This article focuses on the challenging process of collecting, organizing, and presenting outcome data for systematic program evaluation. Critical thinking is used as an example of outcome criteria. The article indicates how a baccalaureate and master's program benefited from the development of a systematic, creative method of data collection, analysis, and reporting.

Background: Although researchers have evaluated nurse competence in past studies, few have focused on the competence levels of nursing students immediately prior to graduation. Additionally, many of the competence scales were not supported with strong evidence of reliability or validity. The purpose of this study was to develop and test the psychometric properties of the Clinical Competence Que...

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The authors describe the process used to implement simulation in a small baccalaureate nursing program and provide examples of how simulation can be used to facilitate the development of key curricular concepts such as critical thinking, therapeutic interventions, and communication. The primary focus is on the use of high-fidelity patient simulators and human "standardized patients."

OBJECTIVE Information and opinions were sought on the need for graduating and practicing respiratory therapists to obtain 66 competencies necessary for practice in 2015 and beyond, the required length of respiratory care programs, the educational needs of practicing therapists, current and future workforce positions, and the appropriate credential needed by graduating therapists. METHODS Sur...

While the representation of black students in medical schools rose dramatically from approximately 2 percent in 1965 to more than 7 percent in 1975, gains in the representation of blacks among health professionals have slowed, with blacks currently representing slightly more than 8 percent of first year medical students in the U.S. The underrepresentation of black Americans in the healthcare pr...

Students today are different from their counterparts of three and four decades ago. Women have outnumbered men for more than 15 years, and the participation rates for members of historically underrepresented groups have made impressive gains. Many of these " new " students are the first in their families to attend college It is important that these students succeed in college. The baccalaureate...

The appearance of Information and Communication Digital Technologies (ICDT) has propitiated conditions for the Higher Education to become able to explore the communicative, pedagogical and didactic potentialities in courses in the Blended Education mode. Such process enables that new teaching and learning modes contribute for the promotion of different educational programs. We emphasize that th...