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A Simulation To Improve The Clinical Nursing Instructor’S Teaching Of Ethics To Students In The Clinical Setting, Cynthia S. Randall Dnp Dec 2015

A Simulation To Improve The Clinical Nursing Instructor’S Teaching Of Ethics To Students In The Clinical Setting, Cynthia S. Randall Dnp

All Student Scholarship

Ethical knowledge and skill is crucial to the discipline of nursing and is considered foundational knowledge for nursing practice (American Nurses Association [ANA], 2008). Nurses who assume roles in clinical teaching may be clinically competent but may have limited nursing education experience or knowledge in clinical instruction. The purpose of this project was to improve the educational experience of clinical instructors in the teaching of ethics to students in the clinical setting. This DNP capstone was a quality improvement project with a mixed method design using simulation as a teaching strategy. Eight clinical instructors from a university based baccalaureate nursing …


The Role Of Trust In Creating Sustainable Change Through Interorganizational Collaborations In Health Care Education, Renee Devries Jun 2015

The Role Of Trust In Creating Sustainable Change Through Interorganizational Collaborations In Health Care Education, Renee Devries

Renée (DeVries) Broughten

The sectors of higher education and health care are experiencing increased calls for accountability regarding their outcomes and affordability.  The elevated scrutiny and superimposed fiscal constraints create an opportunity for growth and redesign.  Partnerships and collaborations have emerged as one approach to addressing challenges in both arenas. 

The purpose of this study is to examine the impact of trust on the success of collaborations between institutions of higher education in the health care arena.  A multiple case-study design is used to examine three partnerships created through the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) CAM Practitioner Research Education Project …


Transforming Health Professions' Education Through In-Country Collaboration: Examining The Consortia Between African Medical Schools Catalyzed By The Medical Education Partnership Initiative, Zohray Talib, Elsie Kiguli-Malwadde, Hannah Wohltjen, Millard Derbew, Yakub Mulla, David Olaleye, Nelson Sewankambo Jan 2015

Transforming Health Professions' Education Through In-Country Collaboration: Examining The Consortia Between African Medical Schools Catalyzed By The Medical Education Partnership Initiative, Zohray Talib, Elsie Kiguli-Malwadde, Hannah Wohltjen, Millard Derbew, Yakub Mulla, David Olaleye, Nelson Sewankambo

Medicine Faculty Publications

Background African medical schools have historically turned to northern partners for technical assistance and resources to strengthen their education and research programmes. In 2010, this paradigm shifted when the United States Government brought forward unprecedented resources to support African medical schools. The grant, entitled the Medical Education Partnership Initiative (MEPI) triggered a number of south-south collaborations between medical schools in Africa. This paper examines the goals of these partnerships and their impact on medical education and health workforce planning.

Methods Semistructured interviews were conducted with the Principal Investigators of the first four MEPI programmes that formed an in-country consortium. These …