5.2 Workshop: Introducing digital health into nursing and midwifery curricula
Tracks
Track 2
| Thursday, July 18, 2024 |
| 11:45 AM - 12:35 PM |
| Waterfront Room 2 |
Speaker
Dr Kalpana Raghunathan
La Trobe University
Introducing digital health into nursing and midwifery curricula
Abstract
Objective: This workshop aims to explore the introduction of digital health into nursing and midwifery curricula.
Focus: Technological advances in medicine and healthcare are integral to transforming nursing care and patient outcomes. While the benefits of emerging technologies are widely reported, healthcare professionals are under increasing pressure to be proficient in digital health in the workplace without necessarily being armed with the skills and capabilities to use these tools. To better support the acquisition of digital health skillsets, it is pivotal we ask questions such as:
How are students currently prepared to meet workplace expectations?
How does nursing and midwifery education need to evolve to deliver a more holistic teaching and learning experience, and what resources are needed to support this?
Overview: Delivery of healthcare is now inseparable from the adoption of technology at the point of care. And yet, nursing and midwifery faculty have limited resources to introduce the full scale of what students will be faced with in the clinical environment (1). A potential risk is a gap between expectations of graduates and curriculum preparation (2). By reimagining the curriculum, education providers can accelerate students’ technology capabilities and maintain clinical knowledge, skills and experience for the benefit of every patient. Exposing students to simulated electronic medical records within the curriculum is one way of preparing them for practice (3).
Workshop Plan: Participant engagement and discussion: a) How are education providers currently preparing nursing and midwifery students for digital health competency? b) How can tools such as simulated electronic medical records be used toward digital health literacy and preparation? c) What resources are needed to support education providers and faculty with curriculum integration of digital learning tools? d) What knowledge and/or practice gaps in digital health are being reported by hospitals and students following clinical placements?
Keywords: Curriculum, digital health, electronic medical records, simulation.
Focus: Technological advances in medicine and healthcare are integral to transforming nursing care and patient outcomes. While the benefits of emerging technologies are widely reported, healthcare professionals are under increasing pressure to be proficient in digital health in the workplace without necessarily being armed with the skills and capabilities to use these tools. To better support the acquisition of digital health skillsets, it is pivotal we ask questions such as:
How are students currently prepared to meet workplace expectations?
How does nursing and midwifery education need to evolve to deliver a more holistic teaching and learning experience, and what resources are needed to support this?
Overview: Delivery of healthcare is now inseparable from the adoption of technology at the point of care. And yet, nursing and midwifery faculty have limited resources to introduce the full scale of what students will be faced with in the clinical environment (1). A potential risk is a gap between expectations of graduates and curriculum preparation (2). By reimagining the curriculum, education providers can accelerate students’ technology capabilities and maintain clinical knowledge, skills and experience for the benefit of every patient. Exposing students to simulated electronic medical records within the curriculum is one way of preparing them for practice (3).
Workshop Plan: Participant engagement and discussion: a) How are education providers currently preparing nursing and midwifery students for digital health competency? b) How can tools such as simulated electronic medical records be used toward digital health literacy and preparation? c) What resources are needed to support education providers and faculty with curriculum integration of digital learning tools? d) What knowledge and/or practice gaps in digital health are being reported by hospitals and students following clinical placements?
Keywords: Curriculum, digital health, electronic medical records, simulation.
Biography
Kalpana Raghunathan is an accomplished education development and change management consultant, holding a PhD in digital health nurse education and workforce development. With extensive expertise in education strategy, curriculum development, and implementation, she specializes in designing nursing education programs, education program change management, and the implementation of learning management systems and simulated and digital learning technologies.
Her educational qualifications encompass Human Resource Management, Business, Development Studies, Nursing Education, Sociology, Community Development, and Workplace Training.
Chairperson
Jenny Weller-Newton
Head of School, Nursing & Midwifery
University of Canberra
