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NURSING EDUCATION AND

MODELS OF TEACHING
UNIT 1
FOUNDATIONS FOR EDUCATING
HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS

Gugsa Nemera
(BSC, MScN, Assistant Prof, PhD fellow)
Jimma University
School of Nursing
 Outline
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 Objectives

 Guiding principles of educating healthcare providers

 Core competencies

 Effective approaches to teaching and learning

 Challenges in educating healthcare providers

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 Objectives
At the end this session students will be able to
1. Describe the guiding principles of educating healthcare
providers

2. Define core competencies

3. Recognize effective approaches to teaching and learning

4. List the challenges in educating healthcare providers

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The guiding principles of educating healthcare providers

 What determines health care and health

status in a country?
 Social ,environmental, cultural, political and
economic realities.

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 Guiding Principles
The education of healthcare
providers must:

 Address the priority health

needs and problems within a
society

 Identify national policies,

guidelines, and standards that
are relevant to those needs and
problems

 Define the expected role of

healthcare providers.

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 Provider Roles
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Education should prepare providers to function as:

 Caregivers

 Decision-makers

 Communicators

 Community leaders
 Managers/leader

 Researcher

 Educator
Professional Development Continuum

 Begins with undergraduate education

 Continues throughout professional practice

 Includes in-service training and/or continuing education

 Providers should be life-long learners

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Academic Program

 A series of courses that have both theoretical and

practical components and are designed to prepare
students as a specific category of healthcare provider.

 Academic programs typically involve several years of

study, to allow time and opportunities for students to
develop essential competencies that encompass
essential knowledge, skills, values, and behaviors.
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 Core Competencies

 Aspects of a subject or discipline that are common to all students,

essential to practice, and essential to master in order to graduate from
an academic program and enter into practice. Statement of Intent

 Each core competency for an academic program will encompass

cognitive (knowledge), psychomotor (skills) and affective (values and
behaviors) domains that are observable and can be appraised.

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 Defining Core Competencies
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 What is the job description for the position the student

may hold after graduation?
 What knowledge, skills, and attitudes are experienced
health professionals in that cadre applying in the
workplace?
 What are the licensing requirements in the related field?
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 Core or essential competencies determine the

content, teaching methods, materials and student
assessment strategies needed for an individual
course.
Core Competencies

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Effective approach to teaching & Learning

 Need based :-students are ready and want to learn.

 Step-by-step approach :moving from simple to

complex in organized, logical, & practical manner

 Using variety of teaching methods and techniques

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 Challenges in teaching

 Student number

 Staff number and capacity

 Availability of teaching learning resources

 practical area suitability

 High turnover of teaching staff

Summary

 Students should be aware of the core competencies they will

develop within courses in the curriculum.

 Teachers should participate in a faculty development program

to develop teaching competencies.

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