فهرست نشریات علمی دسترسی آزاد ایران

Background and aim: Education and clinical application of basic science is important in nursing education ,nurse educators have reported problems with the teaching and learning of bioscience. This study aimed toexplore educational expert’s opinions regarding the basic science courses offer.Materials and methods: This descriptive study was performed on 35 educational experts at Faculty ofNursing and Midwifery, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences. Data were collected with a semistructuredquestionnaire. Face and content validity were checked. The reliability of the questionnaire wasdetermined using the Cronbach’s Alpha test. Data were analyzed by SPSS(version 18) and descriptivestatistics.Findings: 50.0 percent of educational experts agreed with the proportion of basic science courses for nursingcourse objectives. Also, they agreed with time extension for anatomy and physiology courses, especially thesecourses offer in several semesters and relevant to clinical nursing courses.Conclusion: According to the results, it seems that curriculum planners should investigate about the clinicalapplication of basic science courses in nursing program as a priority, and fundamental reform needs toconsider basic science courses offer, especially anatomy and physiology, as well.Keywords: Curriculum planning, Educational Experts, Nursing education, Basic science courses