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The educational preparation of undergraduate nursing students in pharmacology: perceptions and experiences of lecturers and students.
Full Abstract
This paper explores the perceptions and experiences of lecturers and undergraduate nursing students relating to teaching and learning issues in pharmacology. A total of 14 focus group interviews were conducted at 10 university settings, which involved seven academic staff and seven student interviews. The focus group interviewing method was used because it enabled all participants to have 'a say', facilitated the expression of diverse views, and allowed participants to express themselves without fear that their views would be openly criticised. Student participants comprised second and third year undergraduate nurses while lecturer participants involved course coordinators, subject coordinators, and bioscience and nursing lecturers. The 'framework' method was used for data analysis, which involved the following stages:
familiarisation, identifying a thematic framework, indexing, charting, and finally, mapping and interpretation. Four major themes emerged from discussions with lecturers and students:
teaching considerations, learning considerations, the relationship between pharmacology knowledge and clinical practice, and the features of an 'ideal' programme in pharmacology. The findings highlighted that potential conflicts existed among academic staff relating to the balance of pharmacology and nursing content in curricula, which often led to over-laden curricula. Potential conflicts also existed between lecturers and students about the value placed on a separate pharmacology subject as opposed to an integrated pharmacology programme. In summary, there is still much scope for educational initiatives to improve students' knowledge of pharmacology and medication management.Copyright 2002 Elsevier Science Ltd.
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Author information
Author/s: Manias, Elizabeth (E); Bullock, Shane (S);
Affiliation: Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, School of Postgraduate Nursing, The University of Melbourne, Level 1, 723 Swanston Street, Carlton, Victoria 3053, Australia. e.manias(-atsign-)nursing.unimelb.edu.au
Journal and publication information
Publication Type: Journal Article; Multicenter Study; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Journal: International journal of nursing studies (Int J Nurs Stud), published in England. (Language: eng)
Reference: 2002-Sep; vol 39 (issue 7) : pp 757-69
Dates: Created 2002/09/16; Completed 2002/11/19; Revised 2006/11/15;
PMID: 12231032, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/6/2008)
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