Facilitating Learning Nursing Perspectives

This seminar-based course will be of interest to nurses working across a variety of clinical settings who wish to develop a foundational knowledge base in education theory and pedagogical issues relevant to nursing education. Students will explore the challenges and opportunities for teaching and learning, and for educational leadership, within the unique context of practice settings; places that are often unpredictable, unstable, and stressful. This course focuses on education-related roles for nurses in practice settings that may include community, primary health care, long-term care and/or acute care; and where learners may include novice and experienced nurses, student nurses, other members of the health care team, as well as clients and family members.
Students will have the opportunities to develop knowledge, skill, and judgment related to education competencies for the Advanced Practice Nurse (APN) as outlined in the Canadian Nurses Association (2019) Advanced Practice Nursing: A Pan-Canadian Framework. Students will critically analyze scholarship and theoretical perspectives relevant to facilitating learning in the practice setting; develop a personal teaching philosophy; and acquire beginning capacity to transform their future educational practice and leadership in supporting quality healthcare practices.