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 The 2010 NLN Immersion in Evidence-Based
Nursing Education
Vanderbilt University School of Nursing
Nashville, TN
June 13-18, 2010
IMMERSION TRACKS
IMMERSION TRACK 1
Building Competence in Novice and Early-Career Nurse Educators:
Evidence-based Classroom & Clinical Teaching & Evaluation
Objectives:
- Expand the theoretical and evidence-based foundation
from which teaching/learning and evaluation methods are designed
- Analyze the relationships among learning objectives,
teaching/learning experiences, best practices of education (Chickering
& Gamson), student characteristics, the evaluation process,
and learning outcomes
- Use available evidence to design innovative
teaching/learning strategies, particularly those that will facilitate
critical thinking and clinical judgment
- Appreciate that a multiplicity of evaluation
strategies is needed to provide a complete picture of learners’
abilities
- Explore a variety of innovative and evidence-based
means to evaluate learner outcomes
- Formulate a personal plan to improve and measure
one’s effectiveness as a nurse educator, particularly
in relation to the use of evidence-based teaching/learning and
evaluation practices
- Implement a selected learner-centered teaching
strategy on an assigned topic
This track addresses the following Core Competencies
for Nurse Educators©.
IMMERSION TRACK 2
Advancing Competence in Mid-Career Nurse Educators: Evidence-based
Curriculum Development
Objectives:
- Discuss how a vision of a preferred future
for nursing influences curriculum design and implementation
- Propose strategies to insure a successful curriculum
revision process in your own setting
- Propose strategies to create educational climates
that promote excellence, innovation, and growth in diverse learners
and teachers
- Use available evidence to design innovative
nursing curricula
- Critique the various components of a nursing
curriculum in relation to (a) available evidence, and (b) their
potential to promote innovation and excellence
- Apply evidence to design a curriculum evaluation plan that
is comprehensive, relevant, and that generates data useful to
ongoing curriculum enhancement
- Formulate a personal plan to improve and measure
one’s effectiveness as a nurse educator, particularly
in relation to the design and evaluation of innovative curricula
- Suggest changes to the curriculum at your institution based
on application of principles
This track addresses the following Core Competencies
for Nurse Educators©.
IMMERSION TRACK 3
Expanding Expertise of Experienced Nurse Educators: Advancing the
Science of Nursing Education
Objectives:
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Examine issues related to the design and conduct
of nursing education research
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Describe interrelationships among components
of the NLN’s Science Building Model and how all faculty
can contribute to science development
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Discuss the state of the science of nursing
education
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Propose scholarly activities that enhance nurse
educators’ specialized knowledge and ability to engage
in evidence-based teaching practices
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Explore how various paradigms (scientific,
critical, feminist, postmodern and phenomenological) influence
the nature of research questions posed and methodologies used
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Examine how the scholarship of teaching and
learning (Boyer) can be used to help one develop expertise in
nursing education
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Formulate a personal plan to improve and measure
one’s effectiveness as a nurse educator in relation to
building the science of nursing education.
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Discuss the advantages of partnering on multi-site,
multi-method, multi-paradigmatic studies related to nursing
education and using one’s network of nursing education
research colleagues to support ongoing pedagogical research
efforts
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Examine evidence-based principles to measure
outcomes related to pursuing scholarship in nursing education
This track addresses the following Core Competencies
for Nurse Educators©.
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