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Using Learning Outcome Measures to assess Doctoral Nursing Education
Published on: June 21, 2010
Doctoral nursing students' lived experience of virtual mentoring in the United States
1South Georgia College, Douglas, GA, USA.
Aim/Objective:
To explore the lived experiences of research-focused doctoral students and graduates who participated in a virtual mentoring program.
Background:
Faculty mentoring of doctoral nursing students is at a critical juncture, as a lack of mentors and experienced researchers exists to assist the next generation of nurse educators. Additionally, few nursing schools offer the mentoring support necessary to further the research trajectories of doctorally prepared nurse educators.
Design:
Descriptive phenomenological approach METHODS: Semi-structured interviews RESULTS: Data analysis revealed four themes: formalizing the mentoring, building the relationship, adapting to the doctoral role, and mentoring others.
Conclusions:
As online doctoral nursing educational programs abound, virtual mentoring programs are essential to support doctoral nursing education and doctoral students. However, to date, limited research exists regarding formalized virtual mentoring programs in doctoral nursing education.
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