Development of a Chief Nurse Educator Training Curriculum at Seisen Jogakuin College Graduate School of Nursing

<p>Chief Nurse Educators are nurses who lead and manage the education of nurses employed by hospitals and the practical training required to train Registered Nurses, Certified Nurse Specialists, and Certified Nurses. In 2023, Seisen Jogakuin College established the Chief Nurse Educator Training Program in the Master’s Program of the Graduate School of Nursing. This is the first program of its kind in Japan. The purpose of this paper is to describe the process of the curriculum development for this program at this institution, beginning with the need to train Chief Nurse Educators, then examining the role of Chief Nurse Educator and the competencies required to fulfill the role, and finally, looking at the development of the curriculum. The methodology of “integrated curriculum development”by Torres, G. was used for making curricular decisions. As a result, the need for 10 specialized subjects for training Chief Nurse Educator were clearly identified: (1) Advanced Nursing Education, (2) In-Service Education for Nurses I (Leadership Theory), (3) In-Service Education for Nurses II (Development of Educational Programs and In Service Training), (4) In-Service Education for Nurses III (Practice Field Management), (5) In-Service Education Seminar I (Development and Reorganization of Educational Programs), (6) In-Service Education Seminar II (Planning and Implementation of Training Programs), (7) Internship, (8) Nursing Research Methodology, (9) Specific Subject Research, and (10) Nursing Administration. Of these, 8 subjects (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), and (9) could not be replaced by existing subjects, so they were created as new subjects.<br> </p>