Responsive Podcast Curriculum Development for Asynchronous Nurse Practitioner Students

Asynchronous nurse practitioner students lack the benefit of live classroom discussions to synthesize and apply didactic knowledge. Responsive podcasts can remotely address identified student learning needs for improved practical application while remaining entertaining. This feasibility study produced a responsive, topical podcast to meet student learning needs. Episodes were electronically distributed and publically available. By January 2022, “The Peds NP” podcast had 39 episodes with a total of 5,477 downloads reaching 43 countries. Podcasts are succinct, focused microlearning tools that are easily produced, distributed, and consumed. Faculty can use them to augment traditional curricula and enhance the applicability of didactic teaching.

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Author Rebecca Carson School of Nursing