The teacher as the 'digital perpetrator' : Implementing web 2.0 technology activity as assessment practice for higher education innovation or imposition?
- Authors: Smith, Andrew , Peck, Blake
- Date: 2010
- Type: Text , Journal article
- Relation: Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences Vol. 2, no. 2 (2010), p. 4800-4804
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- Description: The purpose of this paper is to present an evaluation of the use of 'YouTube' video broadcasting technology as an assessment modality for higher education nursing students using vital signs assessment as the focus. Approximately 150 first year undergraduate nursing students at UB in Victoria Australia were invited to participate in an evaluative survey concerning a nursing vital signs skill assessment which utilised 'YouTube' as the medium. Whilst this study acknowledges that we must bring assessment into line with contemporary student populations in order to stimulate and satisfy the learning needs of undergraduate students, this study is also cognisant that higher education must be mindful of the added complexity that these technologies bring. Therefore there is a need to work towards collaborative outcomes for both student and academic, remaining aware not to cast the student as the digital victim and portray the teacher as the digital perpetrator. In light of the findings therein lies a dichotomy between what students see as assistive to learning and what the teacher sees as helpful to assessment. © 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
I think I can, I think I can, I think I can...I know I can : Multi-user Virtual Environments (MUVEs) as a means of developing competence and confidence in undergraduate nursing students : An Australian perspective
- Authors: Peck, Blake , Miller, Charlynn
- Date: 2010
- Type: Text , Journal article
- Relation: Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences Vol. 2, no. 2 (2010), p. 4571-4575
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- Description: The consideration of emerging technologies for use in higher education is critical. The implications for the enhancement of scenario-based learning for students in areas such as nursing where active learning is necessary, but often unwieldy, makes a compelling argument for the incorporation of virtual technologies such as Second Life. Building upon studies that have established that simulation based learning can lead to improved levels of student confidence and competence for real-world clinical practice, this study illuminates the development of a virtual clinical simulation for undergraduate nursing students and the subsequent opportunities available to students within a Multi-user Virtual Environment (MUVE). © 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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Normalization behaviours of rural fathers living with chronically-ill children : An Australian experience
- Authors: Peck, Blake , Lillibridge, Jennifer
- Date: 2005
- Type: Text , Journal article
- Relation: Journal of child health care : for professionals working with children in the hospital and community Vol. 9, no. 1 (2005), p. 31-45
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- Description: This article reports findings from a larger qualitative study conducted to gain insight into the experience of fathers living with their chronically-ill children in rural Victoria, Australia. Data were collected via unstructured interviews with four fathers. The findings presented in this article explore the phenomena of normalization for fathers within the chronic illness experience. Fathers described normalizing the experience of living with their chronically-ill child as involving a combination of various coping strategies and behaviours including: (1) accepting the child's condition, (2) changing expectations, (3) focusing energies on a day-to-day basis, (4) minimizing knowledge-seeking behaviours, and (5) engaging in external distraction activities. Findings highlight the complex and unique normalization strategies these men utilized and contribute to knowledge and understanding of the complex nature of raising a chronically-ill child in rural Australia and provide a sound basis upon which to guide an ongoing and holistic assessment of fathers with chronically-ill children.
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The tin-man and the TAM: A journey into M-learning in the Land of Aus
- Authors: Peck, Blake , Deans, Cecil , Stockhausen, Lynette
- Date: 2010
- Type: Text , Journal article
- Relation: World Journal on Educational Technology Vol. , no. (2010), p. 16-26
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- Description: Within the past few years the virtues and pitfalls of Podcasting specifically within the higher education environment have been extolled. However, there is little, if any discussion of how academic staff have undergone this period of transformation in an era of technological adoption and sweeping pedagogic change. Using the technology adoption model (Davis 1989) as a theoretical platform and the characters from the classic film the Wizard of Oz as signposts, this paper explores and describes a staff development journey that M-Learning pedagogies. More specifically the way in which Podcast technology was introduced in an undergraduate Bachelor of Nursing program conducted in a regional University in Victoria, Australia. The journey's resultant destination reveals that courage; passion and an openness to try something new are essential for the successful introduction of new electronic pedagies by academics.
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Hermeneutic Constructivism : An Ontology for Qualitative Research
- Authors: Peck, Blake
- Date: 2012
- Type: Text , Thesis , PhD
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- Description: This thesis begins with contemporary qualitative research, where the extent of what is understood about human experience is reduced to the representations constructed by researchers. In this situation, where the qualitative researcher has a monopoly on the representation produced, there is no scope for a consideration of the expressive nature of language – in particular, the way that language discloses the world differently for each individual person. Thus, the aim of this thesis is to develop a theoretical approach for understanding the personal realities of the people involved in qualitative research that reinstates the centrality of the dialogic in understanding.
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Enhancing tertiary healthcare education through 3D MUVE-based simulations
- Authors: Miller, Charlynn , Lee, Mark , Rogers, Luke , Peck, Blake
- Date: 2011
- Type: Text , Book chapter
- Relation: Teaching through multi-user virtual environments: applying dynamic elements to the modern classroom p. 341-364
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- Description: This chapter focuses specifically on the use of three-dimensional multi-user virtual environments (3D MUVEs) for simulation-based teaching and learning in tertiary-level healthcare education. It draws on a broad range of extant research conducted over the past three decades, synthesizing this with newer developments and examples that have emerged since the advent and proliferation of the “3D Web.” The chapter adopts and advocates a research-informed approach to surveying and examining current initiatives and future directions, backed by relevant literature in the areas of online learning, constructivist learning theory, and simulations. Both opportunities and challenges are discussed, with the aim of making a contribution to the development of best practice in the field.
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Hermeneutic Constructivism : An ontology for qualitative research
- Authors: Peck, Blake , Mummery, Jane
- Date: 2018
- Type: Text , Journal article
- Relation: Qualitative Health Research Vol. 28, no. 3 (2018), p. 389-407
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- Description: Qualitative research is entirely an operation with language, in language, and occasionally on language. This article suggests a tension between theoretical recognition of a multiplicity of human experience on one hand and a reliance upon practices of thematic representation that prioritize the common or the general over individualized experience. The fulcrum of this tension is the nature of language itself and its role in human experience and meaning-making. This article sets out the theoretical foundations of Hermeneutic Constructivism as one proposed approach to redress this problematic within many qualitative frameworks and open up an opportunity for a deeper and more nuanced understanding of human being. Within Hermeneutic Constructivism, a Fundamental Postulate and 11 elaborative corollaries detail a cogent relationship between language and the structures and processes of mental activity that support the human comportment toward understanding. The authors argue that this theoretical position is able to inform a model for qualitative research that makes possible an exploration of a person’s experience at a deeper level of abstraction and that may provide an avenue for overcoming this identified tension. © 2017, © The Author(s) 2017.
Attitude to the subject of chemistry in undergraduate nursing students at Fiji National University and Federation University, Australia
- Authors: Brown, Stephen , Wakeling, Lara , Peck, Blake , Naiker, Mani , Hill, Dolores , Naidu, Keshni
- Date: 2015
- Type: Text , Journal article
- Relation: Collegian Vol. 22, no. 4 (2015), p. 369-375
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- Description: Attitude to the subject of chemistry was quantified in first-year undergraduate nursing students, at two geographically distinct universities. A purpose-designed diagnostic instrument (ASCI) was given to students at Federation University, Australia (. n=. 114), and at Fiji National University, Fiji (. n=. 160). Affective and cognitive sub-scales within ASCI showed reasonable internal consistency. Cronbach's α for the cognitive sub-scale was 0.786 and 0.630, and 0.787 and 0.788 for affective sub-scale for the Federation University and Fiji National University students, respectively. Mean (SD) score for the cognitive sub-scale was 10.5 (5.6) and 15.2 (4.1) for students at Federation University and Fiji National University, respectively (. P<. 0.001, t-test). Mean (SD) score for the affective sub-scale was 13.1 (5.1) and 20.7 (4.3) for students at Federation University and Fiji National University, respectively (. P<. 0.001, t-test). An exploratory factor analysis (. n=. 274) confirmed a two-factor solution consistent with affective and cognitive sub-scales, each with good internal consistency. Quantifying attitude to chemistry in undergraduate nursing students using ASCI may have utility in assessing the impact of novel teaching strategies used in the education of nursing students in areas of bioscience and chemistry. However, geographically distinct populations of undergraduate nurses may show very different attitudes to chemistry. © 2014 Australian College of Nursing Ltd.
Engaging Gadamer and qualia for the mot juste of individualised care
- Authors: Peck, Blake , Mummery, Jane
- Date: 2019
- Type: Text , Journal article
- Relation: Nursing Inquiry Vol. 26, no. 2 (2019), p. 1-10
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- Description: The cornerstone of contemporary nursing practice is the provision of individualised nursing care. Sustaining and nourishing the stream of research frameworks that inform individualised care are the findings from qualitative research. At the centre of much qualitative research practice, however, is an assumption that experiential understanding can be delivered through a thematisation of meaning which, it will be argued, can lead the researcher to make unsustainable assumptions about the relations of language and meaning-making to experience. We will show that an uncritical subscription to such assumptions can undermine the researcher's capacity to represent experience at the high level of abstraction consistent with experience itself and to thus inform genuinely individualised care. Instead, using qualia as a touchstone for the possibilities of understanding and representing experience, we trace the ‘designative’ and ‘expressive’ distinction to language in order to raise critical questions concerning both these assumptions and common practices within qualitative research. Following the ‘expressive’ account of language, we foreground in particular the hermeneutic work of Gadamer through which we explore the possibilities for a qualitative research approach that would better seek the mot juste of individual experience and illuminate qualia in order to better inform genuinely individualised care.
Evaluating a blended online learning model among undergraduate nursing students : A quantitative study
- Authors: Ota, Marianne , Peck, Blake , Porter, Joanne
- Date: 2018
- Type: Text , Journal article
- Relation: CIN - Computers Informatics Nursing Vol. 36, no. 10 (2018), p. 507-512
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- Description: In Australia, the emerging use of technology in higher education has brought about significant change in the delivery of undergraduate nursing programs. Universities are now tasked with delivering a blend of online and face-to-face education, while students face new and sometimes challenging online learning environments with little technical support. This article explores the attitudes held by Bachelor of Nursing students toward the blended educational mode at a rural university in Victoria, Australia. A total of 109 participants constituted a convenience sample from a Bachelor of Nursing program across all 3-year levels. Responses provided by participants who completed an online self-report questionnaire were analyzed via descriptive and inferential statistics. The results indicated that participants struggled with inaccurate expectations of workload and the technical difficulties presented by online modules. Although this area requires further research, to an extent autonomy and flexibility were identified as two prominent traits exhibited by students who flourished in the blended modes. All in all, the results of this study strongly reflect the challenges faced by undergraduate nursing students navigating newly introduced online systems in a blended mode of study.
The personal construct and language: Toward a rehabilitation of Kelly's inner outlook
- Authors: Peck, Blake
- Date: 2015
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- Relation: Theory and Psychology Vol. 25, no. 3 (2015), p. 259-273
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- Description: The core consideration with which George Kelly is concerned is distilled in his suggestion that the psychology of personal constructs represents an attempt to catch a glimpse of the person going about the business of being human. Whatever the business of being human is for Kelly, he is clear that he wishes to understand that business from the perspective of those who are going about it. To use Kelly’s words, he wants to take the perspective of the “inward outlook†and in so doing move away from the “outward inlook,†providing a radical rethink of the psychology that was contemporary of his time. This article will suggest that the unsophisticated way that Kelly dealt with language has implications for the theoretical carriage of this “inner outlook†and opens up Personal Construct Psychology to elaboration in the direction of a more sophisticated account of language. This article will culminate in a suggestion that Personal Construct Psychology make a more tight hermeneutic turn to Hermeneutic Constructivism. © The Author(s) 2015
Exploring young Australian adults’ asthma management to develop an educational video
- Authors: Coombs, Nicole , Allen, Louise , Cooper, Simon J. , Cant, Robyn , Beauchamp, Alison , Laszcyk, Jacki , Giannis, Anita , Hopmans, Ruben , Bullock, Shane , Waller, Susan , McKenna, Lisa , Peck, Blake
- Date: 2018
- Type: Text , Journal article
- Relation: Health Education Journal Vol. 77, no. 2 (2018), p. 179-189
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- Description: Objective: This study explored young university students’ (aged 18–24 years) health literacy, asthma experiences and help-seeking behaviours to inform the development of a web-based asthma education intervention relevant to this age group. Design: Exploratory mixed-methods design incorporateing a health literacy survey and interviews, plus the development of a web-based educational video. Setting: Participants were students at two universities in the state of Victoria, Australia. Method: In total, 20 asthma sufferers were interviewed by trained pairs of university students. Interpretative phenomenology underpinned the narrative analysis and enabled the description of the participants’ lived experience. A branching e-simulation video was developed. Results: A number of key themes were identified: ‘Life with asthma’, including ‘A life of vigilance’ regarding asthma triggers, lifestyle limitations and heightened sensitivities; ‘Asthma management – call Mum’, a lack of knowledge and support systems with substantial maternal reliance; ‘Health literacy: family and Dr Google’, denoting low health literacy levels with passive reluctant involvement in personal health management; and ‘Information gathering – one size doesn’t fit all’ – in the form of the need for immediate gratification and resource variety. Based on interviewees’ words and terminology, we designed an interactive branching educational video for YouTube portraying a young person (an actor) during an asthma flare-up. Conclusion: Young adults lacked insight into their condition and even after moving away from home, relied on Google searches and/or parents’ advice. To enhance health-seeking behaviours, interactive programmes with smartphone access may be valuable. Our open access programme Help Trent Vent provides an educational resource for young people with asthma and for health education teams, to reinforce asthma knowledge. © 2017, © The Author(s) 2017.
Twinning with Tonga : the experiences of Tongan stakeholders with a long-term partnership with regional Victoria, Australia
- Authors: Mornane, Carolyn , Franc, Michelle , Waddington, Maureen , Peck, Blake , Terry, Daniel
- Date: 2019
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- Relation: Universal Journal of Public Health Vol. 7, no. 3 (2019), p. 144-150
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- Description: Twinning programs in health have gained increased recognition as a WHO preferred strategy for providing a sustainable strategy for enhancing the delivery of best practice healthcare globally. The Tonga Twinning Program (TTP), represents a longstanding relationship of some twenty-five years between The Ministry of Health in Tonga and St John of God Hospital, Ballarat, Australia and provides a compelling example of what can be achieved. This article presents the findings from a longitudinal exploration of the experiences and perceptions of the TTP through the voices of those key-stakeholders situated in Tonga who have engaged with the program. Informed by the tenets of hermeneutic phenomenology, a modified thematic analysis highlighted two major themes, ‘A shared mission’ and ‘The outcomes are more than the tangibles’, which supported by a series of sub-themes, identify the core components of the experience of the TTP. This study suggests that the TTP has supported a collective sense of bringing the very best available knowledge and skills to the people of Tonga and has fostered a genuine and open dialogue between partners as a mechanism for change that goes well beyond simply a capacity to replicate skills and instead has establish a genuine reciprocity akin to being a family.
Is nursing student personality important for considering a rural career?
- Authors: Terry, Daniel , Peck, Blake , Smith, Andrew , Stevenson, Tyrin , Baker, Ed
- Date: 2019
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- Relation: Journal of Health Organization and Management Vol. 33, no. 5 (2019), p. 617-634
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- Description: Purpose: Identifying and measuring personality traits assists to understanding professional career choices, however, what impact personality traits have on nursing student rural career choice remains absent. The purpose of this paper is to identify personality traits among nursing students that may be predictive of pursuing a rural career. Design/methodology/approach: A cross-sectional design was used to examine the importance Bachelor of Nursing students place on undertaking rural careers. All nursing students (n=1,982) studying a three-year bachelor’s degree were invited to complete a questionnaire examining personality traits and rural practice intentions. Findings: Students who saw themselves working rurally after graduation had higher levels of conscientiousness than those who wanted metropolitan careers. Students with higher levels of agreeableness or open-mindedness were more likely to consider rural practice when individual community factors were carefully considered. Finally, students with higher levels of neuroticism were less likely to consider rural practice as a future career pathway. Research limitations/implications: The cohort had high numbers of student from rural and regional settings, which may limit the ability to generalise the findings. In addition, student respondents of the survey may not be representative of the whole student cohort given the low response rate. Originality/value: Key personality traits are identifying factors that contribute to nursing student decision making regarding rural practice. Students who displayed higher levels of agreeableness and conscientiousness and open-mindedness have traits that are most likely to impact the consideration of rural practice across their nursing career, which gives additional insight into targeted recruitment strategies. © 2019, Emerald Publishing Limited.
Factors that impact measures of grit among nursing students : a journey emblematic of the koi fish
- Authors: Terry, Daniel , Peck, Blake
- Date: 2020
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- Relation: European Journal of Investigation in Health Psychology and Education Vol. 10, no. 2 (Jun 2020), p. 564-574
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- Description: Grit is the capacity to persevere, to have passion, and be committed to achieve goals long-term regardless of adversity or challenge. Grit provides an insight into why some nursing students succeed academically or clinically, while others do not. This quantitative cross-sectional correlational study measured levels of grit among nursing students undertaking a three-year bachelor's degree program. All students (n = 2349) within the program were invited to complete a questionnaire which included the short grit scale (Grit-S) which measured each student's level of perseverance and passion. Overall, it was highlighted that increased levels of grit correlated with an increase in the student's year of study, greater perceived clinical and academic performance, not using television as a motivator for entry to nursing, being lower on the socio-economic spectrum, and being older in age. Grit was found to develop exponentially as students entered second and third years, suggesting that a balance of constant academic and clinical challenge was an impetus for many to achieve in the face of adversity, and is reminiscent of the journey of the koi fish. This paper culminates in a call for educators to consider the inclusion of creative grit forming challenges that focus on developing a student's sense of open-mindedness within first year of undergraduate nursing programs.
Recovering the “individual” for qualitative research: An idiographic approach
- Authors: Peck, Blake , Mummery, Jane
- Date: 2019
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- Relation: Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung Vol. 20, no. 3 (2019), p.
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- Description: As detailed examination of the experience of the individual, the Self or the I is overtaken in the intellectual climate of qualitative research by an aim to understand human experience on a collective or transferable level, the claim made by qualitative researchers to providing genuine understanding of the “what is it like” characteristics of being human arguably becomes shaky. If the wellspring from which we draw our understanding is limited to understandings that researchers recognize as general, then the unique and deeper characteristics of individual experience may be buried within the aggregate. We contend that any such restricted approach cannot begin by itself to cogently inform a theory of or a theory for examining human experience that is sufficiently sophisticated for qualitative research practice. Consequently, we propose a recovery and inclusion, into qualitative research frameworks, of a strongly idiographic consideration of the “what is it like” characteristics of phenomena, as experienced by the individual person. Recommending thereby a recovery of hermeneutic and phenomenological modes of thought, in this article, we suggest that the central ideas of KELLY’s personal construct psychology involve fertile ground for guiding such a shift in qualitative research. © 2019, Institut für Qualitative Forschung,Internationale Akademie Berlin gGmbH. All rights reserved.
A review of code blue activations in a single regional Australian healthcare service : a retrospective descriptive study of RISKMAN data
- Authors: Porter, Joanne , Peck, Blake , McNabb, Tiffinee , Missen, Karen
- Date: 2020
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- Relation: Journal of Clinical Nursing Vol. 29, no. 1-2 (2020), p. 221-227
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- Description: Background: In the case of life-threatening conditions such as respiratory or cardiac arrest, or the clinical deterioration of the patient, a Code Blue activation may be instigated. A Code Blue activation involves a team of advanced trained clinicians attending the emergency needs of the patient. Aims and objectives: The aim of the study was to explore the number of cases of Code Blue activations, looking at the timing, clinical ward, diagnosis and activation criteria while noting cases where escalation from a Medical Emergency Team (MET) call occurs in one Regional Healthcare Service in Victoria, Australia, over a six-year period. Methods: A quantitative retrospective descriptive study of Code Blue emergencies over a six-year period from June 2010 to June 2016 was conducted. Data collected from the RISKMAN program operating at a single site was imported into SPSS (V 22) for descriptive statistical analysis. A STROBE EQUATOR checklist was used for this study (see File S1). Findings: The majority of Code Blue activations were male (59%, n = 127) and aged between 70 and 89 years of age (43%, n = 93). A Code Blue activation was more likely to occur at 08:00 hr, 14:00 hr or 22:00 hr, corresponding to the nurses’ change in shift, with the majority of Code Blues (27.8%, n = 60) occurring in the emergency department. Cardiac arrest was the main activation criterion with 54.6% (n = 118) cases followed by respiratory arrest (14%, n = 32). Interestingly, 20% (n = 45) of the Code Blue activations were upgraded from a Medical Emergency Team (MET) call. Conclusion: This project has produced several interesting findings surrounding Code Blue activations at one regional healthcare service which are not present in existing literature and is worthwhile for further investigation. Relevance to clinical practice: Understanding Code Blue activation criteria, common timings (month, time of day) and patient demographics ensures clinicians can remain vigilant in watching for the signs of patient deterioration and improve staff preparedness Code Blue events. © 2019 John Wiley & Sons Ltd
Type 2 diabetes mellitus management : a retrospective study in rural general practice
- Authors: Wyett, Ruby , Peck, Blake , Terry, Daniel
- Type: Text , Journal article
- Relation: Advances in Diabetes and Metabolism Vol. 7, no. 1 (), p. 1-7
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- Description: Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) is a chronic, progressive metabolic disease that is an international epidemic. General Practitioners (GPs) are the cornerstones of T2DM management. The aim of this study was to determine the scope of care and management of patients with T2DM within General Practice, while highlighting domains of success and areas where improvement can be made. Demographic and laboratory cross sectional data were collected by examining electronic patient records at one rural General Practice to address the aims of the study. Data included key management parameters of Hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c), estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate (eGFR), microalbuminuria, blood pressure and cholesterol levels, in addition to age, sex, and residential postcode. Further, data regarding the use of insulin, antihypertensive medications and lipid-lowering medications were collected and analyzed. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used and significance was determined at p
The academic experiences of transitioning to blended online and digital nursing curriculum
- Authors: Porter, Joanne , Barbagallo, Michael , Peck, Blake , Allen, Louise , Tanti, Erin , Churchill, Anne
- Date: 2020
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- Relation: Nurse Education Today Vol. 87, no. (2020), p.
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- Description: Background: The blended online digital (BOLD) approach to teaching is popular within many universities. However, much of the research conducted in this area focusses on the student perspective. Aim The aim of this study is to explore the experiences and perspectives of academics involved in the development and implementation of an inaugural BOLD Bachelor of Nursing curriculum at a regional multi-campus institution in Victoria, Australia. Methods: Eleven academics across two regional campuses participated in one of five focus groups. Creswell's (2003) six step approach to thematic analysis was used to analyse the semi-structured interview data in order to capture the meaning of the transition experience. Findings: Three significant themes emerged from the focus group data: ‘Get Ready’, ‘Get Set’, and ‘Go’. Discussion: Three significant themes emerged, ‘Get Ready’, embodies insight from academic staff preparing to make the transition to a BOLD delivery model acknowledging the need for staff to be genuinely prepared, educated, guided and supported to understand the pedagogy of BOLD. Secondly, ‘Get Set’, acknowledges the period immediately after the preparatory phase and preparedness of academic staff to manage content and delivery for both face-to-face and online student cohorts within the learning platform. Thirdly, the theme ‘Go’ recognises the culmination of the previous two phases and is a recognition of the need for ongoing evaluation across the implementation phase. Conclusion: This qualitative exploration of nursing academics' experience contributes to contemporary pedagogical insights in relation to the blended approaches to teaching and learning. © 2020
Supervision in healthcare : a critical review of the role, function and capacity for training
- Authors: Terry, Daniel , Nguyen, Hoang , Perkins, Alicia , Peck, Blake
- Date: 2020
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- Relation: Universal Journal of Public Health Vol. 8, no. 1 (2020), p. 1-14
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- Description: This paper examines the notion of clinical supervision and takes a close look at what it means from the perspective of both the supervisee and the supervisor, considering how it can be of benefit to the learner, the teacher and the patient. Clinical supervision has been shown to be vital for the development and consolidation of undergraduate and postgraduate education, while having a positive impact on patient outcomes and as such is a fundamental component in healthcare education. Central to supervision is achieving the best outcomes for the supervisee, and effective supervision ensures the development of confidence, professional identity, and the consolidation of therapeutic knowledge. Clinical supervision provides a platform for extending the supervisor-supervisee relationship beyond the student-teacher model to one of mutual personal development in contemporary knowledge and skills for clinical practice. Despite the perceived importance of clinical supervision for healthcare more broadly, there is evidence to suggest that few supervisors are adequately prepared with the theory and practice of clinical supervision to adequately fulfill the expectations that the role entails. It follows therefore, that in many cases, there is an expectation that the health professionals will supervise without adequate preparation. This paper, although not a panacea, may assist those who are supervising and who seek or require some guidance and support.