On-Demand Webinars

All Essentials webinars are free to the public. 

Competency-Based Education

• Implementing the New Essentials in the Transformation to Competency Based Education
   
• Introduction to Competency-Based Education
   
• “How To’s” for Building a Competency-Based Education Program
   
• Beginning Steps for Building a Competency-Based Curriculum
   
• Teaching Effectively in a Competency-Based Curriculum
   
• Assessment Strategies for a Competency-Based Curriculum
   
• Moving the Needle on Meaningful Competency Assessment
   
• Opportunities for Cross Curricular Collaboration: Implementing Competency-Based Learning
   
• Early Lessons: On the Journey to CBE in Pre-licensure Nursing Education
   
• Enhancing Competency-Based Education and Assessment with Video Simulations
   
• Using Technology and Data to Support the Move to Competency-Based Education
   
• Competency-Based Education: Practical Tips to Move Your Work Forward
   
• Connection before Correction: Leveraging the Teacher-Learner Relationship
   

Clinical Education

• The ART and Science of Feedback in Clinical Education
   
• Connection before Correction: Leveraging the Teacher-Learner Relationship
   

Curriculum Redesign

• Curriculum Evaluation and Integration of Competencies:  An Undergraduate Program Experience
   
• Implementation of Advanced-Level Competencies in Graduate Nursing Education
   
• Evaluating Master’s Level Curriculum: Mapping to Align with the New Essentials
   
• Using Design Thinking to Thread the Social Determinants of Health into Undergraduate Curriculum
   
• Implementation of the Essentials in RN to BSN Programs
   

Introduction to the 2021 Essentials

• The Re-envisioned Essentials: Infusing Innovation in Academic Nursing
   
• Essentials Implementation: Creating a New Future Together
   
• Transforming Nursing Education Through Curriculum Innovation
   
• The AACN Essentials and the Graduate Student - What Does it Mean for Me?
   

On-Demand Sessions

Implementing Curriculum Change

• Envisioning the 2021 Essentials in a DNP Strategic and Financial Business Planning Course
  2023 Doctoral Education Conference
   
• Incorporating Climate Change into Doctor of Nursing Practice Curricula
  2023 Doctoral Education Conference
   
• Reimagining Nursing Education through Virtual Reality
  Transform 2022
   
• Leading Implementation of the Essentials: Insights and Lessons Learned Along the Way
  2022 Academic Nursing Leadership Conference
   
• Implementing the Essentials: A Dialogue with Academic Nursing Leaders 
  2022 Deans Annual Meeting
   
• The New Essentials, Shifting and Refocusing Our Why: One School of Nursing’s Journey Over 10 Years
  2022 Doctoral Education Conference
   
• Essentials, Domains, and Competencies, Oh My - Establishing a Process for Evidence-Driven Curriculum Revisions
  2021 Faculty Development Conference
   
• Leading Organizational Change: The Nurse Leader's Guide to Curricular Change
  2021 Academic Nursing Leadership Conference

Competency-Based Education and Assessment

• Developing Competency in Quality and Safety: Tools for Meeting the Essentials
  Transform 2022
   
• Academic Innovations in the Hospice/Palliative/Supportive Sphere of Care: Promoting Excellence in Competency-Based Nursing Education
  Transform 2022
   
• Emerging Tools to Develop and Assess Competence in DNP Students
  2022 Doctoral Education Conference 
   
• Competency-Based Education and Assessment: A Shared Student/Faculty Commitment
  Transform 2021
   
• Competency-Based Education and Assessment Model: Teaching, Learning, Assessment, and Feedback
  2021 Faculty Development Conference
   
• Competency-Based Education: Paving the Path Forward
  2021 Academic Nursing Leadership Conference

Domains

• Activating the AACN Essentials through Graduate Student Organization Engagement
  Transform 2022
   
• AACN Essentials Domain 3: Population Health-Tips and Tools for Faculty  (Domain 3)
  Transform 2021
    
• Enhancing Nursing Education with Innovative Technology (Domain 8)
  Transform 2021
   
• Preparing Confident and Informed Faculty to Integrate Informatics and Information Technology into Student Learning (Domain 8)
  2021 Faculty Development Conference

Concepts

• Next Generation NCLEX and the New Essentials: Synergies and Alignment | Competency-Based Education
  Transform 2022
   
• A Case Study Integrating the AACN Essentials with a Focus on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  2022 Deans Annual Meeting
   
• Health Equity: Academic Nursing Leading the Way There 
  2021 Academic Nursing Leadership Conference

Member Presentations

The Essentials and the CNL Competencies
This presentation was given at the CNL Summit, hosted virtually by AACN February 17-19, 2022.
 

The Re-Envisioned AACN Essentials: What Lies Ahead?
This presentation was given at the Professional Nurse Educators Group (PNEG) Conference hosted by the Mayo Clinic on October 1, 2021.
 

Do you have a presentation that could be helpful for implementation efforts?

Send a PDF version of the presentation to essentials@aacnnursing.org.  Our staff will review and post it to this web page upon approval.