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Preparing For the Transition: Preparing Faculty for a Doctor of Nursing Practice Program

Juliann G. Sebastian, ARNP, PhD, FAANAssistant Dean for Advanced Practice Nursing and ProfessorCo-Director, DNP Program

Carolyn A. Williams, RN, PhD, FAANDean and Professor

Marcia Stanhope, RN, DSN, FAANAssociate Dean and ProfessorCo-Director, DNP Program University of Kentucky College of Nursing

AACN Regional DNP Meeting San Diego CA 1/12/06

Considerations

Identify faculty groups to include Determine types of transitions Examine faculty development issues

related to the nature of the program


Context Strong commitment to clinical practice Faculty practice program initiated in 1984 Faculty practice plan in 1994 Practice arrangements include clinical

appointments within the academic health center, College of Nursing owned and operated sites, and contracts with clinical agencies


Setting the stage

Dean’s conversations with Chancellor about the concept of a professional practice-oriented doctoral program during the couple of years prior to convening a planning committee;

Dean discussed the concept of a professional practice doctorate with Dean of the Graduate School.


Stages of transition*

Curriculum transition Pre-implementation

Curriculum implementation Program implementation

Curriculum advancement Formative evaluation and enhancement

*Farmer, E.A. (2004). Faculty development for problem-based learning. European Journal of Dental Education, 8(2), 59-66.


Pre-ImplementationFaculty involvement in curriculum development Input into decision to develop a DNP program

(1998-99) Dean convened a planning committee Faculty fora and focus groups Curriculum committee and faculty meeting discussions Retreat with planning committee

Development of program objectives (post MSN), curriculum framework and structure, courses, admission and progression standards

Total faculty vote on the program proposal (1999)


Program Implementation:Development of the core faculty group

DNP Coordinating Committee, 5/01 Composition

All faculty members teaching in the DNP program All are doctorally prepared Director of the PhD program All work with both DNP and PhD students

Two teach PhD courses Others advise students as dissertation chairs or

committee members


Functions of DNP Coordinating CommitteePlanning, implementing, and evaluating the

DNP program Admissions Operational policies and procedures Academic guidelines Communication (ex., monthly graduate faculty

meetings)

Evaluation Formative Summative


Faculty Committee Member

Faculty Advisor

Clinical Mentor

Student

Student Committees


Faculty advisors Evidence of understanding and operating from a

nursing model Evidence of scholarship related to clinical

practice; e.g., extramurally funded evaluation research, publications, presentations

Provision of clinical leadership in decision-making Use of an evidence-based approach to clinical

decision-making


Clinical mentors

Top level clinical or executive experts with responsibility for population-focused health care delivery

Mentors are selected from among a variety of disciplines, thereby building the students’ interdisciplinary experiences.


Connecting with faculty advisors and clinical mentors

Faculty advisors invited to attend course discussions

Course faculty encourage students to work directly with faculty advisors & committees

Committees meet regularly to consult with students; sharing different perspectives from practice & academe enrich all.


Ongoing operationalization of curriculum

Ongoing, scheduled faculty meetings to discuss issues, values and ideas Monthly DNP Coordinating Committee meetings Discussion of the nature of the curriculum,

clinical capstone projects, evaluation and modification of requirements

Faculty retreat, Jan., 2005


Evolution of the clinical capstone projects

Faculty discussions of assumptions, goals, beliefs

Examination of various types of clinical change projects

Outcomes evaluation, program evaluation and evaluation research


Monthly reports at Graduate Faculty meetings Updates at Total Faculty meetings All faculty and students invited to DNP student

presentations and special lectures, presentations by visiting professors

DNP students encouraged to make Brown Bag presentations and to participate in poster sessions

Sharing occurs with faculty members in other disciplines via academic council discussions, Brown Bag presentations, invitations to visiting professor seminars and colloquia

Communication strategies


Communication strategies (cont.)

Electronic mail announcements, congratulatory messages

College newsletter Print advertisements

Faculty Involvement in National Meetings

AACN Doctoral conference Regional DNP conferences Participation in specialty organization

discussions


Formative Evaluation and Enhancement


Formative Evaluation

Real time changes as student or faculty needs indicate E.G., addition of Evidence-Based Practice

course in the first year Curricular modifications in 2005

Balanced clinical hours across the two tracks Added economics/finance course for clinical

students Distributed final clinical project over two semesters


Summative Evaluation

Incorporation into the full College academic evaluation plan

End of program surveys, Jan., 2006


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Documents

dnp program carolyn

phd program

faculty meeting discussions

faculty members

faculty groups

faculty practice plan

program proposal

faculty development