NSN720 Education Design for Health Professionals
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| Unit code: | NSN720 |
|---|---|
| Equivalent(s): | HLN720 |
| Credit points: | 12 |
| Timetable | Details in HiQ, if available |
| Availabilities |
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| CSP student contribution | $1,118 |
| Domestic tuition unit fee | $2,976 |
| International unit fee | $4,236 |
Unit Outline: Semester 2 2024, Kelvin Grove, Internal
| Unit code: | NSN720 |
|---|---|
| Credit points: | 12 |
| Equivalent: | HLN720 |
| Coordinator: | Karen Theobald | k.theobald@qut.edu.au |
Overview
Health professionals engage in the facilitation of learning in various contexts, including, professional staff development programs, work integrated learning support and ongoing targeted educational endeavours. The focus is on educational design and development, facilitation of learning and teaching, assessment and evaluation. To create supportive learning environments and facilitate innovation in contemporary healthcare contexts requires specialist knowledge and skills including innovative, creative and reflective teaching practices. This unit provides health professionals with learning and assessment experiences to plan, design, implement and evaluate effective programs of learning. NSN719 and NSN720 are the two specialist units required for the Health Professional Education Major.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:
- Plan, design and develop effective health educational experiences.
- Demonstrate constructive alignment between learning outcomes, assessment, content, and teaching and learning approaches.
- Facilitate an inclusive educational experience using digital technologies and professional communication.
- Critically reflect on and evaluate the planning and facilitation of learning to justify improvements in teaching and learning practices.
Content
This unit addresses the following content:
- adult learning principles
- curriculum/education design
- development of learning outcomes
- constructive alignment
- engaging learning and teaching approaches
- emerging technologies and trends in health care education, and
- embedding authentic assessment.
Learning Approaches
In this unit, you will learn through engaging in the following:
- Workshops (online and/or face-to-face) to support knowledge development and academic literacy skills
- Online self-directed learning
- Peer review/feedback
- Individual research and readings; and
- Collaborative activities.
Feedback on Learning and Assessment
Feedback in this unit is provided to you through the following:
- Formative feedback in workshops and activities
- Comments and grading via rubrics on summative assessment
- Feedback from peers.
Assessment
Overview
The assessment for this unit is comprised of 2 summative items.
This unit will use online web based text matching software that assists students to develop the academic skills required to correctly use and cite reference material as well as check citations to determine and avoid possible instances of plagiarism.
Unit Grading Scheme
7- point scale
Assessment Tasks
Assessment: Education Program Development
Design and develop an educational event. You will design an educational event that incorporates key principles and concepts in learning and teaching. Provide a justification using relevant educational theory to inform learning design of learning outcomes and assessment, content and teaching and learning approaches.
This is an assignment for the purposes of an extension.
Assessment: Placement Performance
Implementation, critical reflection and evaluation of an educational event. You will implement an educational event developed in assessment 1 and amend based on self reflection and peer feedback, to generate recommendations for improvement.
This is an assignment for the purposes of an extension.
Academic Integrity
Students are expected to engage in learning and assessment at QUT with honesty, transparency and fairness. Maintaining academic integrity means upholding these principles and demonstrating valuable professional capabilities based on ethical foundations.
Failure to maintain academic integrity can take many forms. It includes cheating in examinations, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion, and submitting an assessment item completed by another person (e.g. contract cheating). It can also include providing your assessment to another entity, such as to a person or website.
You are encouraged to make use of QUT’s learning support services, resources and tools to assure the academic integrity of your assessment. This includes the use of text matching software that may be available to assist with self-assessing your academic integrity as part of the assessment submission process.
Further details of QUT’s approach to academic integrity are outlined in the Academic integrity policy and the Student Code of Conduct. Breaching QUT’s Academic integrity policy is regarded as student misconduct and can lead to the imposition of penalties ranging from a grade reduction to exclusion from QUT.
Resources
Online and library resources relevant to the unit are updated each semester, and suggested resources will be posted on the unit Canvas site prior to semester commencement.
Risk Assessment Statement
There are no out of ordinary risks associated with undertaking this unit.
Course Learning Outcomes
This unit is designed to support your development of the following course/study area learning outcomes.NS32 Graduate Certificate in Nursing
- Demonstrate and apply advanced health care knowledge and skills in a specialist nursing area.
Relates to: Education Program Development, Placement Performance - Critically analyse, evaluate, and reflect on specialist nursing knowledge, evidence and practice to improve patient care and health outcomes.
Relates to: Education Program Development, Placement Performance - Use evidence-based theories and frameworks to inform emerging leadership practice in nursing and interprofessional collaborations.
Relates to: Education Program Development, Placement Performance - Communicate complex evidence-based knowledge through education, professional communication, and a range of digital technologies.
Relates to: Placement Performance
NS95 Master of Nursing
- Apply advanced knowledge and skills to manage and improve nursing practices across diverse and complex contexts to improve health outcomes and service provision.
Relates to: Education Program Development - Critically analyse evidence to inform decision-making in advanced nursing and interprofessional care contexts.
Relates to: Education Program Development, Placement Performance - Design and develop ethically appropriate research and/or professional plans that respond to a gap in health care that informs best practice.
Relates to: Placement Performance - Communicate complex evidence-based findings through professional dissemination using a range of digital technologies.
Relates to: Placement Performance
Unit Outline: Semester 2 2024, Online
| Unit code: | NSN720 |
|---|---|
| Credit points: | 12 |
| Equivalent: | HLN720 |
Overview
Health professionals engage in the facilitation of learning in various contexts, including, professional staff development programs, work integrated learning support and ongoing targeted educational endeavours. The focus is on educational design and development, facilitation of learning and teaching, assessment and evaluation. To create supportive learning environments and facilitate innovation in contemporary healthcare contexts requires specialist knowledge and skills including innovative, creative and reflective teaching practices. This unit provides health professionals with learning and assessment experiences to plan, design, implement and evaluate effective programs of learning. NSN719 and NSN720 are the two specialist units required for the Health Professional Education Major.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:
- Plan, design and develop effective health educational experiences.
- Demonstrate constructive alignment between learning outcomes, assessment, content, and teaching and learning approaches.
- Facilitate an inclusive educational experience using digital technologies and professional communication.
- Critically reflect on and evaluate the planning and facilitation of learning to justify improvements in teaching and learning practices.
Content
This unit addresses the following content:
- adult learning principles
- curriculum/education design
- development of learning outcomes
- constructive alignment
- engaging learning and teaching approaches
- emerging technologies and trends in health care education, and
- embedding authentic assessment.
Learning Approaches
In this unit, you will learn through engaging in the following:
- Workshops (online and/or face-to-face) to support knowledge development and academic literacy skills
- Online self-directed learning
- Peer review/feedback
- Individual research and readings; and
- Collaborative activities.
Feedback on Learning and Assessment
Feedback in this unit is provided to you through the following:
- Formative feedback in workshops and activities
- Comments and grading via rubrics on summative assessment
- Feedback from peers.
Assessment
Overview
The assessment for this unit is comprised of 2 summative items.
This unit will use online web based text matching software that assists students to develop the academic skills required to correctly use and cite reference material as well as check citations to determine and avoid possible instances of plagiarism.
Unit Grading Scheme
7- point scale
Assessment Tasks
Assessment: Education Program Development
Design and develop an educational event. You will design an educational event that incorporates key principles and concepts in learning and teaching. Provide a justification using relevant educational theory to inform learning design of learning outcomes and assessment, content and teaching and learning approaches.
This is an assignment for the purposes of an extension.
Assessment: Placement Performance
Implementation, critical reflection and evaluation of an educational event. You will implement an educational event developed in assessment 1 and amend based on self reflection and peer feedback, to generate recommendations for improvement.
This is an assignment for the purposes of an extension.
Academic Integrity
Students are expected to engage in learning and assessment at QUT with honesty, transparency and fairness. Maintaining academic integrity means upholding these principles and demonstrating valuable professional capabilities based on ethical foundations.
Failure to maintain academic integrity can take many forms. It includes cheating in examinations, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion, and submitting an assessment item completed by another person (e.g. contract cheating). It can also include providing your assessment to another entity, such as to a person or website.
You are encouraged to make use of QUT’s learning support services, resources and tools to assure the academic integrity of your assessment. This includes the use of text matching software that may be available to assist with self-assessing your academic integrity as part of the assessment submission process.
Further details of QUT’s approach to academic integrity are outlined in the Academic integrity policy and the Student Code of Conduct. Breaching QUT’s Academic integrity policy is regarded as student misconduct and can lead to the imposition of penalties ranging from a grade reduction to exclusion from QUT.
Resources
Online and library resources relevant to the unit are updated each semester, and suggested resources will be posted on the unit Canvas site prior to semester commencement.
Risk Assessment Statement
There are no out of ordinary risks associated with undertaking this unit.
Course Learning Outcomes
This unit is designed to support your development of the following course/study area learning outcomes.NS32 Graduate Certificate in Nursing
- Demonstrate and apply advanced health care knowledge and skills in a specialist nursing area.
Relates to: Education Program Development, Placement Performance - Critically analyse, evaluate, and reflect on specialist nursing knowledge, evidence and practice to improve patient care and health outcomes.
Relates to: Education Program Development, Placement Performance - Use evidence-based theories and frameworks to inform emerging leadership practice in nursing and interprofessional collaborations.
Relates to: Education Program Development, Placement Performance - Communicate complex evidence-based knowledge through education, professional communication, and a range of digital technologies.
Relates to: Placement Performance
NS95 Master of Nursing
- Apply advanced knowledge and skills to manage and improve nursing practices across diverse and complex contexts to improve health outcomes and service provision.
Relates to: Education Program Development - Critically analyse evidence to inform decision-making in advanced nursing and interprofessional care contexts.
Relates to: Education Program Development, Placement Performance - Design and develop ethically appropriate research and/or professional plans that respond to a gap in health care that informs best practice.
Relates to: Placement Performance - Communicate complex evidence-based findings through professional dissemination using a range of digital technologies.
Relates to: Placement Performance