Evaluating Patient Education Resources of Popular Clinical Databases

Many library-subscribed clinical databases contain educational materials for physicians and librarians to share with patients. These materials are typically written in layperson language meant to be understood by the average, nonclinician person. However, the materials found in these online databases vary widely, and some are better than others. This article uses the Patient Education Materials Assessment Tool (PEMAT) to evaluate the patient education content of several popular clinical databases, including Access Medicine, Clinical Key, DynaMed Plus, Epocrates, and UpToDate. These databases are also evaluated on other, more basic criteria, including findability, content, printing to PDF, customizability, and available languages.     

护理学基础国家级精品资源共享课的建设

目的通过护理学基础国家级精品资源共享课的建设实践,进一步探索培养专业基础扎实、动手能力强的实用型护理人才的有效途径。方法根据《教育部关于国家精品开放课程建设的实施意见》文件精神及我校精品资源共享课的建设标准,对护理学基础课程教学内容、教学方法两方面进行了深入研究与改革。结果实验组护理本科生对教师的总体评价明显高于对照组(P0.01);实验组护理本科生理论与操作考核成绩均高于对照组(P0.01或P0.05)。结论护理学基础国家级精品资源共享课的建设促进了该课程教学质量的提高,提示在课程建设过程中要基于学校自身优势与特色,进行不断挖掘与创新,才能取得精品资源共享课建设的实效,实现学校人才培养的目标。     

Incorporating a service improvement project into an undergraduate nursing programme: A pilot study

Although service improvement projects have been incorporated into some postregistration nurse education modules in the UK, they have not been generally available to pre‐registration students. This paper reports on the implementation and evaluation of a pilot project in pre‐registration nurse education at one university in eastern England. It concludes that the nursing students found the project to be a useful addition to their course. Supportive reactions were obtained from nurse managers, mentors and academics. A need to improve communication with clinical areas through the use of web‐based materials was highlighted.     

Participatory action research: Involving students in parent education

Competition for scarce clinical placements has increased requiring new and innovative models to be developed to meet the growing need. A participatory action research project was used to provide a community nursing clinical experience of involvement in parent education. Nine Hong Kong nursing students self-selected to participate in the project to implement a parenting program called Parenting Young Children in a Digital World. Three project cycles were used: needs identification, skills development and program implementation. Students were fully involved in each cycle's planning, action and reflection phase. Qualitative and quantitative data were collected to inform the project. The overall outcome of the project was the provision of a rich and viable clinical placement experience that created significant learning opportunities for the students and researchers. This paper will explore the student's participation in this PAR project as an innovative clinical practice opportunity.