Advanced Practice SpotlightFlipping the Conference: Continuing Education for Advanced Practice Nurses in the Emergency Care Setting
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Use of the Flipped Classroom for Conference Learning
The inaugural ENA 2018 APRN conference pre-session was intended to provide procedural skills education for novice as well as experienced nurse practitioners in emergency care.
The flipped classroom has been a popular approach to promoting student performance and evaluation for the past several years.9 Using this methodology, students come to the live class session more prepared and ready for active engagement, which is a benefit for experience in psychomotor skills training.10 By recording
Evaluation of the Flipped Pre-session
Postconference evaluations were conducted to gain insight for future efforts to present meaningful APRN continuing education. Although this endeavor was not a formal research study, the results of participant surveys were enlightening and provide direction for future endeavors. The postconference evaluations will be used for developing future APRN offerings at the 2019 ENA annual conference.
Next Steps
Although procedural skills are commonly used in the emergency care setting, it cannot be emphasized enough that the value of APRN practice lies in the use of advanced clinical reasoning and diagnostic decision making that is grounded in scientific knowledge. Whereas the flipped classroom approach allowed participants to review the pathophysiological background, diagnostic considerations, and therapeutic aspects of the technical skills taught, application of skills in a simulation setting would
Margaret J. Carman, Member, Heart of Carolina Chapter, is Director, Institute of Emergency Nursing Advanced Practice. Emergency Nurses Association, Schaumburg, IL, and Associate Professor, Georgetown University School of Nursing and Health Studies, Washington, DC.
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Margaret J. Carman, Member, Heart of Carolina Chapter, is Director, Institute of Emergency Nursing Advanced Practice. Emergency Nurses Association, Schaumburg, IL, and Associate Professor, Georgetown University School of Nursing and Health Studies, Washington, DC.
Diane Fuller Switzer, Member, Washington ENA Chapter, is Assistant Clinical Professor, Seattle University College of Nursing, Seattle, WA, and Emergency Nurse Practitioner, Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, WA.
Section Editors: Cindy D. Kumar, MSN, RN, AG-ACNP-BC, FNP-BC, ENP-C, and Darleen A. Williams, DNP, CNS, CEN, CCNS, CNS-BC, EMT-P
Submissions to this column are encouraged and may be sent to Cindy D. Kumar, MSN, RN, AG-ACNP-BC, FNP-BC, ENP-C [email protected] or Darleen A. Williams, DNP, CNS, CEN, CCNS, CNS-BC, EMT-P [email protected]