An Instrument to Assess the Digital Competence of Nurse Educators




Pajari Juha, Sormunen Marjorita, Salminen Leena, Elonen Imane, Pasanen Miko, Saaranen Terhi

PublisherLippincott

2024

Nurse Educator

Nurse educator

Nurse Educ

49

5

E280

E285

0363-3624

1538-9855

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1097/NNE.0000000000001637(external)

https://journals.lww.com/nurseeducatoronline/fulltext/9900/an_instrument_to_assess_the_digital_competence_of.448.aspx(external)

https://research.utu.fi/converis/portal/detail/Publication/393539458(external)



Background: The Educators and Educator Candidates' Competence in Digital Pedagogy instrument needed to be tested before using it in nursing education.

Purpose: This study describes the further testing of this instrument to measure nurse educators' digital competence.

Methods: The study is reported according to the 7 steps of the MEASURE Approach. Psychometric testing was conducted with a sample of 111 Finnish nurse educators from 9 universities of applied sciences. The study was conducted during the years 2020 and 2023.

Results: The exploratory factor analysis results explained 56% of the variance with 3 factors, including 20 items. The factors were labeled to describe the nurse educators' digital competence: implementing appropriate independent and community learning, acting safely and responsibly, and guiding learning based on the evidence. Cronbach α and McDonald ω coefficients showed good reliability.

Conclusions: The instrument can be used to assess digital competence and identify the development needs to facilitate educators' continuous professional development.


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