Date post: | 24-May-2018 |
Category: |
Documents |
Upload: | truongnguyet |
View: | 219 times |
Download: | 1 times |
The Henderson Repository is a free resource of the HonorSociety of Nursing, Sigma Theta Tau International. It isdedicated to the dissemination of nursing research, research-related, and evidence-based nursing materials. Take credit for allyour work, not just books and journal articles. To learn more,visit www.nursingrepository.org
Item type Presentation
Format Text-based Document
Title Defining Scholarship
Authors Whitlatch, Joy A.; Hall, Virginia L.
Downloaded 28-Jun-2018 22:10:11
Link to item http://hdl.handle.net/10755/601835
©2015 Chamberlain College of Nursing, LLC. All rights reserved. 0515ccn
Defining Scholarship
for Today’s
Nurse Educator
Joy Whitlatch, MSN, EdD, RN
Assistant Professor
Virginia Hall, DNP, MSN Ed, RN, CNEAssociate Professor
Chamberlain College of Nursing
©2015 Chamberlain College of Nursing, LLC. All rights reserved. 0415ccn
Disclosures
• Absence of Conflict of
Interest Statement
As planner and presenter of
this educational activity, I (Joyce
Whitlatch) have no bias or conflict
of interest.
• Off-label product usage
I attest that I will not discuss
off-label usage of products.
• Commercial support
There is no sponsorship (e.g.,
commercial support) for this activity.
Authors:Joy Whitlatch, MSN, EdD, RNAssistant Professor
Virginia Hall, DNP, MSN Ed, RN, CNEAssociate Professor
Expected Outcomes:
• Increases awareness, interpretation
and discussion of: What qualifies
as a scholarly activity versus
what qualifies as scholarship
• Facilitate recognition of faculty work
©2015 Chamberlain College of Nursing, LLC. All rights reserved. 0415ccn
• To define the four
standards of scholarship
using the Boyer Model
• To suggest scholarly
activities that fit within
each standard of scholarship
3
Purpose
©2015 Chamberlain College of Nursing, LLC. All rights reserved. 0415ccn
Population of Interest
4
• Discussions with nursing colleagues reveal a need
to define scholarship and scholarly work
• Nursing educators are unfamiliar with how to prepare for
promotion, tenure, merit reviews and/or the Certified
Nurse Educator Examination
©2015 Chamberlain College of Nursing, LLC. All rights reserved. 0415ccn
Expected Outcomes
5
• Increases awareness, interpretation
and discussion of: What qualifies
as a scholarly activity versus
what qualifies as scholarship
• Facilitate recognition of
faculty work
©2015 Chamberlain College of Nursing, LLC. All rights reserved. 0415ccn
Background
Current academic systems recognize and reward faculty
scholarship in basic research and resident teaching.
AACN defines scholarship in nursing as activities that
systematically advance the teaching, research and
practice of nursing through rigorous inquiry and must be:
• Significant
• Creative
• Documented
6
• Replicated
• Peer-reviewed
©2015 Chamberlain College of Nursing, LLC. All rights reserved. 0415ccn
Background (continued)
7
• Nurse educators have suggested the need for a model
to help navigate the scholarship path
• A gap exists between need for scholarship and
scholarship productivity by nurse educators
©2015 Chamberlain College of Nursing, LLC. All rights reserved. 0415ccn
Scholarship
• Discovery
• Teaching
• Application
• Integration
8
©2015 Chamberlain College of Nursing, LLC. All rights reserved. 0415ccn
Discovery
• Traditional definition of scholarship
• Discovering new information/models/theories
• Philosophical inquiry, analysis, research (empirical
and historical)
• Interdisciplinary, collaborative
• Tests existing knowledge
• Theory Development
10
©2015 Chamberlain College of Nursing, LLC. All rights reserved. 0415ccn
Teaching
• Participate in innovative teaching and evaluation methods
• Employ best practices to develop skills and
disseminate knowledge
• Involvement in Innovations that demonstrate the expertise
of the faculty member
• Informal or formal teaching
• Includes teaching, advising, mentoring others
• Inquiry that produces knowledge to facilitate learning
11
©2015 Chamberlain College of Nursing, LLC. All rights reserved. 0415ccn
Application
• Searching new knowledge
to solve real world problems
• Serve the interests of the
larger community
• Inquiry generated through
practice in service to
the profession
12
©2015 Chamberlain College of Nursing, LLC. All rights reserved. 0415ccn
Integration
• Integration of knowledge from different sources
and/or disciplines
• Combines findings from different disciplines,
connecting ideas
• Identify trends viewing knowledge from new lens
• Participate in interdisciplinary work through discovery,
teaching, or practice
13
©2015 Chamberlain College of Nursing, LLC. All rights reserved. 0415ccn
Implications for Nurse Educators
14
• Nurse educators will be guided in
activities that meet criteria for increase
in rank and promotion
• By engaging in scholarship activities,
nurse educators will support the
values of a profession committed
to both social relevance and
scientific advancement
©2015 Chamberlain College of Nursing, LLC. All rights reserved. 0415ccn
Implications for Nurse Educators
(continued)
15
• Nurse educators will participate in
individual career planning as guided
by knowledge of recognized
scholarly activities
• Nurse educators will advance the
art and science of nursing education
through rigorous inquiry, peer review
and dissemination of scholarly work
©2015 Chamberlain College of Nursing, LLC. All rights reserved. 0415ccn
References
American Association of Colleges of Nursing. (2014).
Leading initiatives: Defining scholarship for the
discipline of nursing. Washington, DC: Author.
Boyer, E.L. (1990). Scholarship reconsidered: Priorities
of the professoriate. Princeton, NJ: The Carnegie
Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.
17