Nurse educators' experiences of case-based education in a South African nursing programme
A school of nursing at a university in the Western Cape experienced an increase in student enrolments from an intake of 150 students to 300 students in the space of one year. This required a review of the teaching and learning approach to ensure that it was appropriate for effective facilitation of...
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| Published in: | Curationis (Pretoria) Vol. 38; no. 2; p. 1523 |
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| Main Authors: | , , , |
| Format: | Journal Article |
| Language: | English |
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South Africa
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09-12-2015
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| Summary: | A school of nursing at a university in the Western Cape experienced an increase in student enrolments from an intake of 150 students to 300 students in the space of one year. This required a review of the teaching and learning approach to ensure that it was appropriate for effective facilitation of large classes. The case-based education (CBE) approach was adopted for the delivery of the Bachelor of Nursing programme in 2005.
The aim of the study was to explore nurse educators' experiences, current practices and possible improvements to inform best practice of CBE at the nursing school in the Western Cape.
A participatory action research method was applied in a two day workshop conducted with nurse educators in the undergraduate nursing programme. The nominal group technique was used to collect the data.
Three themes emerged from the final synthesis of the findings, namely: teaching and learning related issues, student issues and teacher issues. Amongst other aspects, theory and practice integration, as well as the need for peer support in facilitation of CBE, were identified as requiring strengthening.
It was concluded that case-based education should continue to be used in the school, however, more workshops should be arranged to keep educators updated and new staff orientated in respect of this teaching and learning approach. |
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| Bibliography: | ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 23 How to cite this article: Daniels, F.M., Fakude, L.P., Linda, N.S. & Marie Modeste, R.R., 2015, ‘Nurse educators’ experiences of case-based education in a South African nursing programme’, Curationis 38(2), Art. #1523, 8 pages. http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/curationis.v38i2.1523 |
| ISSN: | 0379-8577 2223-6279 2223-6279 |
| DOI: | 10.4102/curationis.v38i2.1523 |