Wow nearly the end of June already. Most of you are nearing completion of modules 3 & 4. The paper in module 4 is the only major paper in the course. After this it's all downhill.
Hang in there everybody.
Kathy
Monday, June 28, 2010
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
One third done
We are, most of us, about 1/3 done with the course. Already! I have read most of the postings and will get grades posted soon for the first module(s) - as soon as I get module 5 ready to go. Plan to have that by the end of this weekend.
I hope students feel that they are learning something of use to them. Much of the course is "fear factor" - exposure to many different forms of technology that will be encountered in graduate school and in current nursing practice. We don't expect students to be technology experts when they finish - but hopefully all will at least get a sense of how to learn about a new technology, and a feeling of "I can do this!"
Meanwhile, I am in Washington DC at a conference of pediatric critical care researchers. Yesterday's topics ranged from cellular changes in pertussis, to my favorite talk of the day, how to set up a biorepository (including the volumes of clinical and administrative information to be managed along with the repository). In the working sessions, I worked on a simple decision support protocol for managing septic patients based on genomic findings. Complicated topic, but simple protocol.
Yeah, I know. I'm a nerd.
--K
I hope students feel that they are learning something of use to them. Much of the course is "fear factor" - exposure to many different forms of technology that will be encountered in graduate school and in current nursing practice. We don't expect students to be technology experts when they finish - but hopefully all will at least get a sense of how to learn about a new technology, and a feeling of "I can do this!"
Meanwhile, I am in Washington DC at a conference of pediatric critical care researchers. Yesterday's topics ranged from cellular changes in pertussis, to my favorite talk of the day, how to set up a biorepository (including the volumes of clinical and administrative information to be managed along with the repository). In the working sessions, I worked on a simple decision support protocol for managing septic patients based on genomic findings. Complicated topic, but simple protocol.
Yeah, I know. I'm a nerd.
--K
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