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    Examining the use of case study teaching method among nurse educators in Malawi
    (Kamuzu University of Health Sciences, 2020-10-08) Chiona, Burnett Chila
    Title: Investigating the use of case study teaching method among nurse educators in Malawi: A case of CHAM nursing colleges Type of study: This study will be a quantitative descriptive cross-section study Problem to be studied: Case study is a powerful student-centered teaching method in imparting student nurses with the much needed critical thinking, communication, and interpersonal skills(Reimer &Berghoff, 2017). According to Nurses and Midwives Council of Malawi (NMC) (2018) the current 2018 national training syllabus for the Nursing and Midwifery Technician programme prescribed by Nurses and Midwives Council of Malawi(NMC), has a total of 36 courses, in 28 of these courses the council prescribed case study, as a teaching method of choice to be used by the nurse educators when teaching these courses (Nurses and Midwives Council of Malawi,2018). This represents 78% of the total courses in the programme. Even though Mbirimtengerenji and Adejumo (2015) indicated that some nurse educators in Malawi do use case study teaching method, however in their study they did not examine exactly how these nursing educators used the method during teaching as their study was just enquiring on the varieties of teaching method used by the nursing educators. Hence the conduct of this study will provide specific knowledge on how nurse educators in Malawi use case study teaching method during teaching Study Objective: The main objective of this study is to explore the use of case study teaching method among nurse educators in Malawi. The study will specifically assess knowledge of the Malawian nurse educators in using case study teaching method, identify factors that influence the use of case study teaching method among the nursing educators in Malawi and assess case study teaching practices among Malawian nurse educators. Methodology: This study will use a quantitative descriptive cross-sectional study design to explore and describe the use of case study teaching method by the nursing educators in Malawi through the use of descriptive and inferential statistics. This study will be conducted in eight (8) CHAM Nursing and Midwifery colleges involved in the training of nurse-midwives technicians. These eight CHAM colleges are Ekwendeni, Holy Family, Malamulo, Mulanje Mission, Nkhoma, St Joseph, St Lukes and Trinity. The total subjects to be recruited in this study is one hundred and seventy one (171) nurse educators from the selected eight CHAM Nursing and Midwifery Colleges. Data will be collected from the subject through the use of a self-administered questionnaire. The collected data will be analyzed through the “use the Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) version 23. In order to ensure that this study adheres to ethical standards of conducting a research, this research proposal will be submitted to College of Medicine Research and Ethics Committee (COMREC) for ethical scrutiny. Furthermore in the study three primary ethical principles of beneficence, respect for human dignity and justice will be strictly observed and adhered to throughout the conduct of the study. Dissemination of results: The research report will be prepared in order to communicate findings to the appropriate audience. Among the audiences include the colleges that will participate in the study. The results will be published in peer reviewed journal and other copies of the report will be left in KCN library, COMREC and CHAM colleges. The results will also be presented during conferences locally and internationally.