A study to identify the effectiveness of a faculty development programme in enhancing the cultural intelligence and intercultural effectiveness of nurse educators

Background: As the nursing education sector becomes more culturally diverse, a faculty development program is crucial towards nurse educators’ abilities to advance and improve their Cultural Intelligence (CQ) and Intercultural Effectiveness (IE). Aim: Two main aims are: (a) to examine the difference in pretest and posttest in CQ and IE scores after faculty development programme (FDP) for nurse educators and (b) to explore participants’ views about the need of conducting FDP for CQ and IE. Methods: A mixed-method, sequential explanatory design involving pretest-posttest measures followed with a qualitative process evaluation was employed in this study. A survey among nurse educators’ using CQ and IE scales before and after the Faculty Development Programme was conducted. Two focus group interviews were undertaken for process evaluation and qualitative feedback. Results: There were no significant differences in the means of various variables related to cultural intelligence between pretest and post-test for the Cultural Intelligence Scale (CQS). However, for the Intercultural Effectiveness Scale (ICS), there were statistically significant differences in the means of 6 out of 7 variables between the pretest and post-test. Conclusion: The FDP can be more targeted in improving CQ and would benefit from case studies and real-world scenarios as an example in the content are preferred by nurse educators.