inPractice: a practical nursing package for clinical decisions

dc.creator	Barry Ip
dc.creator	Annlouise Cavanna
dc.creator	Beverley Corbett
dc.date	2005-12-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T22:30:33Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T22:30:33Z
dc.identifier	10.3402/rlt.v13i1.10974
dc.identifier	2156-7069
dc.identifier	2156-7077
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/adbddc2572864d6f8f463d3bebe75fd1
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/22306
dc.description	This paper examines the recent development of a computer-assisted learning program–in Practice– at the School of Health Science, in the University of Wales Swansea. The project, which began in 2001, was developed in close collaboration with The Meningitis Trust, the aim being to produce a software package to increase nursing students' knowledge of meningitis-related illnesses, and to enhance their decision-making and problem-solving skills by using lifelike scenarios. It incorporates two multimedia meningitis modules incorporating the use of text, film, and sound, in which students are presented with information about the illness (symptoms, treatment etc.), and are required to use their knowledge to make decisions at various key points. A general discussion of decision-making theories and CAL design principles is presented, which has provided a foundation for the main design aspects of the package. This is followed by an outline of how the program was created to promote students' application of knowledge and their decision-making and problemsolving skills. Results from an evaluation questionnaire are presented. Consideration is also given as to how the program can be extended.
dc.language	English
dc.relation	http://www.researchinlearningtechnology.net/index.php/rlt/article/view/10974
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/2156-7069
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/2156-7077
dc.rights	CC BY
dc.source	Research in Learning Technology, Vol 13, Iss 1 (2005)
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.title	inPractice: a practical nursing package for clinical decisions
dc.type	article