A study of certified diabetes educators - Influences and barriers
A study of certified diabetes educators - Influences and barriers
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DOI：
10.1177/0145721706288041
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发表时间：
2006-05-01
影响因子：
3.9
通讯作者：
Feathers, Jackie Two
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作者：
Funnell, Martha M.;Anderson, Robert M.;Feathers, Jackie Two
目的本研究有两个相关目标。第一个目的是描述结构(类型、人员配备和提供的教育课程数量)、过程(首选的学习方法)和通常用于提供耐心教育的结果衡量标准。第二个目的是确定影响和改变糖尿病教育工作者态度和行为的影响、资源和制约因素。方法向美国糖尿病教育工作者协会成员样本邮寄一份包含30个项目的问卷，涉及4个领域--人口统计学、实践特征、教育项目结构和教育过程。361名注册护士和注册营养师认证糖尿病教育者完成问卷并进入最终分析。结果本次调查表明，这群注册糖尿病教育者将新的研究成果和创新的教学方法融入到他们的实践中。他们经历的障碍很少，往往会根据科学和经验证据改变他们的态度和做法。对这些变化最高评价的三个影响是与患者对其教学的反应有关的，其次是继续教育会议和新的研究成果。结论基于这些发现，提供继续教育，首先是结合专业期刊上发表的研究支持的基于经验的有效策略的例子，似乎对教育工作者的实践影响最大。
Purpose There were 2 related goals for this study. The first purpose was to describe the structure (type, staffing, and number of educational sessions provided), process (preferred learning approaches), and outcome measures commonly used to provide patient education. The second purpose was to identify the influences, resources, and constraints that affect and alter the attitudes and practices of diabetes educators.Methods A 30-item questionnaire that addressed 4 areas-demographics, practice characteristics, education program structure, and educational processes-was mailed to a sample of American Association of Diabetes Educators members. Three hundred sixty-one registered nurse and registered dietician certified diabetes educators completed the questionnaire and were included in the final analysis.Results This survey indicated that this group of certified diabetes educators has incorporated new research findings and innovative teaching methods into their practices. They experience few barriers and tend to make changes in their attitudes and practices based on scientific and experiential evidence. The 3 most highly rated influences on these changes were related to patient responses to their teaching, followed by continuing education conferences and new research findings.Conclusions Based on these findings, providing continuing education that first and foremost incorporates experience-based examples of effective strategies supported by research published in professional journals appears to have the most influence on the practice of educators.