an increasing diversity and complexity of care situations in healthcare organisations. In order to improve the school-to-work transition, it has been decided to broaden curricula. To date, research on the development and effects of broad curricula has been limited. Very little research has been conducted on the effects of curricula type on the employability of nursing and healthcare graduates. This is remarkable given the fact that, over the last twenty years, significant investment has been made in developing curricula to fulfil the requirements of the labour market as the care situations in healthcare organisations are becoming more diverse and complex. This article describes a mainly quantitative empirical study in which the focus has been on the influence of curricula on the employability of nursing and healthcare graduates. Results showed that the curriculum indeed has an influence on the employability of nursing and healthcare graduates. Thus, this explorative study has made a contribution to curriculum research, although much more needs to be known before definite conclusions can be drawn.

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  • Esther van der Schoot, Jan N. Streumer, 2003. "The impact of the curriculum on the employability of nursing and healthcare graduates," International Journal of Human Resources Development and Management, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 3(4), pages 296-307.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijhrdm:v:3:y:2003:i:4:p:296-307
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