Digital Preferences and Perceptions of Students in Health Professional Courses at a Leading Australian University: A Baseline for Improving Digital Skills and Competencies in Health Graduates

Autor/inn/en	Cham, Kwang Meng; Edwards, Mary-Louise; Kruesi, Lisa; Celeste, Tania; Hennessey, Trent
Titel	Digital Preferences and Perceptions of Students in Health Professional Courses at a Leading Australian University: A Baseline for Improving Digital Skills and Competencies in Health Graduates
Quelle	In: Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 38 (2022) 1, S.69-86 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Edwards, Mary-Louise) ORCID (Kruesi, Lisa) ORCID (Celeste, Tania) ORCID (Hennessey, Trent)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1449-5554
Schlagwörter	Graduate Students; Preferences; Student Attitudes; Technological Literacy; Allied Health Occupations; Skill Development; Job Skills; Employment Qualifications; Workshops; Intervention; Allied Health Occupations Education; Self Concept + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Graduate Study; Student; Students; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Studentin; Schülerverhalten; Technisches Wissen; Gesundheitsberuf; Kompetenzentwicklung; Qualifikationsentwicklung; Produktive Fertigkeit; Employment qualification; Vocational qualification; Vocational qualifications; Berufliche Qualifikation; Lernwerkstatt; Schulung; Selbstkonzept
Abstract	This study aimed to improve understanding of graduate students' digital preferences and perceptions to prepare them for work in the digitally enabled health sector. We surveyed 361 students from five disciplines to create a baseline of their digital capabilities. Results show that students were confident in engaging with day-to-day technologies required for discipline-specific learnings and most were reasonably aware of digital privacy and security. However, only 11% of the students reported having sufficient university support and services to develop their digital skills and competencies, and only 39% of the students believed they have the relevant skills for entering the workforce. To improve their understanding in this area, students attended a digital skills and employability workshop that was developed in partnership with teaching specialists, learning and teaching librarians and career services coordinators. Post-workshop findings show that this learning intervention positively impacted students' understanding of their own digital capabilities and increased their awareness of the importance of this core skill for both the university and the workforce. Teaching staff can use these findings to improve student digital learning in health professional curricula, which will contribute to knowledge transfer and communication with digital health employers. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education. Ascilite Secretariat, P.O. Box 44, Figtree, NSW, Australia. Tel: +61-8-9367-1133; e-mail: info@ascilite.org.au; Web site: https://ajet.org.au/index.php/AJET
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01