E-Learning and Blended-Learning Program in Wound Care for Undergraduate Nursing Students

To respond to the nursing shortage in the canton of Geneva, the School of Health Sciences increased the yearly number of Bachelor of Nursing students from 426 in 2016 to 497 in 2019 (HES-SO, 2020; 2021). In 2020, 190 students started, representing an increase of 18% since 2016. This increase had a major effect on the current face-to-face teaching methods, not only for the availability of lecturers, but also for the logistical resources. To face this problem, different virtual learning tools such as blended and e-learning were implemented. Blended learning is a combination of online learning and the traditional face-to-face learning (Siemens et al., 2015; Singh, 2003) using different technological approaches such as podcasts, lecture captures, or virtual web-based classrooms (Leidl et al., 2020), whereas e-learning is an online education method … read more