Developing nurse leaders across the Americas: evaluation of an online nursing leadership course
Development of leadership capacities in the nursing workforce is essential to achieving universal health in the Region of the Americas. This evaluation considered the effectiveness of an online leadership course offered in English and Spanish to nurses throughout Latin America and the Caribbean. The...
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doaj-ada0585e888d4c08b0ff487b6dd9ae5b2020-11-25T00:40:01ZengPan American Health OrganizationRevista Panamericana de Salud Pública1020-49891680-53482018-11-01421810.26633/RPSP.2018.152e152Developing nurse leaders across the Americas: evaluation of an online nursing leadership courseJohis Ortega0Mary Hooshmand1Cynthia Foronda2Maria Padron3Desiree Simon4Michelle Waters5Silvia Cassiani6Nilda Peragallo Montano7University of Miami School of Nursing and Health Studies, Coral Gables, Florida, United States of AmericaUniversity of Miami School of Nursing and Health Studies, Coral Gables, Florida, United States of AmericaPan American Health Organization (PAHO) / World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Center, University of Miami School of Nursing and Health Studies, Coral Gables, Florida, United StatesPan American Health Organization (PAHO) / World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Center, University of Miami School of Nursing and Health Studies, Coral Gables, Florida, United StatesUniversity of Miami School of Nursing and Health Studies, Coral Gables, Florida, United States of AmericaUniversity of Miami School of Nursing and Health Studies, Coral Gables, Florida, United States of AmericaHealth Systems and Services, PAHO/WHO, Washington, D.C., United StatesUniversity of North Carolina School of Nursing, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United StatesDevelopment of leadership capacities in the nursing workforce is essential to achieving universal health in the Region of the Americas. This evaluation considered the effectiveness of an online leadership course offered in English and Spanish to nurses throughout Latin America and the Caribbean. The online course was an asynchronous eight-module leadership nursing course created and offered by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Virtual Campus. A retrospective, descriptive design was used to evaluate learner performance data from the modules. Learner performance on the course was analyzed. Electronic surveys were distributed to individuals who withdrew prior to course completion to obtain information regarding the reason for withdrawal. In all, 289 individuals from 41 countries participated in the online course. Learner performance demonstrated improvement from pre- to post-test. The most frequent reason for not completing the course was being too busy with other obligations. The Spanish-language course version received more enrollment applications than any other course in the virtual campus’ 12-year history. The evaluation concluded that continuing education that develops nursing leadership is desired across Latin America and the Caribbean. Online education through the PAHO Virtual Campus may be a low-cost yet powerful means of disseminating knowledge to the nursing workforce throughout the Americas.http://iris.paho.org/xmlui/handle/123456789/49589Education, nursing, continuingeducation, distancehealth human resource trainingAmericas |
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Johis Ortega Mary Hooshmand Cynthia Foronda Maria Padron Desiree Simon Michelle Waters Silvia Cassiani Nilda Peragallo Montano Developing nurse leaders across the Americas: evaluation of an online nursing leadership course Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública Education, nursing, continuing education, distance health human resource training Americas |
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Developing nurse leaders across the Americas: evaluation of an online nursing leadership course |
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Developing nurse leaders across the Americas: evaluation of an online nursing leadership course |
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Developing nurse leaders across the Americas: evaluation of an online nursing leadership course |
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developing nurse leaders across the americas: evaluation of an online nursing leadership course |
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Pan American Health Organization |
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Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública |
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Development of leadership capacities in the nursing workforce is essential to achieving universal health in the Region of the Americas. This evaluation considered the effectiveness of an online leadership course offered in English and Spanish to nurses throughout Latin America and the Caribbean. The online course was an asynchronous eight-module leadership nursing course created and offered by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Virtual Campus. A retrospective, descriptive design was used to evaluate learner performance data from the modules. Learner performance on the course was analyzed. Electronic surveys were distributed to individuals who withdrew prior to course completion to obtain information regarding the reason for withdrawal. In all, 289 individuals from 41 countries participated in the online course. Learner performance demonstrated improvement from pre- to post-test. The most frequent reason for not completing the course was being too busy with other obligations. The Spanish-language course version received more enrollment applications than any other course in the virtual campus’ 12-year history. The evaluation concluded that continuing education that develops nursing leadership is desired across Latin America and the Caribbean. Online education through the PAHO Virtual Campus may be a low-cost yet powerful means of disseminating knowledge to the nursing workforce throughout the Americas. |
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Education, nursing, continuing education, distance health human resource training Americas |
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