Why do we do what we do? Dissemina/on of Prac/ce Doctorate Scholarship: Impact Needed Julee Waldrop, DNP, FAANP School of Nursing University of North Carolina Flip Side: Research 1
3/26/15 How Do We Communicate What we DO? Mandate to Disseminate Engage in prac/ce based research and dissemina/on (DSW) Imphasizes genera/on, transforma/on and use of professional knowledge and prac/ce and dissemina/on in a variety of ways (EdD) Disseminate findings from evidence- based prac/ce and research to improve health care outcomes (DNP) Methods Informal Communica/ons Formal Presenta/ons Unpublished archives Publica/on Example Evalua/on of the Qualter Project by the Brevard County Sheriffs Office: The introduc/on of therapy dogs into Law Enforcement 2
Transferability Lead by Example Where Do we Stand? Programs by Ins/tu/onal Control and Carnegie Classifica/on Health Professions Acupuncture & Oriental Medicine (DAOM) Audiology (AuD) Occupa/onal Therapy (OTD) Art Therapy (DrAT) Bioethics (Dbioethics; DPS) Doctor of Nursing Prac/ce (DNP) Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) Professions Informa/on Management (DPS or Doctor of Professional Studies) Doctor of Business Administra/on Educa/on Doctorate (EdD) Doctorate of Engineering (EngD) Doctorate of Criminal Jus/ce (DCrimJ) Doctorate of Architecture (DArch) Doctorate of Social Science (DSocSci) Zusman, A. (2013). Research & Occasional Paper Series: CSHE.8.13 3
Accountability It will become increasingly difficult to jus/fy funding for programs without evidence of prac/ce impact and contribu/on (Edwards, 2009) If the product of the PD is to be a means for the development of the profession, how can this occur without full and effec/ve dissemina/on? (Burgess et al., 2011) if clinically prepared graduates bring lijle more than direct pa/ent care skills gained now at the Masters level, the DNP will not be an ajrac/ve addi/on to the clinical arena (Jacobson- Dunbar, et al., 2013) Impact so Far Crea/vely Generate new knowledge, cri/cally conserve valuable and useful ideas and responsibly transform those understanding through wri/ng, teaching and applica/on Shulman, 2006) EdD Applica/on of research based knowledge (evidence into professional prac/ce) Data driven decision making Formal & informal dissemina/on 15 students made presenta/ons at Regiona, Na/onal or Interna/onal conferences 4 students published 2010 1) Professional careers 2) Discourse 3) Personal lives EdD 2011 1) impact on the learner Process more important than product Change in way of approaching problems 2) Use of evidence in prac/ce dissemina/ng role 4
DNP Increasing Numbers Broome et al, 2013 Broome et al, 2013 Employment Academia HCS Primary Care 5
3/26/15 PD impact on Nursing Prac/ce: Management & Leadership Perspec/ve Understanding nursing in prac/ce leading to development of prac/ce Organiza/onal role within prac/ce difficult to iden/fy s/ll need more support for the role and EBP or research based pra/ce within organiza/ons Conclusions Framework? Dissemina/on? Evidence? Advocacy? Lead? Smith, 2013 References References Burgess, H. & Wellington, J. (2010). Exploring the impact of the professional doctorate on students professional prac/ce and personal development: Early indica/ons. Work Based Learning e- Journal, 1(1): 160. Burgess, H., Weller, G. & Wellington, J. (2011). Tensions in the purpose and impact of professional doctorates. Work Based Learning e- Journal, 2(1): 1. Broome, M., Riner, M. & Allam, E. (2013). Scholarly publica/on prac/ces of doctor of nursing prac/ce- prepared nurses. Journal of Nursing Educa;on, 52(8): 429. Dunbar- Jacob, J., Na/vio, D. & Khalil, H. (2013). Impact of doctor of nursing prac/ce educa/on in shaping health care systems for the future. Journal of Nursing Educa;on, 52(8): 423. Kumar, S. & Dawson, K. (2013). Exploring the impact of a professional prac/ce educa/on in educa/onal environments. Studies in Con;nuing Educa;on, 35(2):156-178. Gill, T.G. & Hoppe, U. (2009). The business professional doctorate as an informig channel: A survey and analysis. Interna;onal Journal of Doctoral Studies, 4. Redman, R., Pessler, S., Fruspan, P. & Potempa, K. (2014). Nurses in the United States with a prac/ce doctorate: implica/ons fro leading in the current context of health care. Nursing Outlook, 1-6. Zusman, A. (2013). Degrees of change: How new kinds of professional doctorates are changing higher educa/on ins/tu/ons. hjp://cshe.berkeley.edu Smith, N- J. (2012). Professional doctorates and nursing prac/ce contribu/on: a systema/c literature search and descrip/ve synthesis. Journal of Nursing Management, 21, 314. 6