Building Educational Practice and Culture in Infection Prevention and Control: A Design-Based Research Study

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dc.contributor.advisorJacobsen, Michele DM
dc.contributor.advisorHenderson, Elizabeth Ann
dc.contributor.authorMeyers, Gwyneth Louise
dc.contributor.committeememberFriesen, Sharon L.
dc.contributor.committeememberLock, Jennifer Vivian
dc.contributor.committeememberSeneviratne, Cydnee Christine
dc.contributor.committeememberReeves, Thomas Charles
dc.date.accessioned2017-04-21T22:19:59Z
dc.date.available2017-04-21T22:19:59Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.date.submitted2017en
dc.description.abstractEmerging antibiotic resistant organisms and diseases such as Ebola pose significant public health threats. Infection Prevention and Control (IPAC) programs are charged with educating healthcare workers (HCWs) to prevent the spread of such microorganisms and infections. Despite ongoing education by Infection Control Professionals (ICPs), HCWs’ adherence to IPAC practice remains low. While education is an expected core competency for ICPs, they are not prepared for this educator role and opportunities for educational professional development are limited. This gap leads to a narrow conceptualization of education, limited application of theory, and research challenges. Relying on conventional teaching methods, ICPs are frustrated with the poor results and are disengaged from their educational efforts. Using Design-based research as an interventional change methodology, the purpose of this research was to begin addressing these problems by designing, developing and implementing an innovative professional development experience in education for a group of ICPs in the Alberta Health Services IPAC program. This professional development experience was situated in the context of a community of learning (CoL) located in the ICPs’ workplace practice. Learning in the CoL was mediated through use of collaborative teaching and learning activities over a one year timeframe. The core interventionist strategy was to have the ICPs create a flipped learning experience the ICPs could use to teach HCWs. Drawing on contemporary constructivist concepts and principles from the Learning Sciences, this research resulted in the creation of an innovative design framework for the educational professional development of ICPs that successfully changed ICPs educational understanding and practice by building their pedagogical expertise and developing their identity as educators through the acquisition of knowledge, language and experience with which to reflect on and explore their teaching and learning practices. This study demonstrated the value of using DBR to explore teaching and learning in the context of a healthcare workplace setting where the focus is on the production and delivery of activities other than teaching and learning. The application of DBR to IPAC practice, whose focus is often to create change, suggests that DBR has potential use beyond the design and improvement of teaching and learning environments.en_US
dc.identifier.citationMeyers, G. L. (2017). Building Educational Practice and Culture in Infection Prevention and Control: A Design-Based Research Study (Doctoral thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. doi:10.11575/PRISM/25183en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/25183
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11023/3717
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisher.facultyGraduate Studies
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen
dc.publisher.placeCalgaryen
dc.rightsUniversity of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.
dc.subjectEducation--Health
dc.subject.otherInfection Prevention and Control
dc.subject.otherProfessional Development
dc.subject.otherDesign-based Research
dc.subject.othereducation
dc.subject.otherCommunity of Learning
dc.titleBuilding Educational Practice and Culture in Infection Prevention and Control: A Design-Based Research Study
dc.typedoctoral thesis
thesis.degree.disciplineEducational Research
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Calgary
thesis.degree.nameDoctor of Philosophy (PhD)
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