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Mary Katherine Donnelly1, Paula V Nersesian, Cynthia Foronda
1Author Affiliations: Instructor (Dr Donnelly), PhD Candidate (Ms Nersesian), Assistant Professor (Dr Foronda), Instructional Designer (Ms Jones), Associate Professor (Dr Belcher), Johns Hopkins School of Nursing, Baltimore, Maryland.
Abstract:
The aims of this project were to (1) assess nurse faculty members' knowledge of and confidence in teaching genetics/genomics to nursing students and (2) identify the needs of faculty members to inform a faculty development initiative. Significant knowledge gaps were noted, and more than 50% of respondents indicated that they lacked confidence in teaching genetics/genomics. Strategies to address this problem included identifying champions of genetics/genomics education, use of an educational template, and threading genetics/genomics throughout the curriculum.
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