Master Resource Outline

Course Title: NRSG 502 Effective Clinical Teaching

Credits: 2 (2 didactic)

Semester Offered: Spring

Prerequisites: Graduate standing

Degree: Nursing EducationCertificate

 

NLN Core Competencies for Certified Nurse Educator: 

  1. Facilitate learning.
  2. Facilitate learner development and socialization.
  3. Use assessment and evaluation strategies.
  4. Participate in curriculum design and evaluation of program outcomes.
  5. Pursue systematic self-evaluation and improvement in the academic nurse educator role.
  6. Engage in scholarship, service, and leadership.

 

MRJCON Nursing Education Program Learning Outcomes: 

  1. Develop a variety of evidence-based teaching strategies based on educational theory.
  2. Articulate the elements for an effective clinical curriculum.

 

Course Description:

This course focuses on educator roles and responsibilities in teaching clinical nursing

(academic or practice environments) and is designed for students interested in developing clinical teaching skills. Major themes are development of diverse high quality learning activities, evaluation of student performance, concepts of student supervision, and agency coordination.

 

Catalog Description:

This course focuses on educator roles and responsibilities in teaching clinical nursing

(academic or practice environments) and is designed for students interested in developing clinical teaching skills. Major themes are development of diverse high quality learning activities, evaluation of student performance, concepts of student supervision, and agency coordination.

 

Course Objectives:

  1. Formulate learning objectives aligned with the Essentials and program outcomes for nursing students in diverse clinical settings.
  2. Develop diverse learning strategies to encompass the complexities of the educational program, clinical environment, student, and agency as well as patients.
  3. Participate in designing and implementing equitable evaluative measures of clinical performance.
  4. Use evaluation process as a strategy to promote and document student learning.
  5. Analyze educator roles/responsibilities in equitable management of the clinical learning environment.

 

 Course Learning Outcomes:

  1. Identify high quality clinical sites.
  2. Create a simulation scenario.
  3. Analyze current issues in clinical education.
  4. Demonstrate the process for comprehensive clinical documentation and evaluation.

 

Exemplars of Course Learning Outcomes:           

  1. Creative clinical site development paper (CLO 1)
  2. Create a simulation story board assignment (CLO 2)
  3. Course project – In-depth exploration and presentation of a clinical education issue (CLO 3)

 

Curricular Threads addressed in this course:

Equity and Inclusion

Diversity

Cultural Sensitivity

Social Determinants of Health

Communication

Ethics

Clinical Judgment

Mental Health

 

Recommended Content:

Philosophy behind clinical education

Curriculum alignment

Learning outcomes in clinical education

QSEN competencies for clinical education

High quality clinical site considerations

Preparing clinical learning activities

Ethical and legal issues in clinical instruction

Role and responsibilities of clinical instructors

Interprofessional education

Clinical evaluation and grading

Technology in nursing education

Clinical conferences

Simulation

Preceptor and agency considerations

 

Recommended Clinical Experiences/Sites: [if applicable]

 

 

Approved by GAAC: 12/1/23

Approved by Faculty: 12/13/23