Feedback Survey for an Online Learning Module: Developing and Validating a Scale to Measure Nursing Students' Self-Assessed Knowledge and Perceptions of Older People and Confidence in Working With Them.

Sherry Dahlke, Kathleen F Hunter, Jeffrey I Butler, Matthew Pietrosanu

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Article in International journal of older people nursing, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Sherry DahlkeFaculty of Nursing, University of Alberta, Edmonton Clinic Health Academy, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6599-3101

Kathleen F HunterFaculty of Nursing, University of Alberta, Edmonton Clinic Health Academy, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8468-5128

Jeffrey I ButlerFaculty of Nursing, University of Alberta, Edmonton Clinic Health Academy, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2765-7208

Matthew PietrosanuDepartment of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

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McCalla Teaching Professorship Award-University of AlbertaResearch Council the Canadian Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Partnership Grant Development 890-2020-0001

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purposeTo determine if an online learning module on older people's care improved nursing students' self-assessed knowledge, and perceptions of older people, we developed a brief Feedback Survey. The aim of this study was to examine the internal consistency (a type of reliability) and construct validity of the feedback survey. DESIGN AND

methodsSecondary analysis of data from the Awakening Canadian's to Ageism and McCalla e-learning intervention studies for postsecondary nursing students. Factor analysis and reliability analysis (via standardised Cronbach's alpha) were performed on the four-question, five-point Likert-type Feedback Survey, which was included in both intervention studies.

resultsFactor analysis yielded one factor interpretable as general satisfaction in students' experience with the module and perceived benefits of having completed it. Standardised Cronbach's alpha for this scale was high at 0.92, which suggests excellent internal consistency. IMPLICATIONS FOR PRACTICE: The feedback survey is a convenient and time-efficient measure to examine student nurses' self-assessed improvements in knowledge, perceptions about older people. The survey has potential for adaptation to measure perceived outcomes of other nursing student- focused education.

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Education, DistanceGeriatric NursingStudents, NursingAdultAgedCanadaFeedbackFemaleHealth Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticeHumansMaleReproducibility of ResultsSelf-AssessmentSurveys and QuestionnairesYoung Adultageismnurse educationolder personquantitative methods

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PMID39707887

DOI10.1111/opn.70007

PMCPMC11662525

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