title: Improving nursing students' breast cancer knowledge through a novel academic and non-profit foundation partnership.
abstract: The unique partnership between an affiliate of the Susan G. Komen for the Cure(©) foundation and a school of nursing offered faculty the ability to creatively inject breast cancer content into the baccalaureate curriculum. In-house breast cancer experts and external consultants developed seven breast cancer-specific educational Web-based modules to supplement a packed curriculum taught by generalists in a cost-efficient manner. Easily integrated into the baccalaureate program, these modules provided evidence-based breast cancer content to nursing students. Following completion of the modules, baccalaureate students' knowledge of breast cancer improved.
authors.affiliation: OS&AH, University of Maryland, School of Nursing, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA. trocky@son.umaryland.edu
authors.forename: Nina M
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Trocky
authors.forename: Sandra W
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: McLeskey
authors.forename: Deborah
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: McGuire
authors.forename: Kathleen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Griffith
authors.forename: Abby
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Plusen
mesh_terms: D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000451:nursing*; D003479:Curriculum; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004521:Educational Measurement; D005582:Foundations; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D017145:Models, Educational; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D012579:Schools, Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration