title: "Beam me up, scotty": designing the future of nursing professional development.
abstract: Experts in nursing education, such as Benner, Sutphen, Leonard, and Day (2010), as well as the Institute of Medicine report, The Future of Nursing (2011), agree that 21st-century nursing education must change. However, the focus is often on academic education rather than practice education. Today's nurses deserve exceptional practice education that is built on 21st-century learning principles, technologies, and methods as they pursue lifelong, behavior-forming learning. This requires four key shifts: (1) using synergistic, collaborative, learner-centered methods; (2) infusing technology into learning and teaching; (3) designing professional development rooted in instructional design best practices; and (4) performing comprehensive evaluations of professional development. This article explores the necessity for change and encourages nursing professional development specialists to boldly go where they have never gone before.
authors.affiliation: Department of Central Nursing Administration, Johns Hopskin Hospital, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA. syoder2@jhmi.edu
authors.forename: S Leah
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Yoder
authors.forename: Raymond
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Terhorst
mesh_terms: D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing / Q000639:trends*; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D017145:Models, Educational