Nursing Education Supercourse Implications for Nursing Practice and

Nursing Education Supercourse: Implications for Nursing Practice and Research Around the World The 3 rd Jordanian Nursing International Conference. April, 2010 By: K. Salman, Dr. PH F. Linkov, Ph. D R. La. Porte, Ph. D

Technology and Nursing Education The impact of technology on nursing education has been profound. As a result, Ø Teaching and research findings are no longer confined to certain schools or institutions -Information can be accessed on line through internet, emails, listservs, and conferencing. Ø Empowering nursing faculty to be creative in designing lectures that fit their students and healthcare communities (e. g. using Power Point)

Technology and Nursing Education Ø Computer use by nursing faculty has grown rapidly -From 1997 -2001 has increased by 15 hours/week (Chaffin & Maddux, 2004) Ø Technology improved students’ learning by adding to the cognitive process needed to use information. - Technology “amplifies, extends, and even reorganizes human mental power” (Norris, 2009) Ø Nurse educators are functioning as the “guide on the side” rather than the “sage on the stage” (Chaffin & Maddux, 2004). -Technology enable students to be independent and more self-sufficient.

Supercourse Background ØWhat is the Supercourse? ØHow it is defined? ØWho developed it? When? Why?

What is the Supercourse? www. pitt. edu/~super 1: it is defined as an advanced “Model” or a “system” that translates science into the class room. Supercourse includes a library of over 4355 lectures on Public Health and Medicine shared for free by over 56000 members of Global health network from over 170 countries.

Who Developed it? When? Why? It was developed by: Dr. Ronald La. Porte and his team. (Dr. La. Porte is a Professor at the Graduate School of Public Health (GSPH)/Pitt University) When? In 1999 Why? - To improve health training and research in global health and prevention -To share knowledge and expertise worldwide.

Supercourse Model: Lecture Sharing Teacher in Mexico Teacher in Sydney Teacher in London Teacher in Harrisburg Teacher in Pittsburgh Teacher in San Francisco

The Global Health Supercourse Update, 2009 Ø It has taken flight! Ø Faculty; net work of 56, 000 from almost every country in the world. Ø Lectures; 4355 lectures from a highly distinguished scientists including Nobel prize professionals Ø Languages; 11 different language represented Ø Countries; 31 countries represented Ø Servers; There are 42 different mirrored servers of the Supercourse. Mirrored server is a copy of the Supercourse content on a local computer.

Significance to Nursing Ø Nurses are the largest group of health professionals worldwide, they are over 12 million nurses and midwives (Retrieved March 22, 2010 from http: //www. icn. ch/geneva) Ø The global shortage of qualified nursing faculty is escalating Ø Technological advancements have improved the quality and access to nursing education and research (The American Association of College of Nursing (AACN), 1999)

Significance to Nursing Ø Unique way to network Nursing scientists - First effort attempted to network Nursing scientist worldwide Ø Lack of nursing training in global health, prevention, and disaster preparedness.

Methodology The following methodology was used to design the Nursing Suprcourse, researchers from Dept. of Epidemiology at the GSPH in collaboration with Nursing faculty and the Supercourse team; 1. Invited schools of Nursing World wide: by sending letters of invitation, words of mouth, e-mails, and other means of contacts. 2. Contacted faculty/educator who expressed interest, and asked them to donate or share their best Power Point lectures 3. Encouraged the focus on disaster preparedness and global disease prevention and health promotion 4. Reviewed the donated lectures by the Supercourse team 5. Published in the Supercourse website.

The Implications of Nursing Supercourse on Education and Research I. Information Sharing • Through the Supercourse library of lectures, we can distribute nursing lectures and research findings II. Time Saving • New Nursing instructors reduce preparation time and improve their lectures III. Content Quality and Enhancement • High quality and readily usable contents make better Nursing teachers world wide

The Implications of Nursing Supercourse on Education and Research IV. Free Contents • The concept of library of lectures for all to use in many ways similar to that of “freeware” or “open source software’ on the computer V. Easy Access • Easy and accessible through the internet and Power points. • Nursing faculties in developing countries have access to current scientific information which they would not normally have.

Results ØFirst project to establish standardized quality control mechanism for on-line lectures ØGrowing number in the Supercourse library are dedicated to nursing Ø For example Disaster Nursing Supercourse (lectures) can be accessed at: http: //www. pitt. edu/~super 1/disastersnurse. ht m

Summary and Conclusions Nursing is the fastest growing profession worldwide Nursing Supercourse is the inexpensive tool which facilitates the access to the ever-expanding quality knowledge base of information in teaching and research Nursing Supercourse is an “answer” to the growing demand of qualified nursing professionals in education and research. Nursing Supercourse is a tool that can offer a solution to the challenges of information sharing among educators and researchers.

Future Directions Ø During the next 2 years, we are planning to: -Contact schools of nursing worldwide -Double the amount of training in the area of Global Health and Prevention in schools of Nursing - Invite researchers to share their nursing research information. Nursing Research Teaching/ Mentoring

Major Accomplishments of the Supercourse DVDs have been distributed to thousands of faculty members around the world, including nursing schools in Jordan. Is there a Supercourse DVD at your school or hospital?

Future Directions of the Supercourse

If you would like to join the Supercourse Network, obtain a CD of the Supercourse or to contribute a lecture, please contact Ronald La. Porte at: super 1@pitt. edu, Faina Linkov at: fy. L 1@pitt. edu, and Khlood Salman at: Salmank@duq. edu

Supercourse Address http: //www. pitt. edu/~super 1/lect ure/lec 37501/index. htm

References AACN White Paper: Distance technology in Nursing Education. (1999). Retrieved on March 23 rd, 2010 from www. aacn. nche. edu. Chaffin, A. , & Maddux, C. (2004). Internet teaching methods for use in Baccalaureate Nursing education. CIN: Computers, Informatics, Nursing. Vol. 22, No. 3, 132142. Laporte, R. et al. (2009). Supercourse: Translation from Research to the Classroom (unpublished article) Supercourse website at www. pitt. edu/~super 1 accessed on March, 10 th, 2009.

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