Nurses' Perspective of Distance Post-Graduate Education: A Turkish Study

The aim of the study was to evaluate the opinion of nurses on distance post-graduate education. This descriptive study was conducted in a university hospital and in a nursing school of this university. A total 238 nurses were included in the study. Among the nurses, 58.6% are willing to continue pos...

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Published in:International journal of caring sciences 2014-05, Vol.7 (2), p.652
Main Authors: Seven, Memnun, Çinar, Fatma Ilknur, Fidanci, Berna Eren, Akyüz, Aygül
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Associations
Distance learning
Education
Foreign language learning
Graduate studies
Hospitals
Methods
Nurses
Nursing education
Nursing licensure
Nursing skills
Schools
Students
Studies
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Summary:The aim of the study was to evaluate the opinion of nurses on distance post-graduate education. This descriptive study was conducted in a university hospital and in a nursing school of this university. A total 238 nurses were included in the study. Among the nurses, 58.6% are willing to continue postgraduate education in nursing. The most common (65.4%) motivation for wishing postgraduate education was to be able to pursue new developments in nursing science. 62.6% of the nurses did not wish postgraduate education by reason of not being having been able to obtain the required English proficiency test score. This study shows that, nurses had some concerns about the quality of education. Therefore, distance postgraduate education programs that are newly initiated and planned for the future should be designed carefully to meet the requirements of theoretical and practical education at a high rate, to use synchronized/asynchronized distance education methods, to allow students interview with the instructor face to face, to be accessed by everyone, and to be presented cost-effectively.
ISSN:1791-5201
1792-037X