STUDY OF CHARACTERISTICS OF CLINICAL TEACHERS OF NURSE ANESTHETISTS.
Contributors: Pepperdine University.
Published: 1982
Number of pages: 811
Subjects: Education, Health.
Description: Statement of the Problem. The purpose of the study was to identify characteristics of clinical teachers in nurse anesthesia educational programs. The question was: Is it possible to identify characteristics of best and worst clinical teachers in nurse anesthesia education and is the response regarding perceived characteristics affected by the professional group of the respondent or the academic framework of the educational program with which the respondent is affiliated.

To answer the question, the researcher sought opinions of nurse anesthetist and physician program directors, nurse anesthetist and physician clinical instructors and first and second year students affiliated with all of the 143 currently accredited nurse anesthesia educational programs.

Procedure. To identify characteristics, a questionnaire was developed and checked for reliability and validity by delphi survey of a panel of experts, pilot study and calculation of Cronbach's Alpha measure of reliability. Usable questionnaires were returned by 1,257 respondents, 67 percent of the possible total group. Responses were returned from 93 percent of the total population of nurse anesthesia educational programs. Factor analysis was performed and the extended median test was used to differentiate between responses of groups.

Findings. The following factors were attributed to clinical instructors perceived best: Empathy/Respect, Scholarly Teaching/Knowledge, Clinical Competence/Judgment, Evaluation/Counseling and Appropriate Encouragement of Independence. Identical Factors were found to be least descriptive of the clinical instructor perceived as worst and an additional factor, Lack of Use of the Student Care Plan, was attributed to this group.

Response of the physician director group differed significantly from response of the other five professional groups. Little difference was found in response from programs in the Certificate, Baccalaureate and Master's Degree frameworks.
Notes: Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 44-08, Section: A, page: 2368.

Thesis (ED.D.)--PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY, 1982.

School code: 6009.