THE DEGREE FINAL PROJECT FOR IMPLEMENTING QUALITY AND EFFICIENCY IN THE EUROPEAN HIGHER EDUCATION AREA

Increasing the quality and efficiency of education in the european higher education area (EHEA) is at the centre of education policy debate at both national and EU level. In this context, the degree final project play a crucial role in the teaching-learning process. All students in their final semester in the nursing degree programs have the opportunity to test and challenge their capacity to initiate and develop design proposals and to carry through a design project according to their professional interests and motivations. The purpose of the present study is to offer clear guidance for formulating the degree final project. This includes defining Key Programme Competences and writing good brief document, of around forty pages, designed to convey the essential information about a specific review, research and care plan of nursing. It locates the programme in the academic map of disciplines or thematic studies.

The specific goals of the project were to develop:
a) Guidelines for the students and teachers containing the main informations about bibliographic sources, web page, congress etc.
b) Virtual platform to receive and transmit important information or doubts between teachers and students;
c) Training programme for the actors of the teaching-learning process for incrementing skills and competences about realization of the degree final project.

To address the study it was considered appropriate to use an analytical study to compare and evaluate the student’s opinion and satisfaction with respect to programme concerning the final degree project. Results have shown the efficiency of the programme and it is configured as an effective teaching and student tool to implement the academic achievement of nursing students in their degree final project.