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Creating Case Studies for Digital Health and Technology Competency in Nursing
Dorcas E Kunkel1, Mari F Tietze, Marisa Wilson
1Clinical Associate Professor (Dr Kunkel), School of Nursing, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis; Myrna Pickard Endowed Professor (Dr Tietze), College of Nursing and Health Innovation, The University of Texas at Arlington; Associate Professor (Dr Wilson), The University of Alabama, Birmingham; Contributing Faculty (Dr Fant), College of Nursing, Walden University, Minneapolis, Minnesota; Clinical Assistant Professor (Dr Rivard), College of Nursing & Professional Disciplines, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks; Clinical Assistant Professor (Dr Belchez), School of Nursing, The University of Kansas, Kansas City; Assistant Professor (Dr Forman), College of Health Professions, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Brownsville; and Clinical Assistant Professor (Dr Husson), School of Nursing, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond.
Nursing faculty need updated skills in informatics, digital health, and healthcare technologies. A new process for creating case studies helps integrate these essential competencies into nursing curricula for better student preparedness.
Area of Science:
- Nursing Education
- Health Informatics
- Digital Health Technologies
Background:
- Nursing programs must equip graduates with essential informatics, digital health, and healthcare technology competencies.
- Health systems increasingly require these skills from newly graduated nurses.
Purpose of the Study:
- Address the gap in nursing faculty's knowledge and skills regarding informatics, digital health, and technology integration in curricula.
- Develop a standardized process for creating educational materials to bridge this knowledge gap.
Main Methods:
- The Nursing Knowledge Big Data Science initiative Education Subgroup developed a systematic process.
- This process focused on creating case studies to integrate informatics, digital health, and clinical reasoning competencies.
Main Results:
- Three distinct case study examples were successfully developed utilizing the established process.
- These case studies serve as practical tools for curriculum development.
Conclusions:
- The developed process provides a viable method for nursing educators to create case studies.
- These case studies effectively incorporate informatics, digital health, and healthcare technologies for curriculum-wide teaching and competency assessment.
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