The Essentials

UT Health San Antonio

Friday, June 2

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Presenters

Jacquelyn McMillian-Bohler, PhD, APRN
Director, Institute for Educational Excellence, Duke University

Lisa McIntyre-Hite, PhD
Competency-Based Education Network (C-BEN)

Suzan Kardong-Edgren, PhD, RN, ANEF, CHSE, FSSH, FAAN
Professor, MGH Institute of Health Professions

Joan Stanley, PhD, APRN, FAANP, FAAN
Chief Academic Officer, AACN   

Susan Corbridge, PhD, APRN, FAANP, FAAN
Chief Essentials Program Officer, AACN

Practice Session Facilitators (AACN Essentials Coaches):

Jackie Barber, PhD, MS, RN
Dean, Morningside University

Program

Agenda is subject to change.

Friday, June 2 from  7:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.

7:30-8:30 a.m.
Registration Check In & Continental Breakfast

8:30-9:15 a.m.
Welcome
What is Competency-Based Education (CBE)?
This session will provide participants with an overview of competency-based education, compare CBE to traditional teaching and learning, and discuss how CBE improves clinical judgment and prepares nurse graduates for clinical practice. In a hands-on portion of the presentation, participants will reflect on how they will modify their current approach to begin the transformation to competency-based teaching.

9:15-9:45 a.m.
Backward Design Step 1: Determining the Competencies & Performance Expectations
In this session, participants will review the backward design process for competency-based program development. Using The Essentials as the basis of the work, participants will begin to describe what the competent performance of each competency and sub-competency looks like as part of the backward design process step one.

9:45-10:15 a.m.
Bachward Design Step 1: Practice 

10:15-10:30 a.m.
Break
Refreshments will be provided.

10:30-11:00 a.m.
Backward Design Step 2: Creating Assessment Strategies
In this session, participants will explore a range of performance-based, criterion-referenced, authentic assessment methods as part of the backward design process step two. Various resources will be shared, including C-BEN’s Hallmark Practices for Competency-Based Assessment

11:00-11:45 a.m.
Backward Design Step 2: Practice

11:45 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Lunch

12:30-1:30 p.m.
Performance-Based Simulation: Incorporating AACN Essentials into Simulation Scenarios and Utilizing Simulation to Assess Competencies
Knowing and Doing are two different things. This session will provide examples of how to assist the learner to take what they know and put it into action to move along the continuum of competency development. This session will provide a theory burst of why it is important to incorporate the AACN Essentials into the scenario to prepare the learner for competency. Discussion around how to utilize simulation to assess competencies will occur. This session will introduce the presenter’s evidence-based simulation scenario template incorporating the AACN Essentials: entry level and advanced level. Using a storyboard, participants will begin developing a scenario that integrates the Essentials. This will allow attendees the opportunity to complete a full scenario later.

1:30-2:00 p.m.
Backward Design Step 3: Curating the Learning Journey
In this session, participants will explore ways to structure a student’s learning journey by competencies, rather than courses or textbooks, as part of step three of the backward design process.

2:00-2:45 p.m.
Backward Design Step 3: Practice

2:45-3:00 p.m.
Break
Refreshments will be provided.

3:00-3:45 p.m.
Role of Faculty as Instructional Coach/Mentor
Coaching: As nurse educators begin to integrate competency-based education, it is no longer sufficient to be a "guide on the side." Instead, educators must see the faculty role as a coach. This session will introduce the characteristics of a faculty as a coach. The interactive portion of this presentation will include a brief opportunity for participants to role-play, providing feedback to learners in the classroom and during direct observation experiences.

3:45-4:30 p.m.
Drafting an Institutional Work Plan for Operationalizing the Essentials
In this session, participants will follow a guided process to create an institutional-specific work plan with the key tasks and milestones which must be achieved to implement The Essentials. An abbreviated discussion will focus on other areas on campus that may need to be involved in operationalizing a competency-based nursing program.

4:30-5:00 p.m.
AACN Essentials Resources and CBE Assessment Update
In this session, participants will hear the latest updates from AACN on the national landscape of the Essentials implementation and transition to CBE. New and updated resources, including guiding principles for assessment in CBE will be shared.

​5:00-5:30 p.m.
Speaker Panel Q&A

Registration Fees

This event has reached capacity and is no longer accepting registrations.

Faculty Development Workshop Standard Late
AACN Members $299 $399
AACN Non-Members $399 $499

Workshop Location

UT Health San Antonio School of Nursing
7703 Floyd Curl Drive
San Antonio, TX 78229

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Hotel & Travel Information

Holiday Inn Express & Suites 
11010 W Interstate 10 
San Antonio, TX 78230 

  • The room rate starts at $99 and tax.
  • Reservation cut-off date: May 18, 2023.
  • Reservation may be booked online here or via phone by calling 210-561-9058 and asking for the group rate for “UT Health Nursing Room Block”.
  • The room block may fill before the deadline, so please make your reservation early.

Marriott Courtyard San Antonio Medical Center 
8585 Marriott Drive  
San Antonio, TX 78229 
Phone: 210-614-7100 

  • The room rate starts at $110 and tax.
  • Reservation cut-off date: May 18, 2023.
  • Reservation may be booked online here or via phone by calling 210-561-9058 and asking for the group rate for “UT Health Nursing Room Block”.
  • The room block may fill before the deadline, so please make your reservation early.

Menger Hotel
204 Alamo Plaza 
San Antonio TX 78205 
Phone: 210-223-4361 

  • The room rate starts at $159 and tax.
  • Reservation cut-off date: May 18, 2023.
  • Reservation may be booked online here or via phone by calling 210-223-4361 and asking for the group rate for “AACN Workshop”.
  • The room block may fill before the deadline, so please make your reservation early.

Transportation

Closest Airport: San Antonio International Airport
Distance: 7 miles
Taxi: Starts at $29 one way
Uber/Lyft: Starts at $20 one way