NURSING 735 : Clinical Education Practicum

Medical and Health Sciences

2020 Semester Two (1205) (30 POINTS)

Course Prescription

Application and critical analysis of educational theories and concepts in a clinical learning environment. Utilises an action based learning model and project work.

Course Overview

This course acknowledges that health care is rich in evidence-based innovations, yet even when such innovations are implemented successfully in one location, they can often disseminate slowly, if at all. The traditional view and role of nurses who educate have changed. Healthcare requires nurses who can interpret knowledge and facilitate to support the spread of innovative and developing practice. Students will define a need from multiple perspectives and plan a programme that will support learning activities in their area of practice. This course has online learning activities and has been designed specifically for nurses who wish to increase their efficacy in delivering education programmes to support the spread and implementation of innovative practice.  

The aim of this course is to increase students' understanding of professional education, work-based learning and curriculum/programme development in the clinical area.    Students will gain knowledge of workplace culture and work-related skills needed to support and facilitate continuous improvement and innovation. Students will demonstrate transferable skills for facilitating continuous improvement and innovation in clinical practice areas.     

Nursing 741 - Education for Clinical Practice is offered in semester one.  If you have not completed Nursing 741 and would like to enrol in Nursing 735, please email the Course Coordinator at l.carrucan-wood@auckland.ac.nz              

Course Requirements

No pre-requisites or restrictions

Capabilities Developed in this Course

Capability 1: Disciplinary Knowledge and Practice
Capability 2: Critical Thinking
Capability 3: Solution Seeking
Capability 4: Communication and Engagement
Capability 5: Independence and Integrity
Capability 6: Social and Environmental Responsibilities
Graduate Profile: Master of Nursing

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this course, students will be able to:
  1. Synthesise existing theoretical knowledge to integrate it with your own understanding of education practice within a health setting (Capability 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 2.1, 2.2 and 2.3)
  2. Critique your own education practice, drawing on a sophisticated understanding of concepts and theories related to curriculum design. (Capability 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 2.1, 2.2 and 2.3)
  3. Critically reflect on and articulate the ways in which different perspectives and theoretical approaches inform and challenge your personal and professional viewpoints regarding continuous improvement and education practice (Capability 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 5.1, 5.2 and 5.3)
  4. Formulate solutions to a defined problem, while accounting for the complexity of the environment. (Capability 3.1, 3.2, 4.1, 4.2, 6.1, 6.2 and 6.3)
  5. Compare and contrast the different bases associated with the provision of healthcare and consider how best to work across disciplinary boundaries in a manner that will improve health services or outcomes for individuals and communities. (Capability 3.1, 3.2, 4.1, 4.2, 6.1, 6.2 and 6.3)
  6. Apply appropriate frameworks to collaborate with individuals and diverse groups. (Capability 3.1, 3.2, 4.1, 4.2, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 6.1, 6.2 and 6.3)

Assessments

Assessment Type Percentage Classification
Assignments 20% Individual Coursework
Project 25% Individual Coursework
Essay 30% Individual Coursework
Presentation 25% Individual Coursework
Assessment Type Learning Outcome Addressed
1 2 3 4 5 6
Assignments
Project
Essay
Presentation

Course Contacts

Course Director
Louise Carrucan-Wood
E:  l.carrucan-wood@auckland.ac.nz

Course Administrator
Betty Lim
E:  betty.lin@auckland.ac.nz 

Workload Expectations

This course is a standard 30 point course and students are expected to spend 10 hours per week involved in each 15 point course that they are enrolled in.

For this course, you can expect 60 hours for the online tutorial (six 1 hour tutorial), 180 hours of reading and thinking about the content (provided via online modules) and 60 hours of work on assignments and/or test preparation.

Digital Resources

Course materials are made available in a learning and collaboration tool called Canvas which also includes reading lists and lecture recordings (where available).

Please remember that the recording of any class on a personal device requires the permission of the instructor.

Academic Integrity

The University of Auckland will not tolerate cheating, or assisting others to cheat, and views cheating in coursework as a serious academic offence. The work that a student submits for grading must be the student's own work, reflecting their learning. Where work from other sources is used, it must be properly acknowledged and referenced. This requirement also applies to sources on the internet. A student's assessed work may be reviewed against online source material using computerised detection mechanisms.

Inclusive Learning

All students are asked to discuss any impairment related requirements privately, face to face and/or in written form with the course coordinator, lecturer or tutor.

Student Disability Services also provides support for students with a wide range of impairments, both visible and invisible, to succeed and excel at the University. For more information and contact details, please visit the Student Disability Services’ website at http://disability.auckland.ac.nz

Special Circumstances

If your ability to complete assessed coursework is affected by illness or other personal circumstances outside of your control, contact a member of teaching staff as soon as possible before the assessment is due.

If your personal circumstances significantly affect your performance, or preparation, for an exam or eligible written test, refer to the University’s aegrotat or compassionate consideration page: https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/students/academic-information/exams-and-final-results/during-exams/aegrotat-and-compassionate-consideration.html.

This should be done as soon as possible and no later than seven days after the affected test or exam date.

Student Feedback

At the end of every semester students will be invited to give feedback on the course and teaching through a tool called SET or Qualtrics. The lecturers and course co-ordinators will consider all feedback and respond with summaries and actions.

Your feedback helps teachers to improve the course and its delivery for future students.

Class Representatives in each class can take feedback to the department and faculty staff-student consultative committees.

Student Charter and Responsibilities

The Student Charter assumes and acknowledges that students are active participants in the learning process and that they have responsibilities to the institution and the international community of scholars. The University expects that students will act at all times in a way that demonstrates respect for the rights of other students and staff so that the learning environment is both safe and productive. For further information visit Student Charter (https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/students/forms-policies-and-guidelines/student-policies-and-guidelines/student-charter.html).

Disclaimer

Elements of this outline may be subject to change. The latest information about the course will be available for enrolled students in Canvas.

In this course you may be asked to submit your coursework assessments digitally. The University reserves the right to conduct scheduled tests and examinations for this course online or through the use of computers or other electronic devices. Where tests or examinations are conducted online remote invigilation arrangements may be used. The final decision on the completion mode for a test or examination, and remote invigilation arrangements where applicable, will be advised to students at least 10 days prior to the scheduled date of the assessment, or in the case of an examination when the examination timetable is published.

Published on 20/06/2020 09:16 a.m.