Using qualitative methods for course evaluation: a case study from Botswana

Nurse Educ. 2006 Nov-Dec;31(6):275-80. doi: 10.1097/00006223-200611000-00014.

Abstract

This article is a report of a qualitative evaluation of a course on human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome carried out jointly by faculty from Botswana and the United States at a university in Botswana. It demonstrates the importance of both international nurse educator expertise in impacting a major pandemic and the use of qualitative methods for course evaluation.

MeSH terms

  • Alcoholism / ethnology
  • Attitude of Health Personnel
  • Attitude to Health / ethnology
  • Botswana / epidemiology
  • Clinical Competence
  • Condoms
  • Curriculum
  • Data Collection
  • Data Interpretation, Statistical
  • Faculty, Nursing
  • Focus Groups
  • Global Health
  • HIV Infections / ethnology
  • HIV Infections / nursing
  • Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
  • Humans
  • International Educational Exchange
  • Nursing Education Research / organization & administration*
  • Nursing Methodology Research / organization & administration*
  • Program Evaluation / methods*
  • Qualitative Research*
  • Research Design
  • Safe Sex / ethnology
  • Students, Nursing / psychology
  • United States