Instructional Designers' Perceptions Regarding Preparation For Practice In A Health Care Environment

<p>This study utilized a multi-case, bounded case, single-site case study research design to examine how well instructional designers perceive themselves able to practice ID in health care industries. Questions central to this study focused on how instructional designers perceive their preparation to practice, usefulness of professional development organizations or affiliations in which they participated while practicing ID, both academic and non-academic curricula, and utilization of ID practices when designing and developing ID projects in health care environments. </p> <p> The site selected for this study was a teaching hospital in Southeast Metropolitan Detroit, Michigan. Sampling size was limited to five instructional designers who had been working in the health care environment. Using a case study approach, convenient sampling was utilized to obtain detailed information about the experiences of instructional designers in the health care sector. Upon completion of interviews, participants had the opportunity to show completed work projects and were provided an opportunity to reflect on ID practice via journal entries over a two week time period. The constant comparative method was utilized for data analysis whereby a within - case analysis was conducted followed by a cross case analysis. Findings of this research showed that participants felt well prepared to practice ID in their respective health care environment and offered a variety of ways in which an instructional designer can explore the field of health care, how academic program administrators can collaborate with health care organizations to provide ID opportunities for students, and ways in which health care administrators can explore additional learning opportunities for their ID employees.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Open Access Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Instructional Technology

Year dc:date.available

2013

Author dc:creator

• Mani, Nandita S

Contributors dc:contributor

• Monica W. Tracey

• educational technology
• health care
• hospital
• instructional design
• instructional technology
• medical education
• Instructional Media Design
• Other Education

Repository record dc:identifier

https://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/oa_dissertations/670

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:digitalcommons.wayne.edu:oa_dissertations-1669