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Juha Pajari1, Marjorita Sormunen, Leena Salminen
1University Teacher (Mr Pajari), Professor (Dr Saaranen), Department of Nursing Science, Senior University Lecturer, Docent (Dr Sormunen), Institute of Public Health and Clinical Nutrition, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland; Professor (Dr Salminen), Project researcher (Ms Elonen), Statistician (Ms Pasanen), Department of Nursing Science, University of Turku; Director of Nursing (part-time), Turku University Hospital (Dr Salminen), Turku, Finland.
Background:
The Educators and Educator Candidates' Competence in Digital Pedagogy instrument needed to be tested before using it in nursing education.
Purpose:
This study describes the further testing of this instrument to measure nurse educators' digital competence.
Methods:
The study is reported according to the 7 steps of the MEASURE Approach. Psychometric testing was conducted with a sample of 111 Finnish nurse educators from 9 universities of applied sciences. The study was conducted during the years 2020 and 2023.
Results:
The exploratory factor analysis results explained 56% of the variance with 3 factors, including 20 items. The factors were labeled to describe the nurse educators' digital competence: implementing appropriate independent and community learning, acting safely and responsibly, and guiding learning based on the evidence. Cronbach α and McDonald ω coefficients showed good reliability.
Conclusions:
The instrument can be used to assess digital competence and identify the development needs to facilitate educators' continuous professional development.
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