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Subject: Re: Years of OHN Courses
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Hi All
I'm analysing stats
for my dissertation and OHNs have put that they obtained the OH certificate
between 1971 and 1994, the OH diploma from 1984 to date, and the OH degree
from 1990 to date. I need to establish if it was possible to obtain
these levels of qualifications between these particular dates in the UK (or
whether people have misread the question!).
I would be grateful if
anyone could advise me if there is a published article, paper, book, or
internet site etc that would give the dates, and that I could quote
from.
Thank you in anticipation
Maxine
Oliver
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Hello Maxine
Perhaps I can assist in clarification. I suspect
that you are correct and that some of your participants have indeed
misunderstood the question you were asking.
I am answering this from
memory as I was taught OH Nursing at the RCN Institute of Advanced Nursing
Education (RCN IANE) from 1991 and was then the course director from 1995
until we moved to London South Bank University in 2000.
To my
knowledge the OH diploma was not available in 1984 but I think that
there was a route through the Diploma in Nursing for people working in OH (the
qualification would have been Diploma in Nursing not Diploma in OH Nursing - a
subtle difference). Most people would have studied the OHNC as that gave
qualified OHN status and I don't think the Dip Nurse (OH) did. I would have
thought that OHNs who held the OHNC may have gone on to study for the Dip
Nurse (OH) as part of their CPD. In 1984 the OH qualification which conferred
qualified OHN status was validated by the RCN. The DOHN came along when the
validation transferred to the ENB. I am unsure of the date but suspect
it was around 1987. (I studied the OHNC in 1985-6 and I know the DOHN was in
the process of development at that time.)
Most institutions
developed a BSc of some sort in the mid 1990's. The RCN, as it was at the
time, developed a BSc (Hons) Health Studies which incorporated the DOHN in
about 1995. Other institutions developed similar courses at around the same
time. The RCN IANE developed their first BSc (Hons) OH Nursing degree in
??1997.
Did you make any reference on your questionaire to the MSc I
think it was first offered at the University of Surrey. I commenced the
MSc at Surrey in about 1995 and it had been running for several years before
that. Jen Egger the course Director at that university may be able to assist
if you need more info re that course.
I hope this is
helpful
Regards
Anne Harriss
Course Director BSc (Hons)
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