The Use of Blogging in Tertiary Healthcare Educational Settings to Enhance Reflective Learning in Nursing Leadership

Web 2.0 technologies such as blogs are increasingly used in academic settings; however, they are not widely used in hospital settings. This project explored the effectiveness of using a blog to enhance reflective learning in a nurse manager leadership development course of a tertiary care hospital setting. Differences in reflective learning between the blog group and traditional learning group were measured post training using a Reflective Learning and Interaction Questionnaire. Although the groups did not differ significantly on any reflective learning dimension (p < .05, n = 11), the mean scores showed that both groups identified a reflective learning experience. Findings from this study inform the practice of other nurse educators contemplating to incorporate blogs into their learning strategies to enhance reflective learning.