NURS 614B Nursing Education
NURS 614. The course is designed to prepare the student for the process of curriculum development and the procedures of structuring and evaluating nursing curricula. Emphasis of the course is derivation of a theory base and a conceptual framework; development of the philosophy, terminal and level objectives, curriculum plan, and methods to evaluate curricula. Other topics of discussion
include the curriculum patterns used in nursing education, staff
development, and continuing education. The role of formative and
summative evaluation for assessing the effectiveness of the curriculum as
well as its parts; the role of consultants to an educational program; and,
program and institutional accreditation are also examined in the course.
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