A Comparison of Different Types of Pre-registration Education for Occupational Therapists and Physiotherapists and Its Relevance to First Post Performance

The opinions of students of the first cycle of undergraduate pre-registration bridging nursing teaching programme at the Medical University of Lublin

OBJECTIVES

Determination of the scope and character of the opinions of investigated students in the organizational and substantial dimension concerning bridging studies carried out in the first experimental cycle of this form of education in Poland.

STUDY GROUP

The study covered 116 students of nursing supplementing their nursing vocational education to licentiate level.

METHOD

The study was carried out by the method of diagnostic poll based on own version of questionnaire inquiry. Study results were assessed by a team of competent arbitrators in order to precisely determine their category, positive or negative opinions, and also subjected to statistical analysis using chi(2) test.

RESULTS

Study results point to a greater number of positive than negative opinions pertaining to bridging education. The type of nursing or midwifery school completed and period of occupational experience, irrespective of its duration, positively correlated with the respondents' opinions on the sense of 'bridging education' and the choice of satisfying syllabus content.