Document Type
Article
Language
eng
Format of Original
11 p.
Publication Date
7-2015
Publisher
Elsevier
Source Publication
Nursing Outlook
Source ISSN
0029-6554
Original Item ID
DOI: 10.1016/j.outlook.2015.06.006
Abstract
Preparing the next generation of nursing scientists to conduct high-impact, competitive, sustainable, innovative, and interdisciplinary programs of research requires that the curricula for PhD programs keep pace with emerging areas of knowledge and health care/biomedical science. A field of inquiry that holds great potential to influence our understanding of the underlying biology and mechanisms of health and disease is omics. For the purpose of this article, omics refers to genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, epigenomics, exposomics, microbiomics, and metabolomics. Traditionally, most PhD programs in schools of nursing do not incorporate this content into their core curricula. As part of the Council for the Advancement of Nursing Science's Idea Festival for Nursing Science Education, a work group charged with addressing omics preparation for the next generation of nursing scientists was convened. The purpose of this article is to describe key findings and recommendations from the work group that unanimously and enthusiastically support the incorporation of omics content into the curricula of PhD programs in nursing. The work group also calls to action faculty in schools of nursing to develop strategies to enable students needing immersion in omics science and methods to execute their research goals.
Recommended Citation
Heitkemper, Margaret M.; McCarthy, Donna O.; Anderson, Cindy M.; Corwin, Elizabeth J.; Daack-Hirsch, Sandra; Dorsey, Susan G.; Gregory, Katherine E.; Groer, Maureen W.; Henly, Susan J.; Landers, Timothy; Lyon, Debra E.; Taylor, jacquelyn Y.; and Voss, Joachim, "Educating Future Nursing Scientists: Recommendations for Integrating Omics Content in PhD Programs" (2015). College of Nursing Faculty Research and Publications. 421.
https://epublications.marquette.edu/nursing_fac/421
Comments
Accepted version. Nursing Outlook, Vol 63, No. 4 (July/August 2015): 417-427. DOI. © 2015 Elsevier . Used with permission.
NOTICE: this is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in Nursing Outlook. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in Nursing Outlook, Vol 63, No. 4 (July/August 2015): 417-427. DOI.