CORRELATIONAL STUDY OF RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN LEARNING STYLE, EDUCATIONAL PREPARATION, AND WORK EXPERIENCE WITH KNOWLEDGE OF PRIMARY HEALTH CARE AND SELECTION OF TEACHING METHODS AMONG NURSE EDUCATORS (HFA2000).
Contributors: University Of Hawaii.
Published: 1993
Number of pages: 166
Subjects: Health Sciences, Public Health.; Health Sciences, Nursing.
Description: Nursing's Agenda for Health Care Reform and Health For All by the Year 2000 (HFA2000) are based upon primary health care (PHC). PHC is the main strategy to achieve HFA2000. The education of professionals is viewed as a key leverage point to the reorientation of the health care system to PHC. Successful reorientation is dependent upon faculty members with appropriate knowledge and skills relevant to primary health care. This correlational study assessed factors that are associated with the knowledge of PHC and selection of educational methodologies among nurse educators.

Research questions included: What factors influence the knowledge of PHC and selection of educational methodologies among nurse educators? Hypotheses included: Knowledge of PHC is limited among nurse educators; educational background and work experience in acute care will be associated with decreased knowledge of PHC; increased knowledge of PHC will be associated with the selection of participatory educational methodologies.

Kolb's theory of experiential learning provided the three constructs-educational background, work experience and personal development for the framework of the survey.

A written survey was sent to 350 nurse educators employed by seven universities participating in the Kellogg Foundation's Community Partnership program, an effort to establish several models of academic, community-based, primary health centers. These educators are seen on the growing edge of this transition to PHC. The survey was conducted during November and December 1992 during the first semester of the implementation phase of the Initiative. A survey tool developed at McMaster University and used in a national study in Canada assessed the knowledge of PHC. Koch's Preferred Learning/Teaching instrument and Kolb's Learning Style Inventory were used with other tools which assessed initial, graduate, and continuing education and previous work experience. Exploratory, descriptive, and correlational methods of analysis were used. Work experience in other than only the acute care setting was the factor most consistently associated with increased knowledge of primary health care. These findings will be of interest to nursing leaders involved in practice, education, and research, and to many involved in health care reform in our nation.
Notes: Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 55-02, Section: B, page: 0386.

Thesis (DR.P.H.)--UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII, 1993.

School code: 0085.