Plan de estudios basado en competencias para la carrera de nutrición y dietética de la universidad de concepción

Abstract

The objective of this paper was to describe the process of developing a competency-based curriculum for the Undergraduate Program in Nutrition and Dietetics of the University of Concepción. To obtain the information required to structure the new curriculum, the "Developing a Curriculum" methodology was used. Semi-structure interviews and expert panel were used to collect information that was then used to develop the profile of a Nutritionist in Chile and a graduate profile. Subsequently, a new competency-based 5-year curriculum was proposed based on the identified profiles. The quantitative results were analyzed and interpreted with the statistical software SPSS Version 10.0 and the qualitative analysis was classification of answers according to category. The competencybased curriculum, the profile of nutritionist, and the graduate profile were implemented in 2007.