title: Design and evaluation of an online teaching strategy in an undergraduate psychiatric nursing course.
abstract: Psychiatric nurse educators are challenged to prepare graduates in meeting the needs of individuals with a mental illness within an increasingly technology-based environment. This requires the development and evaluation of educational strategies that immerse students in web-based learning. This article presents an overview of a hybrid teaching design that includes classroom teaching and asynchronous threaded discussion in a teaching module in an undergraduate psychiatric nursing course. Evaluation of student preferences, advantages and disadvantages, and learning, as well as qualitative evaluation of students' description of critical thinking, supports the value of online teaching in psychiatric nursing education.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX 77030, USA. jane.s.mahoney@uth.tmc.edu
authors.forename: Jane S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Mahoney
authors.forename: Stephanie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Marfurt
authors.forename: Miguel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: daCunha
authors.forename: Joan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Engebretson
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003194:Computer-Assisted Instruction / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D003479:Curriculum; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet / Q000458:organization & administration*; D019359:Knowledge; D017145:Models, Educational; D008960:Models, Psychological; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D009862:Online Systems / Q000458:organization & administration; D010687:Philosophy, Nursing; D011340:Problem Solving; D016730:Program Development; D015397:Program Evaluation; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing / Q000193:education*; D011588:Psychology, Educational; D036301:Qualitative Research; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology; D013663:Teaching / Q000458:organization & administration; D013781:Texas; D013850:Thinking