%0 Journal Article
%T The effect of a workshop on Egyptian nurse educators' motivation and attitude toward evidence based teaching
%A Farida Mahmoud Hassona
%A Chris Winkelman
%A Sahar Hamdy El-Sayed
%J Journal of Nursing Education and Practice
%D 2013
%I 
%R 10.5430/jnep.v3n10p64
%X Background: Motivations and attitude are known to influence goal directed activity such as adoption of new behaviors in teaching. Accordingly, understanding nurse educators¡¯ motivation and attitudes toward evidence-based teaching is a critical step to successfully transforming the faculty¡¯s culture to use best practices in nursing education. The aim of this study was to examine the effect of workshop, on Egyptian nurse educators' motivation and attitude toward evidence-based teaching over time. Methods: Quasi-experimental design with three periods of data collection: a pre-test and two post-test periods at the School of Nursing, Zagazig University, Egypt. A convenience sample of nurse faculties who were invited to attend a one-day workshop was used. There were no exclusion criteria. Four tools were used: the Demographic form, the Follow-up form, The Situational Motivation Scale (SIMS), and the Evidence-Based Nursing Attitude Questionnaire (EBNAQ). Results: A total of 48 nurse faculty agreed to participate in the study; they were female with a mean age of 30 years and an average of 5.5 years of experience in academic setting. Half of the participants had master¡¯s degree or higher. There were significant differences between the pre-, post- and follow-up scores in three of the motivation subscales. Regarding ¡°lack of motivation¡±, these scores and scores of attitude toward evidence based teaching did not change over time. There was a significant difference in the external regulation score comparing faculty subgroups (i.e., implementers versus non- implementers). Conclusions: A workshop about best practices in nursing education fostered increased intrinsic motivation, identified regulation, and external regulation immediately and changes were sustained over a three month period. A total of 23% of workshop participants implemented an evidence-based education strategy after the workshop, promoting best practices in nursing education.
%U http://www.sciedu.ca/journal/index.php/jnep/article/view/2017