Developing and Testing a Small Private Online Course (Spoc) for Nurse-Patient Communication about Sex

This is a two-year research project. The goal is to develop and test a small private online course (SPOC) for nurse-patient communication about sex (Easy Talking Sex to Your Patient) which integrates effective educational strategies and e-learning methods to meet the Taiwanese nurse’s learning needs. This project is aimed at resolving sexual education learning problems in nursing continuing education due to the time constraints at clinical sites and the shortage of teaching staff. Nurse-patient communication attitudes and skills about sex will be enhanced. The research team constructed an online course (Easy Talking Sex to Your Patient) for hospital nurses that followed the commonly used ADDIE (Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, and Evaluation) model (Dick, Carey, & Carey, 2004). The first year research purpose is to: (1) explore the characteristics of nursing-patient communication about sex and the core content of educational need for nurse by triangulation methods. (2) construct a gender-sensitivity structures characteristics of nursing-patient communication about sex and course framework according to the modified Delphi method results and course needs assessment. The second year designs, develops and implements the course. This project offers a new strategy for strengthening nurse sexual health communication skills in patient interactions and may help establish a model for sex education in nursing continuing education in Taiwan for the future.

Project ID:PF10608-0844
External Project ID:MOST106-2629-S182-002