Overview:
In this course, you will be required to complete a Practicum Project. In this project, you will integrate evidence-based teaching and learning principles into the creation of a practical tool or tangible product (e.g., handout based on a specific concept, tool for professional development, career ladder path, simulation experience, teaching tools or toolbox that includes a pretest, intervention, post-test) for nurse educators that is applicable to future use. Your Practicum Project will include the following:
· Practicum Project Report (Part 1) with bibliography featuring resources on
teach and learning that pertain to, or support, your Practicum Project
Part 1: Researching the Literature and Nurse Educator Competencies
Once you have achieved consensus on your project topic, proceed as follows:
· Review the scholarly literature and nurse educator competencies that validate and shed light on your Practicum Project focus. Which professional organizations would you consult (by viewing information on their websites or speaking with someone directly) in relation to your topic?
· Identify the overarching goal for your Practicum Project. What do you expect to accomplish, and what is the focus area/population?
· Based on your Practicum Project goal, develop two or three objectives that are specific, measurable, attainable, results-focused, and time-focused. Incorporate higher-order verbs (i.e., Application level and above) from Bloom’s taxonomy as you create the objectives. (You may wish to review the Week 1 Learning Resources related to developing objectives.)
· Consider how you can achieve your Practicum Project goal through the development and fulfillment of objectives.
· As you proceed with your Practicum project planning, keep in mind that no more than 24 hours of your Practicum time should be spent on your Practicum Project.
· Note: Your Practicum Project goal and objectives are distinct from the Practicum professional development objectives you developed in Week 1.
Assignment:
· Introduce and explain the practical tool or tangible product (e.g., handout based on a specific concept, tool for professional development, career ladder path, simulation experience, teaching tools or toolbox that includes a pretest, intervention, post-test) that will be the focus of your project and that integrates evidence-based teaching and learning principles. This includes a brief rationale for your selected focus that incorporates references from the literature, specialization standards/competencies, regulatory standards, and/or other sources you have used to validate this project.
· Goal statement with two-to-three measurable project objectives. A goal statement identifies what you expect to accomplish, the focus area, and the population. It introduces the project and conveys, in broad terms, how you plan to use the
practical tool or tangible product. Project objectives delineate your strategy for
reaching the goal and the steps you will follow to complete the project. You must include two or three measurable objectives that use Application-level or higher verbs from Bloom’s Taxonomy.
· Using evidence-based literature and professional standards/competencies, justify your project. Provide evidence-based support related to evidence-based teaching and learning principles. (Note: The literature should be directed toward justifying the project.) You must include a review of your specialization’s professional-practice standards and guidelines related to your project and a minimum of five (5) scholarly references for this section of the paper.
project addresses the project objectives. Include, as relevant, the who, when, and how of each objective.
· An explanation of why this project will be valuable to use based on your project’s methodology, methods, and theories that are appropriate.
