Strategies for Scaffolding Competency Development Across the Curriculum
Webinar Details
As faculty begin to interpret their curriculum mapping and analyses, the focus turns to strategizing to address areas that need strengthening. Opportunities for learners to develop competency will take many forms. This presentation will demonstrate approaches for scaffolding competency development across the curriculum and share strategies for implementing systematic processes that will support schools in making incremental advances on their Essentials journey.
Outcomes
Following this webinar, the learner should be able to:
- Define backward design for the implementation of competency-based education and assessment.
- Demonstrate how to move from skill assessment to competency assessment.
- Discuss how learning can be scaffolded across the curriculum to build competency.
- Illustrate approaches to address competencies needing greater representation across the curriculum.
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Speakers
Gerry Altmiller, EdD, APRN, ACNS-BC, ANEF, FAAN
Professor
Director, Quality and Safety Innovation Center
School of Nursing, Health, and Exercise Science
The College of New Jersey
Gerry Altmiller is a professor of nursing, a clinical nurse specialist consultant for Jefferson Einstein Healthcare Network in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and director of the Quality and Safety Innovation Center at The College of New Jersey. She served on the QSEN Advisory board for over a decade and for 7 years led the QSEN Academic Task Force, creating opportunities for its 120 faculty members to network, share ideas, and conduct academic focused research.
Dr. Altmiller authored the Teamwork and Communication Module of the National Council of State Boards of Nursing’s Transition to Practice program and in 2014 she received a Lindback Award for distinguished teaching. Her work on constructive feedback led to the development, testing, and dissemination of support tools for nurse educators and learning tools for students to view feedback as an opportunity. Dr. Altmiller serves on the editorial board for Nurse Educator Journal. She is a member of the AACN workgroups that developed the toolkits to support adoption of the 2021 AACN Essentials and serves as an AACN Coach for implementation of the Essentials. Her research focuses on clinical evaluation, quality and safety integration, and creating a just culture in academia.
Pricing and CE Credit
This webinar is free to all.
Continuing Nursing Education
One nursing continuing professional development (NCPD) credit is associated with this webinar; attendees must be present for the entire webinar and complete the evaluation to receive a certificate of completion.
The American Association of Colleges of Nursing is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.