What did you like or dislike about taking an online course?
I liked and disliked the freedom in time management that an online course allows. Most of the time I stayed on schedule but there were a few times that I turned stuff in at the last possible minute and that was just way too stressful. The one thing that I've really disliked about all the online courses I've taken is the absence of the classroom. I enjoy the discussions and other interactions that occur in the classroom. I especially like seeing an instructor teach their class.
What topic did you learn the most about and what was your favoirte topic?
I found decision support systems to be fascinating. While looking into decision support systems to critique I came across some great resources. I really enjoyed ARUP's Clinical Consult and DiagnosisPro, not only because they were free but also because they were easy to use. Just about every pay-for-use decision support system I found had at least one component that I thought made it worth the yearly subscription fees. This class made me realize that decision support systems are going to play a major role in the future delivery of health care services. I also feel that I would like to help develop point-of-care decision support systems in the future. This is something that I may have to look into once I'm done with school and get a little clinical experience under my belt.
If you were the instructor, and this being the first course for all DNP and Master students, what would you do the same or different?
If I were the instructor I'd spend a little more time covering EndNote, literature searches, and decision support systems. I'm saying this because these are the subjects that I really enjoyed or struggled with and I know that a few of my classmates felt the same way. This course did a good job of sparking my interest in IT and laying a decent foundation for us to fall back on in the future. As I mentioned above, I'm definitely interested in helping to develop easy to use point-of-care decision support systems for clinicians and this class is responsible for this.
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