Navigating nursing curriculum change during COVID-19 pandemic: A systematic review and meta-synthesis

AimTo consolidate the evidence around the experiences of nursing undergraduates and faculty members navigating through remote and online education during the COVID-19 pandemic.BackgroundThe Coronavirus disease 2019 caused by the SARS-CoV-2 Virus (COVID-19) has placed massive pressure on healthcare, economic and education systems globally. Restrictive social distancing policies and public health measures necessitated educational institutions to switch from face-to-face to remote and online education to sustain the learning process. These changes have created an uncertain path and undue stress for healthcare learners and faculty, especially for professional roles that traditionally require more hands-on and access to clinical practice particularly pre-licensure nursing students. As such, there is an urgent need to consolidate evidence on the experiences of nursing undergraduates and faculty members as they navigate the rapid transition from face-to-face to remote and online education to ensure continuity of learning in achieving optimal learning outcomes and to support them during current and future public health crises.DesignA systematic review and meta-synthesis of the qualitative literature was undertaken using Sandelowski and Barroso’s approach.MethodsSix electronic databases, CINAHL, Embase, ERIC, PsycINFO, PubMed and Scopus, were searched systematically using the eligibility criteria from December 2019 to September 2022. The Critical Appraisal Skills Program checklist for qualitative studies was used to conduct the critical appraisal of the selected articles.ResultsForty-seven studies were included in this review, which encapsulates the experiences of 3052 undergraduates and 241 faculty members. An overarching meta-theme ‘Remote and online education: a rollercoaster ride’, emerged along with three main meta-themes: (1) Transition to remote and online education: A turbulent road, (2) Acceptance of the untravelled road, (3) Hopes and recommendations for the road ahead.ConclusionTo improve nursing undergraduates’ and faculty member’s navigation of remote and online education, more institutions should move towards establishing hybrid education as the new ‘normal’ and exercise prudence in the organisation and delivery of curriculum, teaching, well-being and clinical attachment contingencies of their healthcare courses.     

基于核心能力的临床医学专业研究生课程体系建设研究

临床医学专业研究生课程体系是培养研究生过程中极为重要的环节，课程是实现教育教学目标的关键载体和平台。目前，我国对于临床医学教育提出了创新改革课程体系的具体要求。2019年我国教育部发布了《教育部卫生部关于加强医学教育工作提高医学教育质量的若干意见》，表示各大医学高校要“积极全面开展课程体系革新，使得医学知识与自然科学和人文科学知识的融合”。突出学生的教学主体性，创建学生为中心的专业教学模式，大力促进教学方法的创新和实践，强化学生综合知识能力、创新意识以及批判性思维的培养和锻炼。本文对基于核心能力的临床医学专业研究生课程体系建设进行研究，并提出具体的建设策略，以期为我国临床医学专业研究生培养提供有价值的参考建议。     

形成性评价在本科临床教学阶段的应用和探索

在本科临床教学阶段，应用随堂测试与反馈、网络自测与反馈、DOPS 评价、Mini-CEX 等多元形成性评价方式，促进了学生考核体系的进一步完善。通过组织教师与学生座谈和调查问卷的反馈显示，应用形成性评价符合学生的需求，有利于教师教学水平的提高，有利于学生学习能力的提升。     

翻转课堂联合CBL教学在中医辨证见习中的应用

目的探讨翻转课堂联合CBL教学法应用于中医学辨证见习教学中的效果。方法将60名学生随机分为两组,每组30名,学生均来自于中南大学湘雅医学院临床医学专业2016级五年制本科。翻转课堂联合CBL教学法被应用于试验组,传统教学模式被应用于对照组,教学效果评价采用理论知识考核与学生满意度调查的双向评价模式。结果试验组的见习内容知识考核卷面成绩和满意度调查得分均高于对照组,差异均有统计学意义(P <0.05)。结论在中医学辨证见习课中,翻转课堂联合CBL教学法的教学效果优于传统教学模式。     

培养医学生岗位胜任力，推进临床教学改革

以加强医学本科教育,培养具备较高素质和较强岗位胜任力的医学专业人才为目的,紧紧围绕医学生岗位胜任力这个中心,契合学校医学人才培养目标,进行临床医学专业本科课堂教学改革的探索和研究。通过提高思想认识,发现存在的问题,更新教学理念,改进教学手段,整合利用资源,合理应用信息化教学手段、调整教学评价体系等一系列措施,以突出素质和能力培养为抓手,以期达到提高课堂教学效率,提升教师教学能力,激发学生自主学习能力和拓宽学生国际视野的结果,对全面提高临床医学教学质量、打造具有区域特色的高水平本科教育、全面提高医学人才培养水平有着重要意义。     

主题创意设计理念在实验诊断学慕课设计中的新应用

随着"互联网+高等教育"打破传统教育的时空界限和学校围墙,慕课平台的大力发展,慕课建设成为如今教学模式的新改革,中国医科大学附属第一医院实验诊断学教研室承担《实验诊断学》的慕课课程建设工作,并首次将主题创意设计的理念应用于医学教育的慕课建设中。课程内容涵盖目前5大专业,9章,19节,82个热门检测项目。本文从主题创意设计的课程设计理念、构建课程框架、组建主题创意团队等多方面探讨实验诊断学慕课课程建设的过程,并通过微信公众号分别对在校学生和社会人士进行关于主题创意设计理念的慕课设计的教学效果评价及满意度调查。调查结果显示在校学生及在职人员实验组的随堂小考成绩、满意度调查得分均高于对照组,差异具有统计学意义(t=4.266、4.689、4.198、3.869,P <0.001)。主题创意设计理念的慕课设计,有助提高学生对实验诊断课程的兴趣,提高慕课教学的教学质量,且在医学继续教育的领域,也可对相关专业的在职人员起到继续教育的作用。     

Sláintecare implementation status in 2020: Limited progress with entitlement expansion

The Sláintecare report developed by political consensus sets out a ten year plan for achieving Universal Health Care (UHC) in Ireland. This paper evaluates the design and progress of the report to mid 2020, but with some reflection on the new COVID 19 era, particularly as it relates to the expansion of entitlements to achieve UHC. The authors explore how close Sláintecare is to the UHC ideal. They also review the phased strategy of implementation in Sláintecare that utilises a systems-thinking approach with interlinkages between entitlements, funding, capacity and implementation. Finally the authors review the Sláintecare milestones against the reality of implementation since the publication of the report in 2017, cognisant of government policy and practice. Some of the initial assumptions around the context of Sláintecare were not realised and there has been limited progress made toward expanding entitlements, and certainly short of the original plan. Nevertheless there have been positive developments in that there is evidence that Government’s Implementation Strategy and Action Plans are focussing on reforming a complex adaptive system rather than implementing a blueprint with such initiatives as integrated care pilots and citizen engagement. The authors find that this may help the system change but it risks losing some of the essential elements of entitlement expansion in favour of organisational change.