Emory University Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, 1520 Clifton Road, Atlanta, GA 30322, United States of America.
Department of Family and Community Health, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, 418 Curie Boulevard, Philadelphia, PA 19104, United States of America.
J Prof Nurs. 2021 Jan-Feb;37(1):228-234. doi: 10.1016/j.profnurs.2020.09.003. Epub 2020 Sep 2.
The demand to expand the nurse scientist pipeline over the past decade has generated numerous pedagogical innovations in nursing doctoral education. A PhD nursing education summit was held at the University of Pennsylvania in October 2019 to discuss pedagogical innovations. The main pedagogical innovations discussed by Summit attendees included: 1) the expansion of both 3-year PhD programs and BSN to PhD programs; 2) changes in learning opportunities and curricula content; and 3) the role of postdoctoral fellowships. This overview examines the numerous opportunities and challenges generated by these innovations. Opportunities include producing scholars with research careers that are potentially longer than historically seen in the nursing profession, as well as the emergence of unique educational and mentoring opportunities both during and after doctoral studies. Challenges involve the impact condensed program timelines have had on both the content and delivery of curricula, as well as the research expertise and skillsets of nursing PhD program graduates. There is a need to conduct a national coordinated evaluation of PhD program using shared metrics in order to better evaluate the effect of these pedagogical innovations on the development of nurse scientists, and ultimately, the discipline.
在过去十年中，对扩大护士科学家队伍的需求催生了护理博士生教育中的许多教学创新。2019 年 10 月，宾夕法尼亚大学举行了一次护理博士教育峰会，讨论教学创新。峰会与会者讨论的主要教学创新包括：1）扩大三年制博士课程和 BSN 至博士课程；2）改变学习机会和课程内容；3）博士后奖学金的作用。本综述探讨了这些创新带来的众多机遇和挑战。机遇包括培养出从事研究工作的学者，他们的职业生涯可能比护理行业历史上看到的更长，以及在博士学习期间和之后出现独特的教育和指导机会。挑战涉及浓缩课程时间表对课程内容和教学的影响，以及护理博士课程毕业生的研究专业知识和技能。需要使用共享指标对博士课程进行全国协调评估，以便更好地评估这些教学创新对护士科学家的发展以及最终对学科的影响。
