15May 2017

EXPLORING SAUDI FACULTY PERCEPTIONS OF THE CHARACTERISTICS OF A GOOD FACULTY: A DELPHI STUDY.

  • PhD. MSN. RN. CCRN. Assistant Professor, College of Nursing, King Saud University, Riyadh,Saudi Arabia.
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Background:There are many studies that explored the characteristics of a good faculty. However, none of these studies were conducted in Saudi Arabia, therefore, due to the cultural differences and the different education policy, results of these studies may not be applicable to these populations. The present study aimed to examine the characteristics of a good faculty in a nursing program in Saudi Arabia. Methods: Twelve faculty members (male 5, female 7) from the nursing college were participated. A three round questionnaire based survey was conducted using the Delphi technique. Participants were requested to respond to an open ended question. In addition, they were requested to rate a list of 30, 37, and 42 characteristics of a good faculty in round one, two, and three survey, respectively. Results: The top five characteristics of a good faculty in the present study were fair to all students, good academic knowledge, uses variety of teaching methods, encourage self-learning, and effective communication skills. Experts believed that both being empathetic and sympathetic are not among the characteristics of a good faculty. Conclusion:In the present study, teaching and learning strategies, subject knowledge, and the personality attributes all were characteristics of a good faculty in the nursing college. However, academic knowledge, teaching methods, and communication skills were the top qualities of a good faculty.

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[Abdualrahman S. Alshehry and Homood A. Alharbi (2017); EXPLORING SAUDI FACULTY PERCEPTIONS OF THE CHARACTERISTICS OF A GOOD FACULTY: A DELPHI STUDY. Int. J. of Adv. Res. 5 (May). 264-275] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com

Abdulrahman S. Alshehri
RN. MSN. PhD. Assistant Professor, College of Nursing, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

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Article DOI: 10.21474/IJAR01/4106      
DOI URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/4106

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