The Terms of Reference of the Education and Training Committee are to:
- Establish the professional standards and requirements of education for nurse and midwifery education.
- Provide an approval process to determine that third level institutions and health care institutions meet the standards and requirements for the provision of programmes leading to Registration.
- Monitor and evaluate standards in practice for the education and training of nurses and midwives.
- Satisfy itself as to the suitability of an institution to provide nursing and midwifery education approved by the Board.
- Satisfy itself as to the standards of theoretical and practical knowledge required for Registration with the Board.
- Ensure that the requirements relating to education and training of nurses and midwives for Registration satisfy the minimum standards specified in relation to the Directive or Regulation adopted or made by the Council of European Communities which relates to qualifications required by nurses and midwives to secure registration.
- Satisfy itself as to the adequacy and suitability of post registration courses for nurses and midwives provided by bodies recognised by the Board for that purpose.
- Engage in research into the education and training of nurses and midwives, including the formulation of experimental curricula and the evaluation of existing programmes.
- Maintain statistical records related to attrition form programmes and collate and present such records for the purposes of manpower planning to the Department of Health and Children.
- Ensure through education and training that protection of the public is set in standards which ensure public confidence in nurses and midwives.
- Monitor on-going changes in service delivery and assess the impact of such change on pre-registration education syllabi and the assessment of competencies to enter the Register of Nurses.
- Provide guidance to the profession related to educational issues and support continuing professional development of nursing and midwifery through publications, seminars and conferences.
- Provide a quality assurance approach in partnership with service providers.
Committee Members
- Ms. Anne Carrigy - Chairperson
- Mr. John Murray - Vice Chair
- Ms. Jacqueline Burke
- Ms. Aine Enright
- Ms. Louise Gallagher
- Ms. Marie Gilligan
- Ms. Mary Godfrey
- Ms. Mary Kenneally
- Mr. Gerard Maguire
- Ms. Aine McHugh
- Ms. Virginia Pye
External Representatives
- Ms. Pauline Coughlan - Representing Centres of Nursing/Midwifery Education
- Dr. Teresa Lee - Representing Schools of Nursing, Universities
- Ms. Maura Pidgeon - Representing Schools of Nursing, Institutes of Technology
- Ms. Maura Wynne - Representing Nursing and Midwifery Planning and Development Units