The Transition to Web-Based Education: Enhancing Access to Graduate Education for Women's Health Providers

✍ Scribed by Melissa D. Avery; Debbie Ringdahl; Catherine Juve; Peg Plumbo

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2003
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 81 KB
• Volume: 48
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1526-9523
• DOI: 10.1016/s1526-9523(03)00307-6

✦ Synopsis

Nurse‐midwives and women's health nurse practitioners have a long history as positive change agents in health care as well as education. This article chronicles the transition of a traditional face‐to‐face nurse‐midwife and women's health nurse practitioner graduate curriculum to a Web‐based format with campus seminars and clinical laboratories. This change was made to increase access to these graduate programs. A total of 20 courses, including both graduate core and specialty courses, was converted to the Web‐based format over a 3‐year period. Practical considerations for implementing a similar program, including faculty development and support, student orientation and ongoing support, development of a learning community, and time management, are discussed. The importance of listening to student feedback and partnering with them as the program continues to develop is emphasized as a key element of program evaluation and improvement.