Nurturing the seeds of learning: a professional development initiative for hospital-based nurse educators.
This article describes a collaborative initiative between two healthcare organizations to promote professional development of nurse educators from hospitals in neighboring regions. Information collected from a needs survey and a preregistration questionnaire was used to develop didactic and interactive sessions of a 1-day conference. Several brainstorming sessions were utilized to engage participants and to facilitate networking. Participants responded positively to this professional development conference in meeting their learning needs.
Tezak
Beverley
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Saint Elizabeth Health Care, Markham, Ontario, Canada. btezak@rogers.com
Chan
Angela
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D002170:Canada; D002983:Clinical Competence; D003226:Congresses as Topic / Q000458:organization & administration; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000193:education*; D024382:Professional Role; D016730:Program Development / Q000379:methods*; D013192:Staff Development / Q000379:methods*