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Journal of Medical Education

護理人員繼續教育課程之教學成效

Abstract

The National Continuing Nursing Education Center provided a one-year training program to raise the professional standard of nurses. The purpose of this study was to explore the effectiveness of the program. Subjects were 258 trainees who completed the program between 1998 and 2000. Effectiveness was evaluated via pre- and post-course examinations and self-reported usefulness of the program for the improvement of professional competence. Results show that 1. post-exam scores were significantly higher than pre-exam scores (p＜0.05), except for one group, the school health group, in 2000. 2. The trainees clearly recognized the usefulness of the program for improvement of their professional competence. 3. Multiple regression models indicated that among clinical nursing groups, a significant predictor of the increase in knowledge was the nature of the hospitals that trainees came from, when group and program year differences were accounted for. The trainees from regional hospitals had the greatest increase in knowledge. Among community nursing groups, working area and educational attainment were significant predictors of increases in trainee knowledge, when the group and program year differences were considered. The trainees from central and southern Taiwan increased their knowledge more than those from the north. Trainees that had graduated from vocational high schools increased their knowledge more than those from university. No significant relationship was found between the individual characteristics of trainees and the usefulness of the program for the improvement of professional competence. (Full text in Chinese)

First Page

156

Last Page

167

DOI

10.6145/jme.200106_5(2).0007

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