Reflections of Bologna Process on Websites of Undergraduate Nursing Programs in Turkey

Journal Title: Yükseköğretim ve Bilim Dergisi - Year 2017, Vol 7, Issue 1

Abstract

This study was conducted to investigate the data about the Bologna Process on the websites of universities’ undergraduate nursing programs in Turkey. In this descriptive study, all state and private universities which have BSc Nursing Programs and are within the scope of the Council of Higher Education of Turkey were included. Data were collected between May 1st and June 1st, 2015 by searching the websites of universities that were included in this study. An Evaluation Form that was developed by the researchers was used to collect data. Data were analyzed by using frequencies and percentages. We found that 77.2% of the universities included in the study were state universities and information about the Bologna Process could be found by using the website link on the main page in 65.3% of these universities. The majority of the universities (87.1%) had general information about their program but 44% did not take the European Credit Transfer System into consideration on compulsory lessons and 41% of them on elective lessons. It was found that the majority of essential nursing lessons held by eight departments in BSc of Nursing programs had an Information Package of Lessons (68.1%-77.6%) and that this package contained information on the European Credit Transfer System Credits in 72.3%-82.7% and calculations of student workload in 54.2%-65.6%. In conclusion, the universities with BSc Nursing Program did not have full information about the Bologna Process on their websites. We recommend making the necessary updates on these websites according to the standard format of the Council of Higher Education of Turkey to avoid giving inadequate and false information about the Bologna Process.

Authors and Affiliations

Tuğçe TÜRTEN KAYMAZ, Şahika ŞİMŞEK ÇETİNKAYA, Elif BAKIR, Yeter Sinem ÜZAR ÖZÇETİN, Şenay GÜL, Nilay ERCAN ŞAHİN, Fatma USLU ŞAHAN, Seher BAŞARAN, Zahide TUNÇBİLEK

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  • EP ID EP241298
  • DOI 10.5961/jhes.2017.187
  • Views 110
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Tuğçe TÜRTEN KAYMAZ, Şahika ŞİMŞEK ÇETİNKAYA, Elif BAKIR, Yeter Sinem ÜZAR ÖZÇETİN, Şenay GÜL, Nilay ERCAN ŞAHİN, Fatma USLU ŞAHAN, Seher BAŞARAN, Zahide TUNÇBİLEK (2017). Reflections of Bologna Process on Websites of Undergraduate Nursing Programs in Turkey. Yükseköğretim ve Bilim Dergisi, 7(1), 91-98. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-241298