فهرست نشریات علمی دسترسی آزاد ایران

BACKGROUND: Innovation in the development and review of curriculums is one of the requirementsof medical education in the present era. SPICES model has been taken into consideration by nursingfaculties to promote quality of nursing education and to eliminate conventional curriculums. In Iran,for competency‑based nursing education, review and development of curriculums are necessary.OBJECTIVE: The objectives of the present study were to determine the implementation of SPICESmodel in nursing curriculums of Tehran (Iran), Western (Canada), and Hacettepe (Turkey) nursingfaculties and also to present recommendations to operationalize it in the nursing curriculum of Iran.MATERIALS AND METHODS: This study using comparative method with Brady’s model wasconducted in 2018. In this study, curriculums of nursing faculties of Tehran, Western Canada, andHacettepe were compared. Data were extracted through texts and documents available at electronicpages of universities. Curriculums of these nursing faculties were compared from the perspective ofSPICES model strategies (student‑based, problem‑based, integration, community‑based, elective,and systematic) at four steps of description, interpretation, juxtaposition, and comparison.RESULTS: The results showed that curriculums in Western Canada reside at the end of the innovativespectrum of SPICES model. Curriculums in Tehran and Hacettepe in most of the strategies of thismodel reside at the beginning of the spectrum, and in most cases, conventional methods were used.CONCLUSIONS: According to successful experiences of Western Canada in the implementationof SPICES model’s strategies and also considering this fact that still conventional approaches areprevalent in Iran, it is recommended to focus on experiences and, according to social conditionsand facilities of the nursing community, to implement necessary changes in the curriculums basedon this model.