title: An online doctoral education course using problem-based learning.
abstract: The number of doctoral nursing programs has greatly increased over the past several years. There has also been a shift toward delivering programs either partially or fully online. The literature lacks discussions about doctoral-level teaching methods in the online environment. This article describes the use of a semester-long problem-based learning activity in an online doctoral course focusing on nurse educator leadership. The Students-As-Faculty Experience created for this course features the use of a virtual nursing program in which students are cast as faculty members confronting issues via faculty meetings and sharing rotating roles as chairperson. Students were vested in the process by co-designing the course in terms of developing agenda items for the meetings and evaluation rubrics. Through playing the roles of faculty and chairperson, the students reported a distinct improvement in their leadership abilities and confidence at the end of the course.
authors.affiliation: University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas, NV 89154-3018, USA. lori.candela@unlv.edu
authors.forename: Lori
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Candela
authors.forename: Lara
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Carver
authors.forename: Anne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Diaz
authors.forename: Johnna
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Edmunds
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Talusan
authors.forename: Theresa A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Tarrant
mesh_terms: D020375:Education, Distance / Q000379:methods*; D004511:Education, Nursing, Graduate; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D018794:Problem-Based Learning / Q000379:methods*; D016730:Program Development; D014481:United States