Perspectives of nurse preceptors on a web‐based clinical pedagogy program and clinical teaching: A descriptive qualitative study

Autor: Natalie Grace Rodrigues, Claudia Qin Yun Han, Kamala M. Devi, Yuchen Chi, Umadevi Panneer Selvam, Fong Chi Wee, Emily Neo Kim Ang, Yah Shih Chan, Xi Vivien Wu
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Nursing & Health Sciences. 24:214-223
ISSN: 1442-2018
1441-0745
DOI: 10.1111/nhs.12916
Popis: Nurse preceptors are key stakeholders in providing quality clinical education. This study aimed to explore the perspectives of nurse preceptors on a web-based clinical pedagogy program and clinical teaching. A descriptive qualitative design was adopted. The program was made accessible to the nurse preceptors who were assigned nursing students from July 2019 to June 2020. Upon completion of clinical teaching, a total of 19 nurse preceptors participated in four focus group discussions. The discussions were audio recorded and transcribed verbatim, and thematic analysis was conducted. Five themes, with 11 subthemes, emerged: (i) Undergoing the process of self-awareness and development; (ii) Mastering newly acquired skills to refine own teaching approach; (iii) Implementing consistent evaluation and constructive feedback; (iv) Dual roles and responsibilities of preceptor; and (v) Benefits and barriers of the program. This study highlighted the knowledge and skills preceptors gained through the program which gave them newfound confidence and facilitated their clinical teaching and evaluation. As the shift towards online learning progresses, web-based learning can be a useful platform for professional development of nurse preceptors.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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