Pre-Pilot and Pilot Studies with Malaysian Nurses on Transnational Nurse Education

Authors

N Arunasalam

Abstract

This paper reports on research undertaken to identify Malaysian nurses’ experiences of the part-time Transnational Higher Education post-registration top-up degree programmes delivered by one Australian and two UK universities. An interpretive paradigm and hermeneutic phenomenology and ethnographic principle of cultural interpretation research designs were used. A mixed methods approach was chosen, using both quantitative and qualitative methods. The Bristol Online Survey Questionnaire (BOS) and semi-structured interviews were initially selected to collect data. Pre-pilot testing refined the quantitative and qualitative data collection tools. However, the pilot study for BOS failed to elicit useful responses. This led to only the qualitative methodology being used to elicit participants’ views in a culturally sensitive way. The interview guide allowed nurses’ views of their experiences in relation to the research question to be obtained. This paper adds to the knowledge and insight on pre-pilot and pilot studies in international multicultural studies in Asia.

DOI

10.12968/bjon.2016.25.21.1201.

Publication Date

2017-12-10

Publication Title

Border Crossing

Volume

7

Issue

2

Publisher

Transnational Press London

ISSN

2046-4436

Embargo Period

2024-11-19

Comments

No embargo required.

Recommended Citation

Arunasalam, N. (2017) 'Pre-Pilot and Pilot Studies with Malaysian Nurses on Transnational Nurse Education', Border Crossing, 7(2). Transnational Press London: Available at: https://doi.org/10.12968/bjon.2016.25.21.1201.