Mainey, Lydia, Downing, Sandra, Balnaves, Mary-Clare, Cappiello, Joyce, King, Jemma, Peacock, Ann, Peberdy, Lisa, and Dean, Judith (2024) Australian nursing and midwifery curriculum design blind spots: a qualitative study through the prism of unplanned pregnancy. Teaching and learning in nursing, 19 (4). e654-e660.

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Abstract

Aim This study aimed to explore Australian academics' perspectives on teaching unplanned pregnancy prevention and care to undergraduate nursing and midwifery students.

Methods A constructivist qualitative study of undergraduate nursing and midwifery academics in Australia.

Findings We constructed three major themes from the thematic analysis: accreditation barriers and conflicting agendas, important but not important enough and protecting against the "unmentionable".

Conclusions These findings highlight participants' misunderstanding of curriculum development and the lack of safeguards to protect against curriculum blind spots allows important healthcare topics to slip through the cracks. The official curriculum appears to be at the discretion of individuals and groups who, rightly or wrongly, have their own opinions of what knowledge and skills are essential. We also found prevailing abortion stigma remains a barrier to education.

Item ID:	85566
Item Type:	Article (Research - C1)
ISSN:	1557-2013
Copyright Information:	© 2024 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. on behalf of Organization for Associate Degree Nursing. This is an open access article under the CCBY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
Date Deposited:	21 May 2025 03:14
FoR Codes:	39 EDUCATION > 3901 Curriculum and pedagogy > 390110 Medicine, nursing and health curriculum and pedagogy @ 100%
SEO Codes:	20 HEALTH > 2005 Specific population health (excl. Indigenous health) > 200509 Women's and maternal health @ 100%
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