Applying Intelligent Technology in Gender Competence Training for Nurses

Abstract

Despite an increased focus on the healthcare rights of people of different genders and the establishment of gender policies related to healthcare in Taiwan, the promotion of gender rights in nursing education and clinical care remains unsatisfactory. Given the increasingly diversified nature of healthcare systems and nursing knowledge bases, many experienced nurses have expressed the need for self-growth through continuing education and in-service training. The professional knowledge required of nurses increases continuously, and gender issues have received little attention in conventional nursing education. Consequently, gender education has been overlooked because of insufficient teaching time and a lack of qualified teachers. In promoting online courses for nurses, the government should focus on the different nursing care needs of different genders and sexual orientations as well as design online courses based on intelligent technology that satisfy the desire of nurses to improve their gender competence. This study adopts an intelligent technology perspective in order to highlight the importance of gender competence for nurses and to propose incorporating augmented reality into case scenarios that facilitate the creation of online healthcare courses and teaching materials that enhance gender competence. This approach may effectively resolve the problem of teachers having insufficient time to provide gender education effectively. Nurses must possess diverse gender perspectives and reinforce their gender competence and cross-disciplinary integration capabilities in order to provide appropriate care for patients of different gender identities and sexual orientations.