Master class “Creation and capacity building of Scientific committees to improve evaluation criteria in the Master’s and doctoral programs of nursing education” (Utrecht, the Netherlands).

In the period from 27th february to 3rd march, 2023, at the University Medical Center of Utrecht (Utrecht, Netherlands) held the 3rd masterclass «Creation and capacity building of Research Committees for the improvement of Master and PhD Nursing education» as part of the work package 2.4 of the project «Accelerating Master and PhD level nursing education development in the higher education system in Kazakhstan (AccelEd)».
This masterclass aimed to unify and finalize three following main directions for the improvement of Assessment of Master and PhD thesis in Nursing Science in Kazakhstan Universities: a) the assessment criteria; b) guidelines for the procedures of assessment; c) guidelines for establishing Research Committees for the assessment of Master’s and PhD thesis in Nursing.
A total of 33 participants, academic staff, students and experts in the field of nursing science took part in the Masterclass from the partnering Kazakh and European Universities. Assessment criteria for Master’s and PhD thesis assessment, guidelines for the procedures of the assessment including Research Committees were established. The KNMU team was presented by the administrator and national project coordinator Assel Khasenova, Head of the Department of Nursing Dinara Makhanbetkulova, Chairman of the Research Committее in the direction of «public health» Zhanat Kozhekenova and vice-chairman of the Research Committее in the direction of «public health» Akmaral Aitmanbetova.
The partners discussed the future planning of implementation and dissemination of the outcomes of the Masterclass. The Kazakhstan participants made an agreement and shared their plans for implementation of the Masterclass outcomes in their respective Universities.