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Using Learning Outcome Measures to assess Doctoral Nursing Education
Published on: June 21, 2010
An evaluation framework for faculty practice.
Kathleen Lent Becker1, Deborah Dang, Elizabeth Jordan
1School of Nursing, The Johns Hopkins University, 525 North Wolfe Street #459, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA. kbecker@son.jhmi.edu
Nursing Outlook
|February 10, 2007
Summary
Faculty practice in nursing schools enhances clinical skills and curriculum relevance. A new framework at Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing (JHUSON) aims to integrate practice scholarship with academic research missions.
Area of Science:
- Nursing Education
- Academic Scholarship
- Faculty Practice
Background:
- Faculty practice in nursing schools aims to improve faculty expertise, curriculum, student learning, and revenue.
- Clinical practice is a foundation for academic scholarship for nursing faculty.
- Integrating practice scholarship into academic missions (education, research, service) is challenging, with practice often undervalued in promotion and tenure.
Purpose of the Study:
- To describe a framework for evaluating faculty practice.
- To outline actions taken to align faculty practice scholarship with the academic research mission.
- Focus on the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing (JHUSON).
Main Methods:
- Development and implementation of a faculty practice evaluation framework.
- Strategies to integrate practice-based scholarship into the academic research mission.
Main Results:
- A framework was established to evaluate faculty practice.
- Actions were taken to align faculty practice scholarship with JHUSON's research mission.
Conclusions:
- Addressing the tension between scholarly faculty practice and academic missions is crucial.
- The JHUSON framework provides a model for integrating practice scholarship into academic research.
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