Developing a blended course on dying, loss, and grief.

Full Abstract

An important component of end-of-life education is to provide health professionals with content related to dying, loss, and grief. The authors describe the strategies used to develop and offer a blended course (integration of classroom face-to-face learning with online learning) that addressed the sensitive and often emotional content associated with grieving and bereavement. Using Kolb's Experiential Learning Theory, a set of 4 online learning modules, with engaging, interactive elements, was created. Course evaluations demonstrated the success of the blended course in comparison to the traditional, exclusive face-to-face approach.

Author information

Author/s: Kavanaugh, Karen (K); Andreoni, V Ann (VA); Wilkie, Diana J (DJ); Burgener, Sandra (S); Buschmann, Mary Beth Tank (MB); Henderson, Gloria (G); Hsiung, Yi-Fang Yvonne (YF); Zhao, Zhongsheng (Z);

Affiliation: Center for End-of-Life Transition Research, University of Illinois at Chicago College of Nursing, Room 848, Chicago, IL 60612-7350, USA. Karenk(-atsign-)uic.edu

Grants: 1 DO9HPO2996 (Agency:PHS HHS) ; P30 NR010680 (Agency:NINR NIH HHS)

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Evaluation Studies; Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

Journal: Nurse educator (Nurse Educ), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: -2009 May-Jun; vol 34 (issue 3) : pp 126-31

Dates: Created 2009/05/04; Completed 2009/08/07;

PMID: 19412055, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 8/21/2009, IMS Date: )

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