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This article describes a distant curricular methodology of the Universidad del Valle Nursing Department. With such a modality over 500 professionals were able to reach the nursing licenciateship degree, without leaving their jobs and working in different cities of the country. The backgrounds offered refer to the programs of the southwestern region in Colombia and the results of the evaluation, which made it possible to provide a new nursing curriculum, more in accordance with the needs both of the community and of the region and the country. Two main factors are emphasized which underly the educational model: learning while rendering services and solving medical care problems of the institution, and at the same time fulfilling the quality level of the learning model for stimulating creativity, critical discussion, facilitating the active work of the learners. Finally, a summary is made of the method used and the results in terms of the model experimentation and implementation in five universities around the country.
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Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate , Models, Nursing , Cuba , Curriculum , UniversitiesABSTRACT
In Cali, Colombia, a study was done to test and apply a model for the evaluation of out-of-school training programs in nursing in comparison with classroom programs. The article describes the evaluation model, which starts with the admission factors, considers how they are changed in the process, and compares the results by measuring the effects obtained against the established objectives. The information on admission factors was obtained by means of a questionnaire on health, a survey of teachers, pairing tests for students, and records of input/cost ratios; the source of information on the process was the tests of academic performance in the three courses provided in the design, the evaluation forms, and the student records. The academic records, a survey of graduates and a form for monitoring nursing activities were the three instruments used to measure the effects of the program. The conclusion of the study was that the objectives of the program were attained. Tested experimentally, the model of out-of-school nursing training was found to offer instruction of quality that is helpful to the learning process. The evaluation of the process made it possible both to identify and to solve the curricular, learning and administrative problems. The learning modules have been adapted for the wider diversity of students brought in by expansion of the program. Meanwhile, the instruments for the collection of data for the evaluation have been simplified on the basis of the experimental study.
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Education, Nursing, Continuing , Programmed Instructions as Topic/methods , Colombia , Curriculum , Educational Measurement , Evaluation Studies as Topic , Health Services Needs and Demand , HumansABSTRACT
In Cali, Colombia, a study was done to test and apply a model for the evaluation of out-of-school training programs in nursing in comparison with classroom programs. The article describes the evaluation model, which starts with the admission factors, considers how they are changed in the process, and compares the results by measuring the effects obtained against the established objectives. The information on admission factors was obtained by means of a questionnaire on health, a survey of teachers, pairing tests for students, and records of input/cost ratios; the source of information on the process was the tests of academic performance in the three courses provided in the design, the evaluation forms, and the student records. The academic records, a survey of graduates and a form for monitoring nursing activities were the three instruments used to measure the effects of the program. The conclusion of the study was that the objectives of the program were attained. Tested experimentally, the model of out-of-school nursing training was found to offer instruction of quality that is helpful to the learning process. The evaluation of the process made it possible both to identify and to solve the curricular, learning and administrative problems. The learning modules have been adapted for the wider diversity of students brought in by expansion of the program. Meanwhile, the instruments for the collection of data for the evaluation have been simplified on the basis of the experimental study (Au)
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Education, Nursing, Continuing , Programmed Instruction/methods , Health Services Needs and Demand , ColombiaABSTRACT
The article describes the models of surgical care designed and tested at Valle University Hospital in Cali, Colombia, for the provision of more coverage of patients without detriment to the quality of their care. The program was based on an analysis of preliminary studies done on operations performed in the department of Valle del Cauca. The surgical problems were analyzed by the systems approach, and taking account of the physical, educational and administrative resources and the evaluation of those components. Finally, prototype models have been designed that have been successfully used to demonstrate the feasibility of increasing the coverage of patients by 80% and attaining 90% satisfaction of the patients themselves. Later, one of the models was put into practice at San Cristóbal, Venezuela, with similar results.
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General Surgery , Hospital Departments/organization & administration , Models, Theoretical , Surgery Department, Hospital/organization & administration , Colombia , Consumer Behavior , General Surgery/education , Hospitals, University/organization & administration , Patient Education as Topic , Surgery Department, Hospital/economicsABSTRACT
The article describes the models of surgical care designed and tested at Valle University Hospital in Cali, Colombia, for the provision of more coverage of patients without detriment to the quality of their care. The program was based on an analysis of preliminary studies done on operations performed in the department of Valle del Cauca. The surgical problems were analyzed by the systems approach, and taking account of the physical, educational and administrative resources and the evaluation of those components. Finally, prototype models have been designed that have been successfully used to demonstrate the feasibility of increasing the coverage of patients by 80 per cent and attaining 90 per cent satisfaction of the patients themselves. Later, one of the models was put into practice at San Cristóbal, Venezuela, with similar results (Au)
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Hospital Departments/organization & administration , Models, Theoretical , General Surgery , Surgery Department, Hospital/organization & administration , Hospitals, University/organization & administration , Surgery Department, Hospital/economics , ColombiaABSTRACT
El articulo describe los modelos de atencion quirurgica que se disenaron y pusieron a prueba en el Hospital Universitario del Valle, Cali (Colombia), con el objeto de aumentar la cobertura de pacientes sin que disminuyera la calidad de la atencion que se les presta. El programa se implanto con base en el analisis de los estudios preliminares realizados al respecto de las operaciones que se realizaban en el Valle del Cauca. Los problemas quirurgicos se analizaron utilizando el enfoque de sistemas y se tuvieron en cuenta los recursos fisicos, educativos, administrativos y la evaluacion de esos componentes. Se diseno por fin modelos prototipo con los que fue posible demostrar la factibilidad de aumentar la cobertura de los pacientes en un 80% y lograr un 90% de satisfaccion de los propios pacientes
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Delivery of Health Care , General Surgery , Health Services ResearchABSTRACT
The article concerns a program launched by a multidisciplinary group at del Valle University, at Cali, Colombia, to improve surgical services and extend their coverage, and to improve the care of the patients. On the basis of a study of the operations most frequently performed in Valle del Cauca department, a project has been designed for the training of surgeons in the University's area of influence. The project has a care component as well. It is now being implemented in a hospital of the region, where the new system makes it possible to conduct two operations at the same time in the same operating room, instruct patients and the families on post-operative care in the home, and evaluate the results of the arrangement. It is hoped that this exercise will make it possible to attend to more patients requiring surgery without need of more resources than those already available.
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Education, Medical, Graduate , General Surgery/education , Colombia , Efficiency , Epidemiology , Models, Theoretical , Patient Education as TopicABSTRACT
The article concerns a program launched by a multidisciplinary group at del Valle University, at Cali, Colombia, to improve surgical services and extend their coverage, and to improve the care of the patients. On the basis of a study of the operations most frequently performed in Valle del Cauca department, a project has been designed for the training of surgeons in the University's area of influence. The project has a care component as well. It is now being implemented in a hospital of the region, where the new system makes it possible to conduct two operations at the same time in the same operating room, instruct patients and the families on post-operative care in the home, and evaluate the results of the arrangement. It is hoped that this exercise will make it possible to attend to more patients requiring surgery without need of more resources than those already available (Au)
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Education, Medical, Graduate , General Surgery/education , ColombiaABSTRACT
A brief review is given of the Supplementary Licentiate Program in Nursing at a Distance offered by the Nursing Departament of the Valle University, Cali, Colombia. The purpose of the Program is to allow general nurses to pursue studies without leaving their place of work, using an experimental education model; if the results are good, it will be extended to other levels of nursing training. The methodology describes the administrative process resultant from the already completed planning stage, and the gains made to date.
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Education, Nursing, Continuing/methods , Licensure, Nursing , Colombia , Curriculum , Education, Nursing, Continuing/trends , Models, TheoreticalABSTRACT
A brief review is given of the Supplementary Licentiate Program in Nursing at a Distance offered by the Nursing Departament of the Valle University, Cali, Colombia. The purpose of the Program is to allow general nurses to pursue studies without leaving their place of work, using an experimental education model; if the results are good, it will be extended to other levels of nursing training. The methodology describes the administrative process resultant from the already completed planning stage, and the gains made to date (Au)
