Teaching and Assessment for Nursing and Allied Health Educators

An online program of courses to help clinical practitioners become effective educators.

Structure

Publication date: October 2015

Program structure: 2 courses

Core Activities: Over 3 hours

Additional Activities: 30 hours

Overview

The Teaching and Assessment for Nursing and Allied Health Educators online program is designed to support all clinical educators, including adjunct faculty members, as they address some of the issues inherent within clinical education. It intends to help those with teaching responsibilities to become more proficient in tailoring and preparing their teaching according to learner needs and diverse educational settings; in developing clinical reasoning skills; in involving patients in the learning process; in designing appropriate assessments; in delivering and receiving feedback; and in addressing potential challenges.

Ultimately, this program will help educators ensure that the clinicians of tomorrow are fit to practice. Throughout, this course encourages participants to review their profession-specific standards and domains, and underlines the fundamental role of service users within clinical education – whilst highlighting the issues of safety and consent.

This course is for:

This program is developed for full and part-time educators in nursing and allied health schools, clinical mentors and graduate teaching assistants.

Learning outcomes:

By completing this program, participants will be better equipped to:

1. Evaluate teaching and learning activities and describe the responsibilities you have to the learner, the patient, and the agency

2. Design a planned teaching session around your aims, the learners, your context, available resources and assessment

3. Define self-directed learning and critically appraise under what conditions this is beneficial to the learner

4. Apply strategies to deal with different and potentially challenging teaching and learning situations.

5. Define and describe the basic concepts in clinical assessment, and discuss the challenges that might impact the assessment process

6. Measure and document learners' progress in an effective and constructive way

7. Reflect on different types of assessment used in clinical teaching, from direct observation to simulation

8. Provide more effective and supportive feedback.

Key features:

Bespoke video content including interviews with experienced practitioners and learning scenarios.

Pop-up features including useful information, weblinks and links to professional frameworks. Scenarios. Two online courses focusing on clinical teaching and learning skills, and clinical assessment,

feedback and evaluation. Hot topics: Including interprofessional practice and ‘failing to fail’. Aligned with official standards. Discussion of self-assessment tools and related activities to help to plan a clinical day for a

learner. Advice on involving patients in the teaching process. Strategies for designing and implementing appropriate assessments. Interviews with professionals and students on some of the key components of clinical

teaching and learning. Strategies and tips for managing underachieving learners and giving them feedback.

Structure:

The program is comprised of two courses:

Clinical teaching and learning Clinical assessment, evaluation and feedback

Course and timings

Overview Syllabus Contributors

Clinical teaching and learning

Over 2 hours

Clinical teaching and learning looks at how nursing and allied health educators should involve patients in the teaching process in order to enhance learning and inspire students. Participants will understand the value of patients in the learning process, how to prepare students and patients for the encounter, and how best to facilitate learning, team

Clinical teaching Preparing for clinical teaching and

learning Understanding what you are

teaching Clinical teaching approaches Accommodating different needs and

dealing with challenging situations

Co-Authors: Dr Eva Aagaard, Dr Janet Corral & Fara Bowler

teaching and record- keeping.Clinical assessment, evaluation and feedback

Over 1 hour, 30 minutes

Clinical assessment, evaluation and feedback is designed to empower nursing and allied health educators to feel confident in designing, observing and evaluating accurate and effective written and practice-based assessments. They will be able to give constructive feedback and understand its importance in teaching and learning.

Introduction to assessment in clinical practice

Managing assessment in clinical practice

Assessment types, feedback and evaluation

Co-Authors: Dr Eva Aagaard, Dr Janet Corral & Fara Bowler

Contributors

Lead Advisor:

Dr Laura Dzurec - Dean of the School of Nursing at Widener University

Authors:

Dr Eva Aagaard - Professor of Medicine, Associate Dean for Educational Strategy, Director of the Center for Professional Excellence and Director of the Academy of Nursing Educators at the University of Colorado School of Medicine.

Dr Janet Corral - Director of Evaluation and Research, the Teaching Scholars Program, and Online Learning for the Academy of Nursing Educators at the University of Colorado School of Medicine.

Fara Bowler - Coordinator of the Clinical Education Center and Simulation Suite for the University of Colorado, College of Nursing.

Developed in collaboration with:

City College of New York Dublin City University Quinnipiac University Sheffield Hallam University University of Central Lancashire University of East Anglia University of Lincoln University of New England, Australia University of Newcastle, Australia University of Worcester Widener University