Enhancing Evidence-Based Practice and Critical Thinking Skills of Nursing Students: Lessons from the Review of the Bachelor of Science in Nursing Curriculum of the University of Zambia

Background: Making changes in the existing curriculum aims, objectives, course contents learning outcomes and assessment strategies have become a fact of life for nurse educators. Purpose: To enhance the existing Bachelor of Science (BSc) in nursing curriculum through integration of evidence-based practice (EBP) and teaching of critical thinking skills. Materials and Methods: A needs analysis was conducted using a five-phased approach to review the BSc in nursing Curriculum. Kern’s six-step model was adapted and introduced through a series of workshop exercises that highlighted the application of each step: 1) Desk review of the BSc curriculum offered globally;2) Administration of the needs assessment questionnaire to key informants;3) Strengths, weakness, opportunities and threat analysis;4) Consultative meeting with major stakeholders;5) Curriculum review. Results: The five-phased approach established some gaps in existing curricula, and identified critical core competences and best practices in integrating EPB and critical thinking in the BSc undergraduate curriculum and some “A” level content that was not in tandem with the practice of nurses. New courses were developed to support students in academic writing and enhance professionalism and duration of training was reduced from 5 to 4 years. Conclusion: The process demonstrated that BSc curriculum review, in fact, should be thoroughly scrutinized to encourage positive changes to the curriculum, provide opportunities for team building and the development of leadership skills and a whole-of course perspective on the curriculum.

Competency-based curriculum education in mental health nursing

Introduction: The essential problems in providing quality and safety services to patients, rapid changes in health care settings as well as information technology require educational revision. Competency-based curriculum focuses on set of skills that students should achieve. This study reviewed characteristics of competency-based curriculum in psychiatric nursing. Methods: A literature review about a competency-based curriculum in psychiatric mental health nursing was carried out by searching databases including Iran Medex, Iran Doc, and Pub Med with key words such as competency-based education, competency-based curriculum, and competency-based curriculum in psychiatric mental health nursing. No time limitation was considered. Results: Results revealed that over 30 literatures have been done about nursing curriculum, but just several studies were done regarding competency-based curriculum and just a few about competency-based curriculum in psychiatric mental health nursing. Conclusion: Competency-based curriculum development is one of the essential steps to facilitate teaching-learning process. The revision of curriculum may decrease theory-practice gap and pave the way for graduates to have essential competences for their roles.

Research on School-based Curriculum Development Based on Manchu Cultural Inheritance in China

China is the country with pluralistic cultural background of 56 ethnic groups,Manchu is China’s second largest minority,the population is over 10 million.The history of Manchu can be traced back earliest to 7000 years ago,even so,there are not more than 100 Manchu people can speak the Manchu language,the inheritance and development of Manchu culture are in jeopardy.The article focused on how to educate Manchu culture to pupils in Manchu primary school,especially in Manchu schoolbased curriculum,exploring the present situation and effective ways of the development of Manchu school-based curriculum.

An innovative approach of using online problem‑based learning and case‑based learning in teaching disaster nursing during the COVID‑19 pandemic

Objective:The objective of this study is to evaluate the learning experience effect of online problem‑based learning(PBL)and case‑based learning(CBL)in teaching disaster nursing.Methods:According to the characteristics of online PBL and CBL,the revised curriculum experience questionnaire(CEQ)was used to evaluate the teaching quality.Cronbach’s coefficient and the reliability of the split‑half reliability questionnaire were calculated.The exploratory factor analysis of 26 items was carried out by principal component analysis and maximum variance rotation method.Kaiser‑Meyer‑Olkin(KMO)and Bartlett’s tests were used to test the validity of the questionnaire.The comparison between groups was performed by one‑way analysis of variance.Results:A total of 191 questionnaires were issued and 183 copies were recovered,with a recovery rate of 95.8%.The Cronbach’s alpha coefficient of CEQ is 0.929,and the Cronbach’s alpha coefficient of each dimension is between 0.713 and 0.924.After factor analysis,the KMO value was 0.817.The 26 items finally returned to 6 principal components,and all factor load values were above 0.7,indicating good factor analysis effect.This study found that students who learned disaster nursing had an ideal online learning experience,and the average value of CEQ was 3.74±0.42.In particular,male students,senior students or medical students had a higher curriculum experience score.In addition,compared with the national recruitment,the international students have higher curriculum experience score on the dimension of Appropriate Assessment Scale,indicating that the international students are more inclined to use online PBL and CBL.Conclusions:Using the revised CEQ is an innovative approach to evaluate the effect of online PBL and CBL in teaching disaster nursing,which can improve students’experience and curriculum quality.

Is There an Improvement in Patient Survival/Code Blue Activation after Training Based on Simulation (Basic Life Support—BLS) Based Practice of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation?

Background and Aim: The only way to survive a sudden cardiac arrest is when the CPR is performed immediately after the arrest. The focus of the present research study is to assess the effectiveness of a pre- and post-simulation-based BLS training (BLS) and the outcome was measured on the basis of patient survival after the cardiac arrest. Study Design: This pre- and post-training BLS/CPR training study enrolled all nursing staff, all hospital residents, internees, throughout the hospital in a simulation-based BLS training as per the standards of American Heart Association (AHA), to make them respond to immediate resuscitation and code blue activation during the cardiac arrest within the hospital premises including ED, wards, ICUs, MRI, CT and all miscellaneous areas. The providers completed self-efficacy questionnaires as per the AHA protocol before being certified and were evaluated during the emergency in hospital cardiopulmonary arrest. Results: 296 nursing staff, 206 non-healthcare professionals, 143 residents, 212 internees, and 98 medical staff grade doctors completed the BLS training (total 955 hospital staff—providers) were graded for the response by pre- and post-training testing. In the course of pre-BLS training period out of the 250 cardiac arrest patients, 68 patients (27.2%) had ROSC, while after instituting the BLS training period, 143 individuals (40.86%) of the 350 patients who had cardiac arrest had ROSC (p < 0.05). Conclusion: A simulation-based CPR and BLS training curriculum greatly improves patient outcome by reducing mortality and morbidity with improved subjectivity, self-efficiency along with the objective assessment of the performance scores during acute cardiac arrest in Emergency Cardiovascular Care (ECC).

A Comparison Between the Teacher's Role in the Task-based Language Teaching and that in the Traditional Language Teaching

This paper talks about the different teacher's role between traditional language teaching and task-based language teaching. Atthe beginning we will compare the teacher's role in terms of language theory and language teaching theory. The traditional teaching ob-jective is teaching the grammar. The teacher is the guider of the grammar. In the new English curriculum syllabus, the teaching objectiveis to train students' communicative competence. The teacher is the organizer of the teaching. In the traditional language teaching proce-dure, the teacher is authority and dictator. In the task-based approach, the teacher is equal to the students. In the traditional languageteaching activities, the teaching activities are boring; the teacher is the leader of the class. In the task-based approach, the teacher is thearranger of the task also they are the helpers and cooperators of completing the task.

无机化学中“酸碱解离”教学内容的重构探讨

依据素质教育中知识-能力-素质有机融合的思想指导,对《无机化学》酸碱解离内容进行重组,构建新的课程设计模块。内容重组扩充为5个模块,包括电解质溶液基础、酸碱理论概述、酸碱强度、弱酸弱碱解离平衡和酸碱滴定与误差基本概念。教学内容的重构在保证基本面知识结构完整的前提下与时俱进,从专业能力方面促进学生发展。

“123模式”应用型课程改革与实践——以大学化学课程改革为例

应用型人才的培养必须依赖于应用型课程建设与实施。依托学科基础课“大学化学”实施了“123模式”应用型课程改革与实践,即:与企业合作,建立1套适用于材料、环境、机械和电子专业的“应用型案例”,采用翻转课堂、项目教学、移动教学等方法,实现课堂精讲;建立课程视频教学和智能作业2个模块;通过几年的教学实践,达到了知识水平显著提升、技术能力显著增强、人格素养显著提高的3个培养目标。

学科特色型课程思政体系构建——以“病理学”课程为例

高校课程思政建设普遍存在专业课教师思政能力薄弱、思政元素与专业知识结合度差、融合路径生硬以及思政教学考核系统不完善等实际问题。课程思政体系有效地和特色地融入专业课教学是破解难题的核心环节。病理学系通过专项培训、集体学习和统筹管理等方式,打造思政能力过硬和目标明确的专业课教师团队;广泛收集并提炼加工课程思政素材,建立病理学科特色型课程思政教学案例库,满足不同专业教学需求;设计“课前准备→课中实施→课后提升→第二课堂补充”逐级递进的教学过程,优化进阶式课程思政融合路径;开发思政元素协同专业知识的线上线下混合过程性考核系统,健全课程思政考核评价体系;多措并举探索课程思政内容整合和路径融合的可靠方法,构建“病理学”学科特色型课程思政教学体系。

课程思政在工程专业通识教育的改革与应用

将美育纳入主要教学内容和培养目标,最终促进品德教育,是高等教育课程思政顺应时代的要求。论文针对工程专业的特点,结合“双一流”大学建设的契机,改革工程专业通识课程教学模式,结合当前社会环境及学生关注的热点,充分利用工程类专业实体模型、工程实践、移动网络、社交平台、网络自媒体、传统优秀教学方法等教学方式和手段,邀请校外相关领域的专家学者走入课堂,将美育和德育无形地融入教学,取得较好的教学效果。以高校土木工程专业通识课程桥梁美学为例,探索一套可行的教学方法,可为相关课程教学提供借鉴。

基于育人为先实践为重能力导向理念的病理学课程建设研究

当今大学生的创新实践能力培养一直是中国高等教育改革发展的战略主题。辽宁中医药大学病理学教学团队多年来坚持“立德树人、仁者仁心”的教育理念,坚持育人为先、实践为重、能力导向,不断更新教学理念、探索教学方法改革。在课程建设过程中,融合思政教育以提高人文素养,优化课程内容以强化实践能力,开展多元化教学模式以提高综合能力,构建了多元化病理学考核形式。

器官-系统整合课程在儿科学专业中的应用

国内大部分医学院校临床医学专业沿用“以学科为中心”的传统三段式教学模式,不少院校开展了以器官-系统整合课程(OSBC)为中心的医学教学模式。本文概述了两种教学模式的优缺点,并以儿科学专业为例就OSBC在临床医学类专业教学中的应用进行了探讨。

项目化任务型课程改革研究与实践——以高职核心专业课程“钻井工程”为例

课程建设与改革是提高教学质量的核心,也是教学改革的重难点。依托石油工程国家实训基地对高职石油工程专业核心课程“钻井工程”进行项目化任务型课程改革与实践,通过课程的项目化设计与实施,以及全方位、多维度的考核评价,学生的能力和素质得到全方位提升。从课堂反馈和调研结果看,项目化任务型课程改革显著提升了学生的学习兴趣和学习主动性,有效培养了学生的实践操作技能和沟通协作能力,提升了学生对课程的掌握度,为学生未来在油气钻井领域发展夯实了基础。

土力学教学中思政元素的有机融入

高校专业课程中应融入思政元素,实现协同育人。但是如何在专业课中有机融入思政元素,达到“如花在春”“润物无声”的效果,仍然需要进一步探索研究。本文以土力学专业课为例,在教学目标中增加了思政目标,从专业、行业、国家、国际、文化、历史等角度深入挖掘专业知识中蕴含的思政元素,在教学案例中有机融入。这样由面到点、层层深入地剖析了从传统专业课到课程思政的实现途径,并结合自身的课程思政教学经历,提出了修身、建库、研讨等提升教师课程思政教学能力的方法。

课程思政融入《口腔解剖生理学》教学中的改革与探索

要想实现“立德树人”教育根本任务,各类课程与思想政治理论课应同向同行,形成协同效应。《口腔解剖生理学》为口腔医学其他专业基础课和专业临床课奠定了必要的形态学基础,在本课程的教学过程中,思政教育是课程体系的重要环节。如何在《口腔解剖生理学》教学中挖掘和表达思政元素,推动课程思政的实施,是本课程思政建设的方向和重点。本篇是在将课程思政融入《口腔解剖生理学》教学,寻求具有湘雅口腔医学特色的“思政教育体系”,旨在探讨在《口腔解剖生理学》课堂思政中获得的经验与体会。

成果导向教育背景下化工原理教学改革与实践

化工原理是化工类及相关专业的核心专业基础课,对于夯实化工创新人才的专业基础知识,培养学生工程能力和激发科技强国意识至关重要。然而,该课程长期以来的教育理念和教学方法滞后于行业发展变化和社会对高素质工程技术人才的需求。为此,该课程改革紧扣专业人才培养方案,以成果导向教育理念进行教学设计,构建基于“雨课堂+BOPPPS”的有效教学模型。通过重组教学内容、构建思维导图,拓展教学资源和教学平台,改革课程评价机制,全方位融入课程思政,教学效果得到极大提升,实现从教学到教育的转变路径。

OBE理念融入课程思政构建基础医学总论的效果初探

基于社会需求以培养德才兼备的医学生为成果导向教育(outcome-based education,OBE)融入课程思政构建基础医学总论提供了基础。基础医学总论是内蒙古医科大学五年制临床医学专业卓越医师教改班开设的第一门基础医学课程,具有学时多,教学内容多且不系统,课程难度大的特性。以线上和线下教学平台为载体,基于OBE理念融入课程思政以调整教学方法和手段,为国家培养能肩负“健康所系、性命相托”职责的医学人才,使医学生既具有精湛的医技,还具有“敬畏生命、仁爱至善、坚韧尚行”的医者精神。基于OBE理念融入课程思政构建基础医学总论,克服了学生的学习畏难情绪,增强了教学效果,利于培养德才兼备的医学生。本研究可为今后医学课程教学改革提供参考。