Technology Rich Online Accelerated B.S.N. Program
Principal Investigators: Dawn Pope, MS, and Dr. Jaya Jambunathan, Ph.D.
Program Evaluator: Chere C. Gibson, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison
This project will evaluate the 12-month accelerated online Bachelor’s to BSN program (ACCEL) at the College of Nursing at the University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh. ACCEL is a technology-rich program, which relies upon on-campus as well as remote sites for didactic and clinical education, engages faculty in teaching courses in one to six-week blocks, and uses online curricula and specially trained clinical preceptors. The impact of the intervention on three EIN outcomes will be assessed: teaching productivity, faculty work-life, and quality of education (including the breadth of education measures provided by the NPO). The evaluation, conducted by Dr. Chere C. Gibson and her team at University of Wisconsin, Madison, will include three comparison schools and collect data from surveys of students and faculty, and interviews with preceptors, coaches and clinical instructors. Outcome measures will be compared among the intervention and comparison schools. Items from the NPO-provided breadth of education measure will be included in student surveys.
