Transforming the Future Healthcare Workforce across Europe through Improvement Science Training: A Qualitative Approach.

ABSTRACT: Healthcare improvement science (HIS) is the generation of knowledge to cultivate change towards improving health systems performance. Our purpose was to evaluate the experience of European nursing students after an intensive one-week summer program conducted in 2019 at the University of Alicante in Spain. The educational intervention combined theoretical and practical HIS contents, with students from different countries, educational programs, and health systems. The intervention was evaluated under a qualitative approach through the open discussion group technique based on the method of participatory action research (PAR), with a total of 25 students who reflected about their experiences and perceptions during the intervention. The responses were used to improve the program's contents, its

SUBMITTER: Sierras-Davo MC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7908231 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature