According to Erickson, it is the development and integration of broad ideas and principles to enhance student learning by bringing real-life meaning to content-specific knowledge and skills.
What is Concept-Based Learning?
Appointed CCBC nursing faculty members representing all three campuses that meet bimonthly or monthly to coordinate, evaluate and review the curriculum.
What is the CCBC Nursing Curriculum Committee?
There are 10.
What is the total number of courses in the CCBC nursing sequence?
Promote optimal health; Demonstrate nursing judgment; Develop progressional identity; and Exhibit a spirit of inquiry
What are the End-of-Program Student Learning Outcomes (EoPSLO)?
1 credit for every 15 contact hours (for theory) and 1 credit for every 45 contact hours ( clinical lab and simulation learning experiences)
What is the credit hour allocation for theory, clinical lab, and simulation learning experiences?
Categories of information that combine the characteristics and attributes of a common idea or construct
What are Concepts?
Individuals who attend curriculum meetings to provide student perspectives.
Who are student representatives?
There are 47
What is the total number of concepts are in the CCBC nursing curriculum?
This allows for formative and summative assessments and is used to evaluate students' clinical performance.
What is the Clinical Evaluation Tool (CET)?
Professional Practice, Health Care Systems, Health and Wellness, and Illness and Injury
What are the four concept categories in the CCBC nursing curriculum?
The most common health problem or health care issue that provides the best example of the concept during the learning process and should represent the highest incidence and prevalence.
What are Exemplars?
Collaborate with the Program Evaluation and Clinical Practice Committee.
How does the Curriculum Committee ensure that theory and practice align with the end-of-program student learning outcomes?
Professional Role Concepts (NURN 129), Health Assessment/ Health Promotion (NURN 155), Fundamentals of Nursing Concepts (NURN 153), Nursing Concepts 1
Which courses are offered during the first year of the CCBC nursing program?
This summative evaluation method is required for senior level students to help assess the likelihood of passing NCLEX. The data can also help identify strengths and weaknesses in the nursing curriculum.
What is the ATI Comprehensive predictor?
What are the four concept categories in the CCBC nursing curriculum?
What is DEI?
Activities designed to build cognitive, affective and psychomotor bridges that promote deep learning and application of concepts.
Example:
What are active learning strategies?
Process by which nursing faculty members review objectives, assess findings from multiple sources, and improve student outcomes.
What is the annual course review?
Mental Health Nursing Concepts (NURN 217), Professional Practice Concepts (NURN 227), Nursing Concepts II (NURN 234), Nursing Concepts III (NURN 236)
Which courses are offered during the second year of CCBC nursing program?
These performance indicators measure how well a nursing program achieves its goal and mission.
What are program outcomes?
Bonus: What are the 5 program outcomes?
Data collection that provides valuable feedback from former students about their preparedness for practice, identifies areas where the program can improve and helps assess the effectiveness of the curriculum in producing competent nurses.
What is an graduation survey?
1. Learner-centered instruction 2. Helps students take a more active role in their learning 3. Encourages students to think more critically 4. Encourages students to see patterns across concepts and use those patterns to deliver care and anticipate risks. 5. Allows educators to step outside of traditional boundaries and create something unique and meaningful.
What are the benefits of a Concept-based curriculum in nursing education?
1. Provides oversight of the curriculum to assure compliance with the program vision. 2. Maintains knowledge of national standards, trends, and innovative practices.
What are the responsibilities of the Curriculum Committee?
Maternal-Newborn Health Nursing Concepts (NURN 218) and Pediatric Nursing Concepts (NURN 222)
Which courses can be taken either at the end of semester two or at the start of semester four?
This provides a visual representation of how students learn over time and highlights the relationship between the end-of-program student learning outcome, course concepts, objectives, teaching-learning strategies and assessment/evaluation methods.
What is a course curriculum map?
A document that outlines the structure and content of a specific academic program, providing detailed information to faculty members about what should be taught, how it should be taught, and how student learning will be assessed within that program.
What is a Faculty Curriculum Guide?