Webinar Details

During this webinar, participants will learn a strategy to transform their ideas for dissemination into a presentable or publishable product. With a specific focus on how to share and disseminate teaching strategies through AACN’s Teaching Resource Database.

Objectives:

• Identfiy and describe different types of dissemination.
• Apply and implement strategy to increase dissemination of scholarly work.

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Webinar Overview

The 2021 Essentials outline a framework towards a competency-based approach for nursing education. As a graduate student, you may be wondering what does competency-based education mean and how will it differ from the previous approach to nursing education? What does this transition mean for practice? As a current graduate student, you may be wondering how you fit in and how you will be affected. In this webinar, Dr. Brittany Hay, Assistant Professor in the University of South Florida College of Nursing, explores competency-based education and shares what you may expect to see in nursing practice.

Objectives

Upon completion of this webinar, learners will be able to

1. Relate the purpose and structure of the 2021 AACN Essentials.
2. Outline key components of competency-based education including classroom and clinical applications.
3. Explain how competency-based education prepares practice-ready nurses.

This Webinar is hosted by the Graduate Nursing Student Academy (GNSA). For more information on the GNSA, visit www.aacnnursing.org/GNSA.

Webinar Details & Objectives

Indiana University (IU) School of Nursing administrators Dr. Robin Newhouse and Dr. Rebecca Bartlett Ellis outline IU’s faculty-led curriculum transformation process using the Essentials framework. The process focuses on curriculum mapping for alignment of the Essentials to courses, course competencies, and program outcomes, as well as assessment strategies to evaluate student learning outcomes consistent with course competencies. Faculty are engaged through faculty governance committees, embracing opportunities to develop curricula that supports student success and teaching/learning excellence.

Webinar Details

The 2021 Essentials provides an opportunity for nurse educators to revolutionize the advancement of the nursing profession. Adoption of the Essentials will require significant organizational change for all member schools at each level of involvement. In this webinar, led by Dr. Casey Shillam, Dean and Professor at the University of Portland School of Nursing, provides lessons learned from several schools’ curriculum revision experiences and lays the groundwork for nurse educators to facilitate these changes in an approach that is inclusive and collaborative while also meeting the goal of transitioning to competency-based education.

Webinar Details & Objectives

Dr. Casey R. Shillam, Dean and Professor at the University of Portland School of Nursing, and Dr. Marjorie S. Wiggins, Chief Nursing Officer of the Main Health System. provide an overview of the new framework and model for nursing education and practice. Learn more about the foundational elements and core concepts outlined in the 2021 Essentials and what you need to know as you begin the transition to this new vision for academic nursing.