Evaluation of a Summer Bridge: Critical Component of the Leadership 2.0 Program

Pritchard, Tracy J.; Perazzo, Joseph; Holt, Julie A; Fishback, Benjamin P; McLaughlin, Michaela; Bankston, Karen; Glazer, Greer

doi:10.3928/01484834-20160316-03

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“…The need for nursing care has increased in recent years in Poland, as well as in other European countries and worldwide, due to the aging of society and the increasing incidence of chronic diseases [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]. At the same time, the number of nurses is decreasing rapidly.…”

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“…Both national and international literature on the issue of leadership in nursing emphasize the difference between the role of leaders and the role of managers of health care institutions, including nursing managers and ward nurses [2][3][4][5][6][7][8]. The role of leaders is to effectively design the change and drive its implementation, while health care managers are more responsible for the productivity of work in the organization.…”

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“…A leader is usually focused on the goals of the organization, takes the initiative to develop a strategic plan, introduces new concepts, and encourages discussion and criticism of the methods or results of the organization's policies. Meanwhile, the manager focuses on the methods of work, and selects and applies appropriate indicators and measures of its results [2][3][4][5][6][7][8]. It therefore seems natural that the role of nursing leaders should be taken by young people who are entering the labor market and beginning their careers in nursing, but also by those with natural leadership competencies.…”

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“…Many concepts of leadership are presented in world literature, including shaping the leaders in nursing, based on different theoretical models [2][3][4][5][6][7][8]. In recent years, literature highlights that one of the most relevant concepts that also applies in nursing is the concept of authentic leadership.…”

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Let’s look for leaders – we need them! A survey on the authentic leadership competences among nursing students

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Background. Deficiencies among nursing staff results in a lower quality of nursing care, thereby threatening patients' safety. A potential way to deal with the problem of insufficient nursing care is to implement effective leadership. Universities play a key role in creating future leaders who are able to initiate changes in health care systems. As leadership education requires adequate support (including financial aid and mentoring), it is necessary to identify those who would most benefit from additional training by analyzing natural leadership competences. To date, the issue of nursing leadership, especially authentic leadership, in Poland has not been sufficiently described. This study aimed to assess the level of competence in authentic leadership in a group of nursing students in Poland. Methods. A total of 99 students (93 women and 6 men) from the Nursing Division, Faculty of Health Sciences, Medical University of Warsaw were recruited, including 58 students in their first year of first cycle (54 women and 4 men) and 41 students in their second year of the masters program (39 women and 2 men). The average age was 26.17 years (min. 24, max. 47, SD: 5.630). Students were assessed using the pen and paper interview (PAPI) method, and an anonymous Authentic Leadership Questionnaire (ALQ). The ALQ comprises 16 statements rated using the Likert scale, ranging from 1 (totally disagree) to 5, in four dimensions: self-awareness, ethics/morality, balanced processing, and transparency in relationships. Data was analyzed using descriptive statistics. The reliability of the questionnaire measured by Cronbach's alpha coefficient was 0.781. Results. Only 24% of students had a high level of leadership competency (16-20 points) in the self-awareness dimension. Students achieved a low score (15 points or below) in the other dimensions (ethics/morality, balanced processing, and transparency in relations). Conclusion. The overall level of leadership competency among the study group of nursing students in Poland was low. Nursing students with higher levels of authentic leadership competencies should be identified and given additional individual support from their home universities during their studies to provide future leaders for our health care system.

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“…One study exploring the impact of a bridge program for students in STEM majors found that students attributed faculty mentors in the bridge program as being particularly important to their academic success (Maton, Hrabowski, & Schmitt, 2000). Similarly, another study exploring the impact of a bridge program for nursing students showed that students ranked the social aspects of the bridge program as the most important part of the experience (Pritchard et al, 2016). However, no study has explored student comfort levels and the number of connections students make with peers and faculty.…”

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Breaking Down Barriers: A Bridge Program Helps First-Year Biology Students Connect With Faculty

Cooper

Ashley

Brownell

2018

Journal of College Science Teaching

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Summer bridge programs often aim to build social connections for first-year students to ease their transition into college, yet few studies have reported on bridge programs successfully leading to these outcomes. We backward designed a summer bridge program for incoming biology majors to increase the comfort and connections among students and between students and faculty. We found that first-year students who participated in the bridge program had greater comfort and connections with faculty compared with matched students who did not participate in the bridge program. However, there were no differences in the comfort and connections with peers for students who participated in the bridge program compared with matched students who did not participate in the program. Bridge students reported specific elements of the bridge program that they perceived led to greater comfort and connections with faculty, which can help guide bridge developers in the design of their programs aimed to enhance student relationships with faculty. This study adds to the growing literature on bridge programs and demonstrates how a bridge program can be designed to lead to increased comfort and social connections with faculty.

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A learner's journey towards a chemical engineering degree

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The overall goal of any engineering program is to maximize the capacity of its graduates to succeed academically and professionally. We describe how a path can be designed for learners to proceed towards this goal and describe the rationale used to create its foundational steps. It begins with a summer bridge program for incoming students before entering university as first-year undergraduates. Since the prior knowledge of these learners is not uniform, the bridge program is designed to provide opportunities for them to become better prepared academically for first-year engineering. These students thus transition to university-level learning more smoothly. In their first year, students work in groups to tackle socially relevant projects through an integrated 13-unit course that is designed based on integrated learning, collaboration, problem-solving, community engagement, and communication. Since teaching and learning using this approach is unusual and challenging, the curriculum must be carefully designed and implemented with adequate resources in place, particularly for cohorts of more than 1000 students in our case who work in small four or five-member teams. In upper years, learning in chemical engineering is enriched by conducting discovery-based workshops where students work on engineering problems requiring the application of new mathematical concepts. Finally, we describe a hybrid method for testing and assessment, where learners take tests individually, following which they are also provided with the option to retake these tests in groups to promote collaborative learning. Retaking tests in teams enhances the ability of learners to reflect and learn from mistakes and promotes peer mentoring.

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Evaluation of a Summer Bridge: Critical Component of the Leadership 2.0 Program

Abstract: The summer bridge was effective in preparing nursing students for the first year of college. Through holistic evaluation, unique aspects of socialization critical to student success were uncovered.

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Let’s look for leaders – we need them! A survey on the authentic leadership competences among nursing students

Let’s look for leaders – we need them! A survey on the authentic leadership competences among nursing students

Breaking Down Barriers: A Bridge Program Helps First-Year Biology Students Connect With Faculty

A learner's journey towards a chemical engineering degree

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