title: Applying constructivism to nursing education in cultural competence: a course that bears repeating.
abstract: A graduate course on culture, diversity, and cultural competence was developed based on constructivist learning theory and Campinha-Bacote's constructs of cultural awareness, knowledge, skill, and encounters. The epistemology, structure, assignments, and activities used in both online and classroom courses were highly effective and well received by the students. Student course evaluations and outcome assessments of students' cultural competence levels, as compared to precourse levels, provided supportive evidence that the course design produced intended outcomes. Course resources are shared, making them available for use by others in cultural competence education.
authors.affiliation: University of Missouri- Kansas City, Missouri, USA.
authors.forename: Jennifer L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Hunter
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel / Q000208:ethnology; D001364:Awareness; D003142:Communication; D054521:Cultural Competency / Q000193:education* / Q000458:organization & administration; D018864:Cultural Diversity; D003479:Curriculum; D004511:Education, Nursing, Graduate / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005181:Faculty, Nursing; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D019359:Knowledge; D015146:Midwestern United States; D017145:Models, Educational; D016294:Models, Nursing; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D010687:Philosophy, Nursing; D015397:Program Evaluation; D011582:Psychological Theory; D011588:Psychology, Educational; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology; D016746:Transcultural Nursing / Q000193:education* / Q000458:organization & administration