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| Title |
To what extent has doctoral (PhD) education supported academic nurse educators in their teaching roles: an integrative review
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| Published in |
BMC Nursing, February 2018
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| DOI | 10.1186/s12912-018-0273-3 |
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| Authors |
Carol Bullin |
| Abstract |
A doctoral degree, either a PhD or equivalent, is the academic credential required for an academic nurse educator position in a university setting; however, the lack of formal teaching courses in doctoral programs contradict the belief that these graduates are proficient in teaching. As a result, many PhD prepared individuals are not ready to meet the demands of teaching. An integrative literature review was undertaken. Four electronic databases were searched including the Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health Literature (CINAHL), PubMed, Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) and ProQuest. Date range and type of peer-reviewed literature was not specified. Conditions and factors that influenced or impacted on academic nurse educators' roles and continue to perpetuate insufficient pedagogical preparation include the requirement of a research focused PhD, lack of mentorship in doctoral programs and the influence of epistemic cultures (including institutional emphasis and reward system). Other factors that have impacted the academic nurse educator's role are society's demand for highly educated nurses that have increased the required credential, the assumption that all nurses are considered natural teachers, and a lack of consensus on the practice of the scholarship of teaching. Despite recommendations from nursing licensing bodies and a major US national nursing education study, little has been done to address the issue of formal pedagogical preparation in doctoral (PhD) nursing programs. There is an expectation of academic nurse educators to deliver quality nursing education yet, have very little or no formal pedagogical preparation for this role. While PhD programs remain research-intensive, the PhD degree remains a requirement for a role in which teaching is the major responsibility. |
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The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 8 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 38% |
| Georgia | 1 | 13% |
| Unknown | 4 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 3 | 38% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 3 | 38% |
| Scientists | 2 | 25% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 109 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 109 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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| Student > Master | 23 | 21% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 13 | 12% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 11 | 10% |
| Researcher | 6 | 6% |
| Professor > Associate Professor | 6 | 6% |
| Other | 20 | 18% |
| Unknown | 30 | 28% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Nursing and Health Professions | 47 | 43% |
| Social Sciences | 10 | 9% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 6 | 6% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 5 | 5% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 2 | 2% |
| Other | 8 | 7% |
| Unknown | 31 | 28% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 7. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 20 December 2022.
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