title: Much ado about the flu: design and implementation of an e-role play for a large class of undergraduate students.
abstract: Role play in a face-to-face setting is becoming widely accepted as a useful pedagogy in nurse education. However, online e-role play i.e. role play which occurs using an electronic medium, is less well used, particularly with large classes. This paper will discuss the design and implementation of an online e-role play for a large class (n = 414) of undergraduate Nursing and Midwifery students. It describes the rationale for the use of this method and the expected learning outcomes followed by detail about how the e-role play was designed. It also discusses challenges faced in implementing this learning activity with a large group of students and then outlines student and staff evaluation of the e-role play. Finally lessons learned and implications for using this pedagogy in nurse education are considered.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of South Australia City East Campus, North Terrace, Adelaide 5000, South Australia, Australia. jane.warland@unisa.edu.au
authors.forename: Jane
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Warland
authors.forename: Colleen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: Morgan
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Smith
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005181:Faculty, Nursing; D006801:Humans; D007251:Influenza, Human / Q000451:nursing*; D020407:Internet; D008880:Midwifery / Q000193:education*; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D018794:Problem-Based Learning / Q000379:methods*; D036301:Qualitative Research; D012381:Role Playing; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data