Bassah Nahyeni, Cox Karen, Seymour Jane
Assistant Lecturer of Nursing, Department of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Buea, South-West Region, Cameroon.
Vice-Chancellor and President, University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent, UK.
Int J Palliat Nurs. 2018 Aug 2;24(8):388-397. doi: 10.12968/ijpn.2018.24.8.388.
Palliative care education for non-specialist health professionals is an important strategy for widening access to palliative care.
To describe Cameroonian nursing students' experiences and perceptions of the strengths and weaknesses of a palliative care course, with a view to refining the course.
Three focus groups were conducted with 23 students, and data were analysed thematically using the framework approach.
The students reported connecting with their past personal and professional experiences in the care of patients with palliative care needs during the course. The main course strength reported was its use of a variety of interactive educational strategies, such as role plays, group discussions and case studies. The course's main reported weakness was the lack of supervised clinical practice in palliative care.
The use of a variety of interactive educational strategies-including supervised clinical practice-is considered by nursing students as vital to enhancing learning in palliative care education. However, the lack of supervised palliative care clinical practice opportunities is a challenge in Cameroon.
为非专科医护人员提供姑息治疗教育是扩大姑息治疗可及性的一项重要策略。
描述喀麦隆护理专业学生对姑息治疗课程优缺点的体验和看法，以期完善该课程。
对23名学生进行了3次焦点小组访谈，并采用框架法对数据进行了主题分析。
学生们表示，在课程期间，他们将姑息治疗需求患者的护理与过去的个人和专业经历联系起来。报告的课程主要优点是采用了多种互动式教育策略，如角色扮演、小组讨论和案例研究。报告的课程主要缺点是缺乏姑息治疗的临床督导实践。
护理专业学生认为，采用多种互动式教育策略（包括临床督导实践）对于加强姑息治疗教育中的学习至关重要。然而，喀麦隆缺乏姑息治疗临床督导实践机会是一项挑战。
