Abstract
Faculty Knowledge, Awareness, Value, and Self-Efficacy in Teaching Systems Thinking to Nursing Students: A Pilot Study
Highlights
Systems thinking is a core competency in nursing education
A 17-item faculty questionnaire was developed to assess the knowledge, awareness and value of, and self-efficacy for teaching systems thinking to nursing students as a part of a pilot study
Educators were ready for this, they were only moderately comfortable in teaching systems thinking at the time of the survey
Summary
Systems thinking is a core competency in nursing education. The assessment of knowledge, awareness and value of, and self-efficacy for teaching systems thinking among faculty is an important step to plan faculty development process. The Institute of Medicine (IOM) published the report To Err is Human to alert medical professionals on the centrality of medical errors to patient safety [1]. The IOM report (1999) estimated that 98,000 hospitalized individuals die annually as a result of preventable medical errors [1]. Medical errors do not occur because of individual carelessness, but rather from faulty systems, processes, and conditions within a complex healthcare system [1]. It was not until the publication of the IOM report (1999) that a systems approach was recognized as critical for patient safety across all healthcare domains. Systems thinking should be emphasized in practice, education and in health research arena [4]
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