Lessons learned: a successful distance learning collaborative between the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Defense.
Academic, business, and government organizations are increasingly looking to distance education to meet workforce learning needs. This modality differs from classroom education, however, and simply transferring content from a traditional classroom to a distance learning application can result in poor outcomes. The Department of Veterans Affairs and the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences Graduate School of Nursing implemented a program preparing adult nurse practitioners solely through the medium of distance education, with no university "in-residence" requirement. Lessons learned from this success can prove useful to organizations that are planning distance education initiatives.
Office of Nursing Services (retired), Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, DC 20420, USA.
Charlotte F
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Beason
D003479:Curriculum; D020375:Education, Distance; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing; D006801:Humans; D008888:Military Nursing / Q000193:education*; D009722:Nurse Practitioners / Q000193:education*; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012577:Schools, Medical; D014481:United States; D014493:United States Department of Veterans Affairs; D037041:United States Government Agencies