Teaching methods in community health nursing clerkships: experiences of healthcare staff in Iran.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Healthcare staff educate nursing students during their clerkships at community health nursing programs. Their teaching methods play an important role in nursing students' acquisition of competencies; however, these methods have not been studied thoroughly. Thus, this study aims to describe, interpret, and understand the experiences of healthcare staff's teaching methods in clerkships at a community health nursing program.

Methods

This study was conducted using purposeful sampling and semi-structured interviews with 13 members of the staff of three urban healthcare centers in Iran. The data were analyzed through qualitative content analysis and thematic analysis.

Results

Multiplicity of teaching was identified as the main category of teaching method, and the fi

SUBMITTER: Ildarabadi E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4309929 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature