London Interdisciplinary Social Science Doctoral Training Partnership (LISS)
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The rapidly evolving healthcare environment stresses the necessity for robust ethical education in nursing to ensure that healthcare professionals deliver contemporary care with respect, compassion, and integrity to safeguard patient rights and foster trust. Inspired by a similar educational initiative in military medical ethics (Miron & Bricknell, 2021), we propose the development of nursing ethics ‘playing cards’ with an accompanying d(igital)-learning suite, which includes a smartphone application and a website. This innovative educational tool aims to address the gap in accessible and engaging resources for nursing ethics. By utilising principles of interactive scenario-based learning and gamification pedagogy, it will provide a dynamic and responsive environment for effective ethical education (Ford et al., 2024; Izadi et al., 2020; Nemoto et al., 2024; Solum et al., 2016; Song, 2018). Each deck will consist of fifty-two cards, depicting a different ethical scenario that nursing students and registered nurses may encounter in their practice. These scenarios will be designed to foster critical thinking and discussion among the targeted population, enhancing their ability to navigate complex ethical dilemmas in real-world settings. While the physical cards aim to provide a tangible and interactive method of learning, the smartphone application and website will not only mirror the content, offering the same scenarios in a digital format, but also provide additional complementary information with adapted accessibility features.
The aim of this project is to develop a sustainable educational resource by combining physical and digital learning tools in the form of ethical playing cards. This resource will provide a flexible, adaptable, and accessible approach for nursing ethics education, suitable for diverse learning environments, whether in classroom-based settings or remote learning, and can be used in both synchronous and asynchronous formats. Grounded in comprehensive research, this tool will be designed to enhance not only knowledge and skills in nursing ethics but also to foster a culture of ethical awareness and informed decision-making among both current and future nursing professionals. Through this innovative integration, the project seeks to support long-term, impactful learning in nursing ethics education.
The research assistant intern for this project will be responsible for a variety of tasks across different phases. During Phase 3 of the project (April – June 2025), they will play a key role in recruitment (students, clinical teachers and service users), transcribing focus group discussions and interviews verbatim, ensuring accurate documentation, and contributing to data collection and analysis, performing basic coding for qualitative data and conducting statistical analysis for quantitative data. The intern will support content development and analysis by collating and organising research findings, creating summaries, charts, and graphs to aid in interpreting the results and supporting the research team’s conclusions.
More info: https://liss-dtp.ac.uk/internships/nursing-ethics-playing-cards/