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Published on: June 21, 2010
"Learning How to Teach" in Nursing: Perspectives of Clinicians After a Formal Academy
Judith M Jarosinski1, Lisa A Seldomridge, Tina P Reid
1Author Affiliations: Associate Professor (Drs Jarosinski, Reid, and Hinderer [Formerly]), Professor (Dr Seldomridge), School of Nursing; Director, Richard A. Henson Medical Simulation Center (Dr Seldomridge), College of Health and Human Services, Salisbury University, Maryland; Nurse Scientist (Dr Hinderer), Institute for Nursing Research and Evidence Based Practice, Connecticut Children's Medical Center, Hartford.
Background:
The nursing faculty shortage is expected to persist throughout the next decade. Understanding what influences transition from clinician to educator and retention can improve approaches used in nursing programs for those aspiring to careers in nursing education.
Purpose:
This qualitative study elicited the experiences of participants who completed a structured program to prepare clinicians to become clinical faculty for prelicensure students.
Methods:
Focus groups uncovered participant perspectives on "learning how to teach."
Results:
Using interpretive phenomenological analysis, the themes (1) I'm not sure I can do this, (2) changing perspectives-learning to teach, and (3) instilling confidence emerged.
Conclusions:
Novice educators reported benefitting most from exposure to multiple teaching methods, simulated teaching encounters, and group debriefing as they learned to become educators.
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