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Expediting Doctoral Education on the Eastern Shore of Maryland

Expediting Doctoral Education on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. Lisa A. Seldomridge, PhD, RN Director of Graduate and Second Degree Nursing Programs This work was supported by a Nurse Support II Grant from the Maryland Higher Education Commission under the auspices of the HSCRC. Project Goals.

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Expediting Doctoral Education on the Eastern Shore of Maryland

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  1. Expediting Doctoral Education on the Eastern Shore of Maryland Lisa A. Seldomridge, PhD, RN Director of Graduate and Second Degree Nursing Programs This work was supported by a Nurse Support II Grant from the Maryland Higher Education Commission under the auspices of the HSCRC.

  2. Project Goals • Increase access to doctoral education on the Eastern Shore • Offer post-master’s DNP program via distance learning strategies. • Expedite completion of the DNP • Develop two entry options • Post-MS to DNP-Leadership or FNP • Post-BS to DNP-FNP • Increase statewide capacity for doctoral students through the use of distance and web-based technologies.

  3. Timeline

  4. Current Enrollments • Post-MS to DNP-Leadership, N = 2 • 1 is faculty at a Maryland college • 1 is an FNP • Post-MS to DNP-FNP, N = 9 • 5 are faculty at Maryland colleges • Post-BS to DNP-FNP, N = 14

  5. Demographics of our DNP students • May 2015 graduates • 25% from under-represented groups • 12.5% Latina • 12.5% male • Current students • 50% from under-represented groups • 37.5% African American • 4.2% Asian • 8.4 % male • 62.5% are SU alumni

  6. Keys to Success • First-rate instructional designer • Exceptional project team • 17/22 full-time nursing faculty • 6 extraordinary adjunct faculty • HRSA AENT award • Monthly meetings • Course development/review • Determination of deliverables • Curriculum mapping • QualityMatters TMtraining

  7. Pleasant surprises • Late-adopters did extraordinary things! • Interprofessional collaboration set stage for University Graduate Exchange initiative • Established value of dedicated instructional designer

  8. Challenges • First SU doctoral program • Policies for doctoral students • Support services • DNP Projects • Format for presentations • Final deliverables • Distance education snafus • Curriculum progression planning • Faculty turnover

  9. Next Steps • Continue curriculum revisions • Track outcomes by entry option • Manage demands for NP practicum sites • Undergo QualityMatters TMpeer review www.salisbury.edu/nursing/dnp

  10. Dissemination • Willey, J.A. & Seldomridge, L.A. (2015). Using the Tools of Technology to Increase Access to Doctoral Education. Sigma Theta Tau International Biennial Conference, November, Las Vegas, NV. • Seldomridge, L.A. & Willey, J.A. (2015) Best Practices in Distance Education-Technology as a Tool - not a Teacher. AACN Doctoral Education Conference, January, San Diego CA.

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