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Transforming the Future Healthcare Workforce across Europe through Improvement Science Training: A Qualitative Approach
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...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7908231/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33535542 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18031298 |
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author | Sierras-Davo, Maria Cristina Lillo-Crespo, Manuel Verdu, Patricia Karapostoli, Aimilia |
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description | 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 didactics, and organization. Nursing empowerment, professional recognition, and healthcare research were some of the seven main categories identified through the systematic content analysis method triangulated by three experienced researchers. According to the students’ replies, values like compassion, respect, or empathy were identified as key elements of care. Promoting international students’ networking emerged as the key to creating a positive provision for change and the generation of improvement initiatives. Building a HIS culture may potentially provide future healthcare professionals with critical thinking skills and the resources needed to improve their future work settings. |
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spelling | pubmed-79082312021-02-27 Transforming the Future Healthcare Workforce across Europe through Improvement Science Training: A Qualitative Approach Sierras-Davo, Maria Cristina Lillo-Crespo, Manuel Verdu, Patricia Karapostoli, Aimilia Int J Environ Res Public Health Article 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 didactics, and organization. Nursing empowerment, professional recognition, and healthcare research were some of the seven main categories identified through the systematic content analysis method triangulated by three experienced researchers. According to the students’ replies, values like compassion, respect, or empathy were identified as key elements of care. Promoting international students’ networking emerged as the key to creating a positive provision for change and the generation of improvement initiatives. Building a HIS culture may potentially provide future healthcare professionals with critical thinking skills and the resources needed to improve their future work settings. MDPI 2021-02-01 2021-02 /pmc/articles/PMC7908231/ /pubmed/33535542 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18031298 Text en © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Sierras-Davo, Maria Cristina Lillo-Crespo, Manuel Verdu, Patricia Karapostoli, Aimilia Transforming the Future Healthcare Workforce across Europe through Improvement Science Training: A Qualitative Approach |
title | Transforming the Future Healthcare Workforce across Europe through Improvement Science Training: A Qualitative Approach |
title_full | Transforming the Future Healthcare Workforce across Europe through Improvement Science Training: A Qualitative Approach |
title_fullStr | Transforming the Future Healthcare Workforce across Europe through Improvement Science Training: A Qualitative Approach |
title_full_unstemmed | Transforming the Future Healthcare Workforce across Europe through Improvement Science Training: A Qualitative Approach |
title_short | Transforming the Future Healthcare Workforce across Europe through Improvement Science Training: A Qualitative Approach |
title_sort | transforming the future healthcare workforce across europe through improvement science training: a qualitative approach |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7908231/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33535542 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18031298 |
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