Development of Standardized and Competency-Based Curriculum in Nursing Informatics

Yom, Young Hee; Kim, Jeong Eun; Chun, Byung Chul; Choi, Sungwoo; Whang, Duk Ho; Park, Kyung Mo; Lee, Young Sung

doi:2007.13.3.227

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Original Article

Journal of Korean Society of Medical Informatics 2007;13(3):227-236.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4258/jksmi.2007.13.3.227 Published online September 30, 2007.

Development of Standardized and Competency-Based Curriculum in Nursing Informatics

Young Hee Yom, Jeong Eun Kim, Byung Chul Chun, Sungwoo Choi, Duk Ho Whang, Kyung Mo Park, Young Sung Lee

¹Department of Nursing, Chung-Ang Univ., Korea.
²College of Nursing, Seoul National Univ. Research Institute of Nursing Science, Seoul National Univ., Korea.
³College of Medicine, Korea Univ., Korea.
⁴Department of Lifelong Education, Soongsil Univ., Korea.
⁵College of Medicine, Seoul National Univ., Korea.
⁶Department of Biomedical Engineering, Kyunghee Univ., Korea.
⁷College of Medicine, Chungbuk National Univ., Korea.

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: The purposes of this study were to analyze the current status of nursing informatics course and to develop the standardized curriculum in nursing informatics course based on competency.

METHODS: Data were collected through two phases. In the first phase, a survey was conducted on 115 nursing institutions to analyze the current status of nursing informatics course. In the second phase, two-round delphi technique was developed to determine the priority and relative weight of contents in nursing informatics course. Final samples composed of both 43 nursing institutions and 11 nursing informatics experts.

RESULTS: Out of 43 nursing schools, 13 nursing schools offered nursing informatics course. Nursing informatics was taught mostly to the second year and had 2 credits. About 54% of respondents disagreed that nursing informatics should be included in the license examination for Registered Nurse. The subject matrix by priority and relative weight and a standardized curriculum for nursing informatics were developed.

CONCLUSION: Continuous application and revision of nursing informatics curriculum should be needed.

Key Words: Nursing Informatics, Curriculum, Competency-Based Education