In FY 2022-2023, the Hawaiʻi State Center for Nursing received the first round of funding from the State of Hawaiʻi budget for clinical faculty training. We continue to receive these funds annually. In FY 20232024, we continued to collaborate with Deans and Directors of schools of nursing across the state to determine how to best utilize these funds.

Program Goals

  • By FY 2025-2026, 100% of clinical faculty who have been in their clinical faculty role for 1-3 years will report that they have received training.
  • By FY 2027-2028, 100% of clinical faculty will report that they have received training.
  • Each subsequent FY, at least 15% of Hawaii’s clinical faculty will report receiving ongoing professional development for the clinical faculty role.

Connecticut Center for Nursing Workforce (CCNW) Clinical Faculty Training

FY 2022-2023 funding was used to support 47 clinical faculty across the state to complete the Connecticut Center for Nursing Workforce’s Clinical Faculty Training course.  This is a 3-week course offered online with assignments due twice a week. 

Evaluation Outcomes

97% of the clinical faculty who participated in this course agreed that all the learning outcomes were met. Learning outcomes for this course included:

  • Understanding the expectations and purpose of the clinical faculty role.
  • Develop and implement a clinical orientation process for students and/or faculty.
  • Assess students’ readiness for clinical assignments.
  • Anticipate and plan response to issues that may arise in the clinical setting.
  • Effectively manage students’ post-clinical conference sessions.
  • Evaluate students’ clinical competencies based on course objectives.
  • Support unsuccessful students based on legal & ethical guidelines.

Majority of clinical faculty participants felt the course was valuable and made them a more confident clinical instructor.  Other feedback was that the course was intensive and difficult to complete while maintaining their full-time teaching schedules.

HealthImpact / Benner Institute WUFAR9 Training

The WUFAR 9 Clinical Faculty Training was developed as part of a HRSA Grant received by HealthImpact and in partnership with the Benner Institute and Western University.  This is a four year grant and as of November 2023, the second year had just started.

Online Offering

  • 6 modules, each 4 hours long with additional home study.  Online modules are live.  The course offers 30 CNE total.
  • Audience: Developed for clinical faculty, unit educators, and masters prepared faculty.
    • Intended to be for groups of four, two academic faculty and two clinical partners. 
  • Hawaii is written into the grant and can send 16 participants online under grant funding.  Two faculty from UH Manoa NAWSON and two clinical educators from The Queen’s Medical Center have completed the Course.

In-Person Offering

  • In November 2023, the Center worked with the Deans and Directors of all schools of nursing across the state to determine the feasibility of supporting their faculty to attend this training as a 3-day intensive that will be held in-person.
  • May 8-10, 2024 3-day intensive held at the Hyatt Regency Waikiki with 20 participants from Chaminade University (6), Hawaii Pacific University (1), Kapiolani Community College (10), and University of Hawaii at Manoa NAWSON (3).

NurseTim

NurseTim offers faculty development workshops and webinars for schools and healthcare organizations. 

  • NurseTim Mission: To provide hands-on interactive training for educators and learners through customized onsite and online conferences and consultations.
  • NurseTim Vision: To empower educators and learners for success in life and leadership.

The Center currently contracts with NurseTim to offer their services to all eight schools of nursing across the state.  Their fee structure is based on the number of full-time faculty but their offerings are available to all full-time and part-time faculty, and graduate students.