1.Using E-Learning in Training for Newly Hired Nurses
Kayo IMAEDA ; Keiko NAITO ; Nami MATSUDA ; Yuko NAGAHAMA ; Junko GOTO ; Naomi SUGIMOTO ; Shitomi HASEGAWA
Journal of the Japanese Association of Rural Medicine 2016;64(5):877-881
In the guidance of technical aspects in the “new nursing staff training guidelines” prepared by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare in December 2009, We were using an e-learning method. We evaluated the achievement of nursing technology item 69 and examined the problems to be solved for the future basic nursing technical guidance. The subjects in the present study were 53 persons who joined the of rookie nursing staff of our hospital in April 2013 (new nurses are all fresh from college). Of the goals indicated in the guidelines, nursing technology item 69 was prepared for the group training course using e-learning. The trainees learned with a focus on simulation. After that each department carried out OJT and evaluation. We aggregated achievement evaluations and carried out questionnaire surveys on the use of e-learning in June, September and March of the following year. We compared and examined the evaluations of achievement in comparison with the previous year evaluations. In March 2014 when the new nursing staff training program ended, it was found that those who attained “a measure of reach 1: can” or “2: as possible under the guidance” accounted for 36.5% of the total number of recruits in 2013, compared to 34.9% in 2012. The ratio of those who highly evaluated “a measure of reach 4: have knowledge” remarkably increased from4.5% to23.4%, and that of inexperienced persons or people who did not evaluate decreased from 29.2% to 4.2%. This showed that the self-learning and utilizing e-learning at their own pace proactively helped them to acquire basic nursing skills. However, a problem remained that too much time was required for evaluation, because it has been actually evaluated over 100 fields due to detailed e-learning items, the limited number of desk-top computers.
2.Development Process of Medical Education Assets Library (MEAL)
Hirotaka Onishi ; Masaru Kawasaki ; Michio Shiibashi ; Yukie Abe ; Yumiko Okubo ; Hitomi Kataoka ; Naomi Sugimoto ; Akiteru Takamura ; Akira Naito ; Masayuki Niwa
Medical Education 2012;43(3):215-220
Committee for Information Infrastructure in the 16th term of JSME Board Members was newly created to edit Medical Education White Book issued every four years and to provide sooner and more comprehensive information infrastructure provision. MEAL was opened as a website for medical education information since August 2011. MEAL consists of glossary, articles, books and more resources using a system like Wiki or Blog on the Web. By such technological progress, not only one–way information provision from JSME but also bidirectional communication between JSME members and committees/board members became available. Internationally, similar websites are known, such as MedEdPORTAL by AAMC (Association of American Medical Colleges), and expected to be new scholarly information added to journals.