The relationship of learning motivation, achievement and satisfaction for nurses learning simple excel VBA information systems programming

Ying Li Lee, Tsai Feng Chien, Ming Chuan Kuo, Polun Chang*

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

This study aims to understand the relationship between participating nurses' motivation, achievement and satisfaction before and after they learned to program in Excel Visual Basic for Applications (Excel VBA). We held a workshop to train nurses in developing simple Excel VBA information systems to support their clinical or administrative practices. Before and after the workshop, the participants were evaluated on their knowledge of Excel VBA, and a questionnaire was given to survey their learning motivation and satisfaction. Statistics softwares Winsteps and SPSS were used for data analysis. Results show that the participants are more knowledgeable about VBA as well as more motivated in learning VBA after the workshop. Participants were highly satisfied with the overall arrangement of the workshop and instructors, but didn't have enough confidence in promoting the application of Excel VBA themselves. In addition, we were unable to predict the participants' achievement by their demographic characteristics or pre-test motivation level.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationNursing Informatics 2014
Subtitle of host publicationEast Meets West eSMART+ - Proceedings of the 12th International Congress on Nursing Informatics, NI 2014
PublisherIOS Press
Pages364-370
Number of pages7
ISBN (Print)9781614994145
DOIs
StatePublished - 2014
Event12th International Congress on Nursing Informatics: East Meets West eSMART+, NI 2014 - Taipei, Taiwan
Duration: 21 Jun 201425 Jun 2014

Publication series

NameStudies in Health Technology and Informatics
Volume201
ISSN (Print)0926-9630
ISSN (Electronic)1879-8365

Conference

Conference12th International Congress on Nursing Informatics: East Meets West eSMART+, NI 2014
Country/TerritoryTaiwan
CityTaipei
Period21/06/1425/06/14

Keywords

  • Excel VBA
  • Learning achievement
  • Learning motivation
  • Rasch measurement model
  • Satisfaction

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