TY  - JOUR
AU  - Nowell, Lorelli
AU  - Dolan, Sara
AU  - Johnston, Sonja
AU  - Jacobsen, Michele
AU  - Lorenzetti, Diane
AU  - Oddone Paolucci, Elizabeth
PY  - 2024
DA  - 2024/8/21
TI  - Exploring Student Perspectives and Experiences of Online Opportunities for Virtual Care Skills Development: Sequential Explanatory Mixed Methods Study
JO  - JMIR Nursing
SP  - e53777
VL  - 7
KW  - virtual care
KW  - online teaching and learning
KW  - mixed methods research
KW  - development
KW  - mixed method study
KW  - online
KW  - care
KW  - student
KW  - students
KW  - online learning
KW  - virtual learning
KW  - interview
KW  - experience
KW  - educational
KW  - technology
KW  - nursing
KW  - medicine
KW  - allied health
KW  - teaching
AB  - Background: Caring profession students require skills and competencies to proficiently use information technologies for providing high-quality and effective care. However, there is a gap in exploring the perceptions and experiences of students in developing virtual care skills within online environments. Objective: This study aims to better understand caring professional students’ online learning experiences with developing virtual care skills and competencies. Methods: A sequential explanatory mixed methods approach, integrating both a cross-sectional survey and individual interviews, was used to better understand caring professional students’ online learning experiences with developing virtual care skills and competencies. Results: A total of 93 survey and 9 interview participants were drawn from various faculties, including students from education, nursing, medicine, and allied health. These participants identified the barriers, facilitators, principles, and skills related to learning about and delivering virtual care, including teaching methods and educational technologies. Conclusions: This study contributes to the growing body of educational research on virtual care skills by offering student insights and suggestions for improved teaching and learning strategies in caring professions’ programs. 
SN  - 2562-7600
UR  - https://nursing.jmir.org/2024/1/e53777
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2196/53777
UR  - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/39167789
DO  - 10.2196/53777
ID  - info:doi/10.2196/53777
ER  -