NRSG 502 Effective Clinical Teaching
Master Resource Outline
Course Title: NRSG 502 Effective Clinical Teaching
Credits: 2 (2 didactic)
Semesters Offered: Spring
Prerequisites: Graduate standing
Degree: Nursing EducationCertificate
NLN Core Competencies for Certified Nurse Educator:
- Facilitate learning.
- Facilitate learner development and socialization.
- Use assessment and evaluation strategies.
- Participate in curriculum design and evaluation of program outcomes.
- Pursue systematic self-evaluation and improvement in the academic nurse educator role.
- Engage in scholarship, service, and leadership.
MRJCON Nursing Education Program Learning Outcomes:
- Develop a variety of evidence-based teaching strategies based on educational theory.
- 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:
- Formulate learning objectives aligned with the Essentials and program outcomes for nursing students in diverse clinical settings.
- Develop diverse learning strategies to encompass the complexities of the educational program, clinical environment, student, and agency as well as patients.
- Participate in designing and implementing equitable evaluative measures of clinical performance.
- Use evaluation process as a strategy to promote and document student learning.
- Analyze educator roles/responsibilities in equitable management of the clinical learning environment.
Course Learning Outcomes: Upon completing this course the student will be able to:
- Identify high quality clinical sites.
- Create a simulation scenario.
- Analyze current issues in clinical education.
- Demonstrate the process for comprehensive clinical documentation and evaluation.
Exemplars of Course Learning Outcomes:
- Creative clinical site development paper (CLO 1)
- Create a simulation story board assignment (CLO 2)
- Course project – In-depth exploration and presentation of a clinical education issue (CLO 3)
Curricular Threads addressed in this course:
- Equity and Inclusion
- Communication
- Ethics
- Clinical Judgment
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
Approved by GAAC: 12/1/23
Approved by Faculty: 12/13/23