Nursing 6321 Curriculum development, assessment and evaluation.

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Planning Guide Medical/Health Center

 

 

PART 3: CURRICULUM DESIGN

Setting: Medical/Health Center

 

 

Planning Curriculum Design

 

In order to complete your Curriculum Design, consider the guidelines in each section for gathering your data and information. Refer back to your Parts 1 and 2 Module Assignments, to ensure that your course design aligns with the need you identified in your Part 1 and curriculum components you described in Part 2. Take careful notes to reference when you prepare your Part 3: Curriculum Design Module Assignment, due in Week 8.

 

1: Creating End-of-Program Outcomes

 

Use the following points to help guide your research and thinking.

 

·       Consider how you would describe the program you will design.

 

·       Based on your program description, develop end-of-program outcomes. Consider the following to support this process:

 

o   Reflect on how to align your end-of-program outcomes with the mission, vision, and philosophy (i.e., curriculum components) of your staff nursing education program.

 

o   Reflect on the need you identified in proposing your staff nursing education program and how end-of-program outcomes help in meeting that need for the target staff nurses.

 

·       Craft at least 3 end-of-program outcomes for your staff nursing program.

 

·       For each end-of-program outcome, confirm the following:

o   How it aligns with the mission, vision, philosophy, and overall goal of your staff nurse training/education program

o   How it meets the needs of the staff nurses identified for the program

 

 

2: Designing the Program: Courses/Learning Experiences

 

Based on your end-of-program outcomes, you will determine individual courses/learning experiences to meet those outcomes and consider a recommended sequence of courses/learning experiences. Use the following points to help guide your research and thinking.

 

·       Consider a plan of study that consists of 3–5 courses/learning experiences for your target staff nurses in your program. Note: Your program might ideally require more or fewer, but consider how you can capture the key learning in at least 3 and no more than 5 courses/learning experiences.

 

·       Identify the courses/learning experiences that are part of your program.

 

·       Consider the sequence in which you would present these courses/learning experiences.

 

·       For each course/learning experience, complete the following:

o   Create a title.

o   Describe it using concepts and terminology that are appropriate for staff nurses in your selected medical/health center. Write 2–3 succinct sentences that clearly explain the content to be covered and the type of learning activities that will take place.

 

3: Illustrating Curriculum Design

 

Drawing on the program outcomes, courses/learning experiences, and learning outcomes you develop, choose a type of graphic that can visually depict your program of study (education plan). Consider how to show the following:

·       Courses/learning experiences and sequence

·       Learning outcomes for each course/learning experience

·       Learning objectives (2–3) for one course/learning experience that support achieving the course/learning experience outcomes

·       How each course/learning experience scaffolds learning toward the end-of-program outcomes

·       How the courses/learning experiences achieve/help to achieve your identified program outcomes for the staff nurse education you have designed

 

 

 

 

To Prepare:

  • Review the Part 3 Planning Guide: Curriculum Design [your chosen setting],” in this week’s Learning Resources.
  • Use the Planning Guide for assistance as you begin planning your research and gathering data to inform development of the end-of-program outcomes, individual learning sessions that comprise your education program, and specific learning objectives for each session.

Reflect on the following questions:

  • How would you design an education program for your setting to best meet the needs of a group of learners (e.g., patients/families/caregivers; entry-level nursing students; staff nurses).
  • Ideally, how many courses/learning experiences would you include in your education program?
  • In what sequence, or order, would you place these courses/learning experiences?
  • What learning objectives would you develop for each session within a course/learning experience?
  • How might your curriculum design impact learner progress toward end-of-program outcomes?

Assignment (3–4 pages):

Based on your research and the data you gather through your Part 3 Planning Guide, include the following:

  • A brief description of your focus setting (agency, institution, healthcare center, clinic, or other); the type of education program to be developed; and the target audience for that education program
  • A list 2–3 end-of-program outcomes
  • Explain how these end-of-program outcomes align with the mission, vision, philosophy, and overall goal of your setting. Use the Learning Resources and/or the best available evidence from current literature to support your explanation.
  • Explain how these end-of-program outcomes will address the educational needs of the target learners. Use the Learning Resources and/or the best available evidence from current literature to support your explanation.
  • Present an illustration of Curriculum Design (in the same Part 3 Assignment of your Course Project):
    • Create a graphic that depicts your program of study education plan. (Note: You may create your graphic in any file type you choose, e.g., Word, PowerPoint, .JPG.)
    • Explain the program sequence by describing 3–5 courses/learning experiences in the recommended order of presentation.
    • For each course/learning experience, identify 2–3 learning outcomes.
    • Select one course and identify 2–3 learning objectives that support the achievement of each of the learning outcomes.
    • Explain how each of the 3–5 courses/learning experiences scaffolds learning toward the end-of-program outcomes. Use the Learning Resources and/or the best available evidence from current literature to support your explanation.