Investigation of current demands for professional continuing medical education in ophthalmic nurses / 中华劳动卫生职业病杂志
Chinese Journal of Industrial Hygiene and Occupational Diseases
;
(12): 842-845, 2012.
Article
in Chinese
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-242789
ABSTRACT
<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To investigate the current demands for professional continuing medical education (CME) in ophthalmic nurses and their influential factors, and to provide evidence for properly setting the curriculum of professional CME for nurses.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Qualitative and quantitative analysis was performed on 60 nurses in an ophthalmic hospital by questionnaire survey and group interview.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>Of the nurses surveyed, 49 (81.7%) thought the training time of professional CME needs to be adjusted, 40 (66.7%) referred to the training pattern, and 53 (88.3%) the training contents. The demanded courses of training mainly included professional nursing knowledge, professional nursing skills, and ophthalmic knowledge. Most nurses considered the influential factors for training were unreasonable training time and lack of applicability of some courses.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>To improve the quality of professional CME for ophthalmic nurses, the training curriculum should be designed in consideration of ophthalmic characteristics, different work experiences of nurses, and different nursing positions, the training time should be arranged properly, and various training patterns should be adopted flexibly.</p>
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Index:
WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Ophthalmology
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Cross-Sectional Studies
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Needs Assessment
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Education
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Education, Nursing, Continuing
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Nurses
Type of study:
Observational study
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Prevalence study
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Qualitative research
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Risk factors
Limits:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
Language:
Chinese
Journal:
Chinese Journal of Industrial Hygiene and Occupational Diseases
Year:
2012
Type:
Article
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