title: Distance education: pedagogy for psychiatric-mental health nursing.
abstract: Education of undergraduates in mental health nursing necessitates modeling interpersonal relationships and providing accessible educational experiences. This article describes (1) a distance education strategy that promotes interpersonal learning, and (2) a qualitative study exploring faculty's experience with this pedagogy. Several themes emerged from the data: I Feel Like I'm In A Different World; I Don't Get To Know The Students; They Have My Face; I Am Caught Up In The Technology; It Is A Lot Like Teaching In The Classroom; and It Is Helping Me Grow In My Teaching. A metaphor, "bringing it to life," captures faculty members' capability to change lifeless lecture content into a learning experience involving human beings.
authors.affiliation: College of Nursing, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, USA. sherdtne@kent.edu
authors.forename: S L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Herdtner
authors.forename: D S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Martsolf
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003195:Computer Communication Networks; D003479:Curriculum; D020375:Education, Distance; D004506:Education, Nursing; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000451:nursing*; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D009820:Ohio; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing / Q000639:trends*; D012984:Software