Development and verification of a case method learning program for fostering the practical skills of public health nurses in local governments

2019 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K11901
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Community health nursing
• Research Institution: Kyorin University
• Principal Investigator: oki sachiko 杏林大学, 保健学部, 教授 (50453519)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2020-03-31
• Keywords: 人材育成 / ケースメソッド / 経験学習理論 / 研修プログラム / 保健師 / 公衆衛生看護

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this study was to develop and verify a case method learning program (CMP) for fostering the basic public health nursing skills, using the theory of experiential learning as a theoretical framework. First, a questionnaire survey was conducted with public health nurses the achievement of practical skills in the new term and the first half of the mid-career period. Based on the results, we created a CMP (provisional version) for newly appointed and mid-career public health nurses. We carried out a questionnaire survey to the public health nurses (N = 172) who were newly appointed and the provisional version of the program, and to the public health nurses (N = 59) who were under the 10th year of the revised version. As a result, the degree of satisfaction, reality, and relevance to CMP were high, and the self-evaluation of the acquisition of technical items, which was the learning goal after attendance, significantly increased, suggesting the effectiveness of CMP.

Free Research Field

公衆衛生看護学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

健康課題の深刻化に伴い行政保健師は専門実践能力の向上が求められている。しかし、分散配置や業務の多忙など度を背景に、効果的な実践経験とそれに伴うリフレクションから、教訓化さらに新たな経験というKolbが示した経験学習サイクルが機能しにくい面がある。本研究で開発したCMP（ケースメソッド学習プログラム）は、それら実践での経験とリフレクションによる教訓化を模擬事例とグループディスカッションによって補完し、経験学習サイクルを研修プログラムとして補完するものであり、現任教育と連動した効果的人材育成に資するものである。