Conducting a Gap Analysis:

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• Conducting a Gap Analysis
• The University of
• Rhode Island Approach
• Carolyn C. Hames

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URIs Gap Analysis Partners

• Miriam Hospital
• Rhode Island Hospital and
• Hasbro Childrens Hospital
• Women Infants Hospital
• Visiting Nurse Service of Newport County

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Core Competency Informatics

• The Nurse of the Future will use
• information and technology
• to communicate, manage
• knowledge, mitigate error,
• and support decision making.

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Planning

• Determining the key players
• Curriculum Committee Chair
• Program Evaluation Committee Chair
• Determining process
• Enlist members of the Curriculum Committee
• Group meeting to explain task
• Creation of data collection tool
• Define process and timeline
• Identify individual responsibilities

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Gap Analysis Tool

• How many opportunities are currently available
  for your students to learn the knowledge/attitude/
  skills regarding informatics in your course?
• How many opportunities do you believe should be
  available in your course to learn
  knowledge/attitudes/skills necessary in
  informatics?

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Gap Analysis Tool

• Response scale of 1-4
• 1 No opportunities to learn knowledge areas,
  attitudes or skills (K/A/S) for informatics in
  this class.
• 2 Only a few opportunities to learn K/A/S for
  informatics in this class.
• 3 Several opportunities to learn K/A/S for
  informatics in this class.
• 4 Many opportunities to learn K/A/S for
  informatics in this class.

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Gap Analysis Tool

• Where are these learning opportunities in your
  course?
• Please give examples of specific learning
  informatics activities, and if possible provide
  documentation/evidence of. (e.g.. Provide us with
  a syllabus and highlight where you believe the
  students learn informatics)

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Conclusion?

• Yet to be determined, but eyeball analysis shows
• Freshmen/sophomore level
• Have no or only a few opportunities, mostly
  discussion and use of personal computers (email,
  e-reserves, e-portfolio)
• Faculty think they should have a few

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• Junior level
• Have few to several opportunities, including
  discussion, clickers, personal computer( WebCT),
  hospital computer usage, simulation technology
• Faculty think they should have many

10

• Senior level
• Have few to several opportunities, including
  personal computers (virtual lectures, chat room
  conferencing, discussion boards, PowerPoint),
  hospital computers, electronics and technology
• Faculty think they should have many