Department of Community Health Nursing, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
Nurse Educ Today. 2012 Jul;32(5):e1-7. doi: 10.1016/j.nedt.2011.06.007. Epub 2011 Jul 20.
Evaluation of doctoral programs in nursing is becoming more important with the rapid increase in the programs in Japan. This study aimed to evaluate doctoral nursing programs by faculty members and to analyze the relationship of the evaluation with educational and research activities of faculty members in Japan. Target settings were all 46 doctoral nursing programs. Eighty-five faculty members from 28 programs answered the questionnaire, which included 17 items for program evaluation, 12 items for faculty evaluation, 9 items for resource evaluation, 3 items for overall evaluations, and educational and research activities. A majority gave low evaluations for sources of funding, the number of faculty members and support staff, and administrative systems. Faculty members who financially supported a greater number of students gave a higher evaluation for extramural funding support, publication, provision of diverse learning experiences, time of supervision, and research infrastructure. The more time a faculty member spent on advising doctoral students, the higher were their evaluations on the supportive learning environment, administrative systems, time of supervision, and timely feedback on students' research. The findings of this study indicate a need for improvement in research infrastructure, funding sources, and human resources to achieve quality nursing doctoral education in Japan.
随着日本护理博士项目的快速增加，对这些项目进行评估变得越来越重要。本研究旨在通过教师评估博士护理项目，并分析评估与日本教师教育和研究活动的关系。目标设定为所有 46 个博士护理项目。来自 28 个项目的 85 名教师回答了问卷，其中包括 17 项课程评估、12 项教师评估、9 项资源评估、3 项总体评估以及教育和研究活动。大多数人对资金来源、教师和支持人员的数量以及行政系统给予了较低的评价。在经济上支持更多学生的教师对校外资助支持、发表论文、提供多样化的学习经验、指导时间和研究基础设施给予了更高的评价。教师花在指导博士生上的时间越多，他们对支持性学习环境、行政系统、指导时间和学生研究的及时反馈的评价就越高。这项研究的结果表明，日本需要改善研究基础设施、资金来源和人力资源，以实现高质量的护理博士教育。
