title: The use of blogging in tertiary healthcare educational settings to enhance reflective learning in nursing leadership.
abstract: Web 2.0 technologies such as blogs are increasingly used in academic settings; however, they are not widely used in hospital settings. This project explored the effectiveness of using a blog to enhance reflective learning in a nurse manager leadership development course of a tertiary care hospital setting. Differences in reflective learning between the blog group and traditional learning group were measured post training using a Reflective Learning and Interaction Questionnaire. Although the groups did not differ significantly on any reflective learning dimension (p < .05, n = 11), the mean scores showed that both groups identified a reflective learning experience. Findings from this study inform the practice of other nurse educators contemplating to incorporate blogs into their learning strategies to enhance reflective learning.
authors.affiliation: Theodora C. Levine, RN, DNP, NEA-BC, is Director of Education, Designated Learning Officer, Department of Veterans Affairs.
authors.forename: Theodora C
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Levine
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D057218:Blogging; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007857:Leadership; D007858:Learning; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009718:Nurse Administrators / Q000193:education*; D063128:Tertiary Health Care