Developing and Testing a Small Private Online Course (Spoc) for Nurse-Patient Communication about Sex (The 2nd – 3rd Years)

This is a three-year research project. The goal is to develop and test a small private online course (SPOC) for nurse-patient communication about sex that 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 a course 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 educational needs content for nurses using triangulation methods. (2) Construct 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 develops the SPOC-based blended teaching and learning platform and conducts a pilot study to test and correct the course content and method. In the third year a randomized controlled parallel-group, clinical trial with repeated- measures research will be conducted. A total of 150 nurses will be recruited from a medical center in Northern Taiwan and assigned to one of two groups (the experiment and control groups) by randomization. The experimental group (n=75) will participate in the SPOC- based education program, consisting of five online teaching and learning modules over the span of 3 months and two hours of offline classroom. The control group (n=75) will not receive any education. Data will be collected at baseline, 1 month and 3 months after intervention. This project will be the first SPOC-based blended teaching program in Taiwan's nursing community. The proposed course 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:PF10708-0803
External Project ID:MOST107-2629-H182-001