Congruency between educators’ teaching beliefs and electronic health records as a teaching strategy

3^rd Euro Nursing & Medicare Summit

July 27-29, 2015 Valencia, Spain

Baniissa W1 and Rempusheski V2

1University of Sharjah, UAE 2University of Delaware, USA

Scientific Tracks Abstracts: J Nurs Care

Abstract :

Background: Technology has changed healthcare institutions into automated settings with the potential to greatly enhance the quality of healthcare. Implementation of electronic health records (EHRs) to replace paper charting is one example of the influence of technology on healthcare worldwide. In the past decade nursing higher education has attempted to keep pace with technological changes by integrating EHRs into learning experiences. Little is known about educators' teaching beliefs and the use of EHRs as a teaching strategy. Aim: This study explores the composition of core teaching beliefs of nurse educators and their related teaching practices within the context of teaching with EHRs in the classroom. Methods: A collective case study and qualitative research approach was used to explore and describe teaching beliefs of seven nurse educators teaching with EHRs. Data collection included open-ended, audio-taped interviews and non-participant observation. Content analysis of transcribed interviews and observational field notes focused on identification of teaching belief themes and associated practices. Findings: Two contrasting collective case studies of teaching beliefs emerged. Constructivist beliefs were dominant, focused on experiential, student-centered, contextual and collaborative learning, and associated with expanded and a futuristic view of EHRs use. Objectivist beliefs focused on educators' control of the context of learning and were associated with a constrained, limited view of EHRs. Constructivist educators embrace technological change, an essential ingredient of educational reform. Conclusions: We encourage nurse educators to adopt a constructivist view to using technology in teaching in order to prepare nurses for a rapidly changing, technologically sophisticated practice.

Biography :

Baniissa W has completed her PhD from University of Kansas Medical Center, USA and earned a Masters degree in Nursing from University of Windsor, Ontario, Canada. She is currently an Assistant Professor at University of Sharjah, UAE. She has published several publications in nursing education and diabetes care in reputed journals and has been serving as a reviewer of repute.

Email: wbaniissa1@gmail.com