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Thursday, September 12, 2002

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Tapping Community Resources: Course Development Through Collaboration
Carol Stroud and Brenda Stutsky

When both financial and human resources are limited, how can an institution establish a distance education program? In this case study, we detail how a nursing department overcame its lack of internal resources by tapping community resources in order to create a distance education course, Advanced Neonatal & Pediatric Assessment, that met the professional development needs of its community. Based upon our experience with this course, we offer suggestions for institutions facing similar constraints. We close the study by reflecting on the strengths and limitations of the means by which we were able to launch the course....

 



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