In 2004, Western Carolina University nursing and health informatics faculty collaborated to create WestHealth, an online, complex, virtual health care system set in an imaginary county in western North Carolina. The framework (WebCT) provides a familiar mode for students and faculty to access information for learning activities, showcase student projects, and archive electronic learning objects. WestHealth was presented at the 2005 UNC-TLT Conference. This presentation introduces the Transylwood County (Virtual) Health Department, designed to supplement clinical activities in Community Health Nursing for online RN-to-BSN students. Due to the nursing shortage, clinical sites are in demand. The virtual TCHD clinics combine available Web-based resources with student follow-up activities following the WebQuest model, with 12 clinics “open”, including epidemiology, jail & occupational health nursing, community assessment and travel clinic. Students will evaluate virtual clinics against the comparable real-world clinic experience. This project was funded by a UNC eLearning grant.
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