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Nursing Workshop Explores Principles of Research Measurement
March 10, 2009
On October 15-17, 2008, Kristopher Fennie, Nancy Reynolds, and Angelo Alonzo from the Yale School of Nursing led an intensive advanced measurement principles training course at Central South University School of Nursing in Changsha, China. This was the second such training in Yale-China's Academic Nursing Leadership Development Program, a series of short courses to be conducted in Changsha by Yale faculty. Kristopher Fennie, research scientist and lecturer at the Yale School of Nursing, opened the workshop.
The course brought together approximately 50 nursing faculty, nursing Ph.D. students, and nursing leaders from Central South University School of Nursing and the three hospitals affiliated with the Xiangya School of Medicine of Central South University. Topics included methods of measurement, instrument development, translation, analysis of data related to time, ethical considerations, sources of error, and statistical techniques.
“This was a very exciting workshop because the participants, who are primarily nursing professionals and nursing doctoral students, were so engaged in learning advanced methods in nursing research. We were impressed with the alacrity, diligence, and quality of their questions, comments, and assignments. It was such a pleasure working with them,” says Dr. Fennie. “I think the content of this workshop—measurement—was useful for them, particularly regarding instrument development, and use of psycho-social instruments in research. These training workshops are very useful, because they introduce nursing research in a new and different context. Learning about research methodology from different perspectives enables one to become a better researcher.”
The next segment of this workshop series is slated to take place later this year.
The course brought together approximately 50 nursing faculty, nursing Ph.D. students, and nursing leaders from Central South University School of Nursing and the three hospitals affiliated with the Xiangya School of Medicine of Central South University. Topics included methods of measurement, instrument development, translation, analysis of data related to time, ethical considerations, sources of error, and statistical techniques.
“This was a very exciting workshop because the participants, who are primarily nursing professionals and nursing doctoral students, were so engaged in learning advanced methods in nursing research. We were impressed with the alacrity, diligence, and quality of their questions, comments, and assignments. It was such a pleasure working with them,” says Dr. Fennie. “I think the content of this workshop—measurement—was useful for them, particularly regarding instrument development, and use of psycho-social instruments in research. These training workshops are very useful, because they introduce nursing research in a new and different context. Learning about research methodology from different perspectives enables one to become a better researcher.”
The next segment of this workshop series is slated to take place later this year.
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