Abstract:
INTRODUCTION: Nurses are essential for implementing
evidence-based practices to improve patient outcomes.
Unfortunately, nurses lack knowledge about research and
do not always understand research terminology. This study
aims to develop an in-service training programme for
health research for nurses and midwives in the Tshwane
district of South Africa.
METHODS AND ANALYSIS: This protocol outlines a codesign
study guided by the five stages of design thinking
proposed by the Hasso-Plattner Institute of Design at
Stanford University. The participants will include nurses
and midwives at two hospitals in the Tshwane district,
Gauteng Province. The five stages will be implemented in
three phases: Phase 1: Stage 1—empathise and Stage
2—define. Exploratory sequential mixed methods including
focus group discussions with nurses and midwives (n=40),
face-to-face interviews (n=6), and surveys (n=330), will
be used in this phase. Phase 2: Stage 3—ideate and Stage
4—prototype. A team of research experts (n=5), nurses
and midwives (n=20) will develop the training programme
based on the identified learning needs. Phase 3: Stage 5—
test. The programme will be delivered to clinical nurses
and midwives (n=41). The training programme will be
evaluated through pretraining and post-training surveys
and face-to-face interviews (n=4) following training. SPSS
V.29 will be used for quantitative analysis, and content
analysis will be used to analyse qualitative data.
ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION: The protocol was approved by
the Faculty of Health Sciences Research Ethics Committee
of the University of Pretoria (reference number 123/2023).
The protocol is also registered with the National Health
Research Database in South Africa (reference number
GP_202305_032). The study findings will be disseminated
through conference presentations and publications in
peer-reviewed journals.
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