Putting the senior seminar online.
A seminar for graduating bachelor of science in nursing students involving discussion of clinical problems was successfully offered online concurrently with their clinical placements, rather than as an in-class course after clinical experience. The author describes the model used to guide discussion, which used a WebCT platform. The Web-based seminar achieved all the objectives of the classroom course while allowing more timely consideration of the issues that students encountered in practice and more considered discussion by students.
Beaton
Marilyn
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School of Nursing, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St John's, Canada. mbeaton@mun.ca
D002983:Clinical Competence; D003142:Communication; D003194:Computer-Assisted Instruction / Q000379:methods*; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate / Q000458:organization & administration*; D034742:Electronic Mail / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet / Q000458:organization & administration*; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D017145:Models, Educational; D009523:Newfoundland and Labrador; D024802:Nurse's Role / Q000523:psychology; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D009862:Online Systems / Q000458:organization & administration; D011340:Problem Solving; D016730:Program Development; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012944:Social Support; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology; D013850:Thinking