Competence-Based Curriculum Development in Nursing Education: A Story From the Western Balkans

Dejan Bokonjić¹, Maja Račić, Srdjan Mašić+7

• ¹About the Authors Dejan Bokonjić, PhD, and Maja Račić, PhD, are associate professors, Faculty of Medicine, University of East Sarajevo, Foča, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Srdjan Mašić, MsPH, is with the Faculty of Medicine, University of East Sarajevo. Mirza Oruč, MsD, RN, is an instructor, Faculty of Medicine, University of Zenica, Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Lubica Rybarova, RN, PhS, is a professor, Faculty of Health Care, University of Prešov, Prešov, Slovakia. Kristina Vidović, MsD, RN, is an instructor, University of Mostar, Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Belinda Drieghe, BScN, RN, is an instructor, University College Odisee, Brussels, Belgium. Johan van Wieren, PhD, RN, is an instructor, Hanze University of Applied Sciences, Groningen, the Netherlands. Erard Çurçija, BScN, RN, is an instructor, University of Shkodra, Lugić Gurakuqi, Shkodra, Albania. Luis Seiti, BScN, RN, is an instructor, Eqrem Çabej University of Gjirokastra, Gjirokastra, Albania. This article was developed on the basis of the TEMPUS project Competency-Based Curriculum Reform in Nursing and Caring in Western Balkan Universities (544169-TEMPUS-1-2013-1-BE-TEMPUS-JPCR). The authors are grateful to Annette Schuster, BN, MACP, and Elizabeth Klaassen for their help in editing the article. For more information, contact Maja Račić at maja.racic@ues.rs.ba.