College of Nursing, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, South Korea.
Front Public Health. 2022 Aug 17;10:961443. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.961443. eCollection 2022.
Nursing professors must constantly interact with students, maintain a high level of professional performance, and meet targets and deadlines, even during a pandemic. Considering the changing educational environment, it is essential to identify contemporary limitations and problems to provide feedback for improvement. This study aimed to explore the laboratory and clinical teaching experiences of nursing professors during the COVID-19 pandemic. Focus group interviews were conducted with professors from the nursing departments of universities in Korea. In total, 19 professors who had laboratory and clinical experience participated in this study. The collected data were analyzed using thematic analysis. The analysis identified four themes. The themes included feeling helpless in the infection management system, uncertainty about the effectiveness of alternative practice training, acceptance of changes, and preparation for future practice training. As the necessity and possibility of non-face-to-face education have been confirmed by the pandemic, it is expected that classes using technology will be actively developed in nursing practice education. The roles and attitudes of teachers and educational institutions also need to change. Nursing professors should reflect upon and evaluate challenges to prepare for post-pandemic practical education.
护理教授必须不断与学生互动，保持高水平的专业表现，并在大流行期间达到目标和最后期限。考虑到不断变化的教育环境，有必要确定当代的限制和问题，以提供反馈进行改进。本研究旨在探讨 COVID-19 大流行期间护理教授的实验室和临床教学经验。对韩国大学护理系的教授进行了焦点小组访谈。共有 19 名具有实验室和临床经验的教授参与了这项研究。使用主题分析对收集的数据进行了分析。分析确定了四个主题。这些主题包括对感染管理制度感到无助、对替代实践培训效果的不确定性、对变化的接受以及为未来实践培训做准备。由于大流行已经证实了非面对面教育的必要性和可能性，因此预计护理实践教育中使用技术的课程将得到积极发展。教师和教育机构的角色和态度也需要改变。护理教授应该反思和评估挑战，为后大流行时期的实践教育做准备。
