A Comparative Study of the Nursing Undergraduate Program in Iran and Alice Lee University in Singapore

Curriculum is the heart of any educational program and the key elements of higher education for transferring knowledge, attitude, and skills to students. Comparing different educational systems will improve the content and quality of the educational program and will help to improve it .The aim of this study was to compare nursing program in Iran and Alice Lee University in Singapore.

This descriptive-comparative study was conducted at Semnan University of Medical Sciences in 2020, in which the main elements and important indicators of Iranian nursing school and Alice Lee University in Singapore were purposefully selected and analyzed based on the Beredy model.

According to the research findings, there are differences in student admission conditions, different levels of nurse training, curriculum content, techniques used in the assessment. The Alice Lee University of Singapore is ahead of Iran in terms of starting modern education and establishing a bachelorchr('39')s degree in nursing. Nursing in Iran is four years, but in Singapore, nursing is a three-year full-time course, and only students with good performance have the opportunity to achieve Nursing Honors in the fourth year.

Utilizing the strengths and educational experiences of the Alice Lee University of Singapore and emphasizing the existing strengths in Iran, will improve and enhance the quality of nursing education in Iran. As a result, in this regard, it is suggested, while examining the curriculum in terms of content, to pay attention to the training of nurses in different educational levels as a solution to solve the problem of shortage of nursing staff.