On Monday, September 25 the Healthcare Ethics and Law module commenced. This is a level 2 module undertaken by all fields of nursing; this equates to approximately 240 students. The first session asks students to consider ethical issues that they are aware of from practice and aims to get them to consider why these are ethical issues. This session is normally undertaken in small group tutorials that are field specific (adult, child or mental health nurses). Following on from my blended learning pilot with the child nursing students, in this module last year we decided to start this year with a Twitter chat for all the students. I admit to being a little apprehensive.
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On Wednesday a colleague and I attended a Clinical Education Network event (ClinEdNet) looking at the use of social media in clinical education. ClinEdNet was set up by people in Leeds Institute of Medical Education (LIME) at the University of Leeds to foster the sharing of information and enable networking. At this event Alison Hartley (Curriculum Development Associate - University of Bradford) presented research she had done with a cohort of pharmacy students to explore how they were using social media. It was an interesting and thought provoking presentation.
Our nursing courses are complex to run. This is partly due to the numbers of students involved, the number of groups they are divided into and the amount of programme and practice information that needs to be shared. In the child field we have it relatively easy only 2 groups and 50 students, things tend to get complicated when the module is accessed by all nursing students, and sometimes the social workers and midwives too. The area for improvement that students feedback on most often is around communication.
Last week @UoLchildnursing hosted our first Twitter Chat using the #CYPUoL. The aim of this account is to promote the work we do as educators, researchers and practitioners in Leeds and also engage with students and help them link to the wider community of nurses and other healthcare providers. As a first chat it was successful with several students and colleagues joining and contributing their thoughts on the subject of "Why be a children's nurse?"
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AuthorKirsten Huby Lecturer Child Nursing interested in blended learning, educational technology and improving student engagement. Archives
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