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Clinical preceptorship in Ghana in the era of COVID-19 pandemic: an interventional study

BACKGROUND: Innovations in clinical nursing education are critical in enhancing the experiences of students, especially in the era of coronavirus pandemic. This study aimed at investigating nurse preceptors’ perceptions of use, intention to use and self-efficacy towards digital technology in precept...

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Autores principales: Enyan, Nancy Innocentia Ebu, Boso, Christian Makafui, Ofori, Anastasia Adomah, Agyare, Dorcas Frempomaa, Aboh, Irene Korkoi, Dike, Nkechi Oluwakemi, Agyei, Douglas Darko, Obiri-Yeboah, Dorcas
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Publicado: BioMed Central 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8918594/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35287665
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12912-022-00838-w
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author Enyan, Nancy Innocentia Ebu
Boso, Christian Makafui
Ofori, Anastasia Adomah
Agyare, Dorcas Frempomaa
Aboh, Irene Korkoi
Dike, Nkechi Oluwakemi
Agyei, Douglas Darko
Obiri-Yeboah, Dorcas
author_facet Enyan, Nancy Innocentia Ebu
Boso, Christian Makafui
Ofori, Anastasia Adomah
Agyare, Dorcas Frempomaa
Aboh, Irene Korkoi
Dike, Nkechi Oluwakemi
Agyei, Douglas Darko
Obiri-Yeboah, Dorcas
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description BACKGROUND: Innovations in clinical nursing education are critical in enhancing the experiences of students, especially in the era of coronavirus pandemic. This study aimed at investigating nurse preceptors’ perceptions of use, intention to use and self-efficacy towards digital technology in preceptorship in the Cape Coast Metropolis of Ghana. METHODS: A concurrent type of mixed-methods design with a non-randomised interventional study using three-phase multi-methods technique was conducted among nurse preceptors in the Cape Coast Metropolis in the Central Region of Ghana. Forty-five nurse preceptors participated in a pre and post training intervention while seven were purposively selected for the qualitative interview. Complimentarity method of triangulation was used in the analysis. The quantitative data were analysed with STATA version 16 and presented using frequencies, percentages, means with standard deviations and McNemar's test while qualitative data were analysed using the six steps approach to qualitative data analysis by Braun and Clarke. RESULTS: Perceived usefulness statement “using technology will improve clinical teaching” increased from 19 (42.22%) at baseline to 44 (97.78%) post intervention. Perceived ease of using technology statement “I would find it easy to get this technology to do what I want it to do” also increased from 36 (80.00%) to 41 (91.11%) post intervention. Self-efficacy increased from 40 (88.89%) to 43 (95.56%) after the intervention. There was a statistically significant difference between pre-training and post-training scores regarding tablet (p = 0.016) and experience with online library resources (p = 0.039). The qualitative results yielded three themes, namely: strengths of using technology; constraints in the learning environment; and future of technological approach to clinical teaching. CONCLUSIONS: The training intervention improved participants intentions, self-efficacy, perceived use and perceived ease of use of technology. However, there are constraints in the clinical learning environment including students and preceptor-related factors, and institutional factors that needs to be addressed as part of efforts to implement technology in clinical teaching in this era of COVID-19 pandemic and beyond.
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spelling pubmed-89185942022-03-14 Clinical preceptorship in Ghana in the era of COVID-19 pandemic: an interventional study Enyan, Nancy Innocentia Ebu Boso, Christian Makafui Ofori, Anastasia Adomah Agyare, Dorcas Frempomaa Aboh, Irene Korkoi Dike, Nkechi Oluwakemi Agyei, Douglas Darko Obiri-Yeboah, Dorcas BMC Nurs Research BACKGROUND: Innovations in clinical nursing education are critical in enhancing the experiences of students, especially in the era of coronavirus pandemic. This study aimed at investigating nurse preceptors’ perceptions of use, intention to use and self-efficacy towards digital technology in preceptorship in the Cape Coast Metropolis of Ghana. METHODS: A concurrent type of mixed-methods design with a non-randomised interventional study using three-phase multi-methods technique was conducted among nurse preceptors in the Cape Coast Metropolis in the Central Region of Ghana. Forty-five nurse preceptors participated in a pre and post training intervention while seven were purposively selected for the qualitative interview. Complimentarity method of triangulation was used in the analysis. The quantitative data were analysed with STATA version 16 and presented using frequencies, percentages, means with standard deviations and McNemar's test while qualitative data were analysed using the six steps approach to qualitative data analysis by Braun and Clarke. RESULTS: Perceived usefulness statement “using technology will improve clinical teaching” increased from 19 (42.22%) at baseline to 44 (97.78%) post intervention. Perceived ease of using technology statement “I would find it easy to get this technology to do what I want it to do” also increased from 36 (80.00%) to 41 (91.11%) post intervention. Self-efficacy increased from 40 (88.89%) to 43 (95.56%) after the intervention. There was a statistically significant difference between pre-training and post-training scores regarding tablet (p = 0.016) and experience with online library resources (p = 0.039). The qualitative results yielded three themes, namely: strengths of using technology; constraints in the learning environment; and future of technological approach to clinical teaching. CONCLUSIONS: The training intervention improved participants intentions, self-efficacy, perceived use and perceived ease of use of technology. However, there are constraints in the clinical learning environment including students and preceptor-related factors, and institutional factors that needs to be addressed as part of efforts to implement technology in clinical teaching in this era of COVID-19 pandemic and beyond. BioMed Central 2022-03-14 /pmc/articles/PMC8918594/ /pubmed/35287665 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12912-022-00838-w Text en © The Author(s) 2022 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) ) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated in a credit line to the data.
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Enyan, Nancy Innocentia Ebu
Boso, Christian Makafui
Ofori, Anastasia Adomah
Agyare, Dorcas Frempomaa
Aboh, Irene Korkoi
Dike, Nkechi Oluwakemi
Agyei, Douglas Darko
Obiri-Yeboah, Dorcas
Clinical preceptorship in Ghana in the era of COVID-19 pandemic: an interventional study
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title_fullStr Clinical preceptorship in Ghana in the era of COVID-19 pandemic: an interventional study
title_full_unstemmed Clinical preceptorship in Ghana in the era of COVID-19 pandemic: an interventional study
title_short Clinical preceptorship in Ghana in the era of COVID-19 pandemic: an interventional study
title_sort clinical preceptorship in ghana in the era of covid-19 pandemic: an interventional study
topic Research
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8918594/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35287665
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12912-022-00838-w
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