Developing Resilient Practitioners for Turbulent Health Care Systems: A Radical Curriculum Redesign (66708)

Session Information:

Thursday, January 5, 2023 (16:30)
Session: Poster
Room: 3F Hallway
Presentation Type:Poster Presentation

All presentation times are UTC-10 (Pacific/Honolulu)

Delivering quality nursing care in today’s turbulent healthcare environments requires high levels of knowledge, sound psychomotor skills, diverse thinking and reasoning abilities, and strong professional identities. Research supports the creation of programs with substantive focused clinical practice to help students develop into reflective, resilient practitioners who can safely practice in a variety of complex clinical settings. However, student learning frequently takes place in clinical environments that are increasingly strained and unpredictable. We share how we drew on research in higher education, psychology, ethics, and nursing to radically redesign the pedagogical approach of our BSN curriculum to respond to the challenges of university and health system constraints, students’ learning needs, and population health trends. Grounded in a philosophical perspective of constructivism and a pedagogical commitment to intentional learning and scaffolding, students are mentored by teachers and clinicians to actively align and critically integrate new information to prior learning in order to develop deeper levels of understanding and praxis. In addition, an intensified focus on integrating and levelling the sciences, relational ethics, inter-professional learning and evidence-based practice across all years has generated increased opportunities to collaborate with other healthcare providers. A wide range of program evaluation findings with students, faculty and employers indicate that despite the complications of a global pandemic, our pedagogical shift has supported new graduates to successfully transition to professional, accountable, responsible, ethical nurses during challenging times for health systems and our world.

Authors:
Nicole de Bosch Kemper, University of British Columbia, Canada
Manuela Reekie, University of British Columbia Okanagan, Canada
Jackie Denison, University of British Columbia Okanagan, Canada
Patricia Marck, University of Victoria, Canada


About the Presenter(s)
Ms Nicole de Bosch Kemper is a University Associate Professor/Senior Lecturer at University of British Columbia in Canada

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Last updated: 2023-02-23 23:45:00