In this fourth of our five courses, I will go deeper into the training and education leadership skills that are helpful for nursing informatics leaders. I will also guide you through the process of preparing a course document or syllabus for the nursing informatics specialty both in academic settings and in practice or industry.
Following are the course objectives:
1. Describe relevant nursing informatics course development in clinical and academic settings to understand similarities and differences in informatics teaching and education across settings.
2. Describe informatics education and training needs for diverse participants with various experience levels to enable development of appropriate training and education materials.
3. Develop a prototype course syllabus and introductory recorded message to apply learning in a simulated setting.
4. Describe the benefits of formal and informal mentoring for nursing informaticians to advance career opportunities and support the nursing informatics specialty.
This course is part of the Nursing Informatics Leadership Specialization
Nursing Informatics Training and Education
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Syllabus - What you will learn from this course
Week
1The Who What When Were and Why of Nursing Informatics Training and Education
2 videos (Total 10 min), 8 readings, 1 quiz
8 readings
Informatics Competencies for Every Practicing Nurse: Recommendations from the TIGER Collaborative30m
Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSAs)30m
Graduate QSEN Competencies30m
American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) AACN Essentials30m
AMIA 2017 Core Competencies for Health Informatics Education at the Master’s Degree Level30m
Health Information Technology Competencies (HITComp)30m
Utilizing TIGER Competencies to Improve Informatics30m
Informatics competencies for nursing and healthcare leaders30m
1 practice exercise
The Who What When Were and Why of Nursing Informatics Training and Education30m
Week
2Leadership Cultures and Skills for Training and Educating Others
1 video (Total 6 min), 3 readings, 1 quiz
3 readings
Diagnosing and changing organizational culture30m
The Influence of Balance within the Competing Values Framework and School Academic Success on Teacher Retentions
Competing Values Leadership: quadrant roles and personality30m
1 practice exercise
Leadership Cultures and Skills for Training and Educating Others30m
Week
3Choosing resources for training and educating others
1 video (Total 7 min), 5 readings, 1 quiz
5 readings
University of Minnesota (2016). National Nursing Informatics Deep Dive Program30m
Web-based virtual patients in nursing education30m
The Sentinal Watch10m
Low-versus high-fidelity simulations in teaching and assessing clinical skills30m
Simulation-based assessments in health professional educationSimulation-based assessments in health professional education30m
1 practice exercise
Choosing resources for training and educating others30m
Week
4Course Development
4 videos (Total 33 min), 9 readings, 1 quiz
9 readings
How to create a syllabus?30m
Creating a syllabus30m
Writing Measurable Course Objectives30m
Armstrong, P. Bloom’s Taxonomy10m
Assessment drives learning: an unavoidable truth?20m
Social and Behavioral Determinants of Health Guideline30m
Assessment-driven learning10m
Techniques and Methods for Assessing Learner Outcomes30m
Think-Pair-Share30m
1 practice exercise
Course Development30m
Instructor
Karen Monsen, Ph.D., RN, FAAN
Assistant ProfessorSchool of Nursing
About University of Minnesota
The University of Minnesota is among the largest public research universities in the country, offering undergraduate, graduate, and professional students a multitude of opportunities for study and research. Located at the heart of one of the nation’s most vibrant, diverse metropolitan communities, students on the campuses in Minneapolis and St. Paul benefit from extensive partnerships with world-renowned health centers, international corporations, government agencies, and arts, nonprofit, and public service organizations.
About the Nursing Informatics Leadership Specialization
Nurses and interprofessional healthcare clinicians and educators will learn principles of informatics leadership in clinical and academic settings, and apply their learning to real world scenarios in practice and training/education environments. Learners will understand the history and development of nursing informatics leadership to appreciate today’s leadership challenges, gain self-knowledge of one’s own nursing informatics leadership skills to influence the future of the nursing informatics specialty, describe principles of nursing informatics leadership and their applications in diverse settings to gain appreciation of tailoring leadership skills to optimize outcomes, and apply nursing informatics leadership skills in interprofessional teams to understand stakeholder perspectives and opportunities to promote collaboration and achieve mutual goals.
Frequently Asked Questions
When will I have access to the lectures and assignments?
Once you enroll for a Certificate, you’ll have access to all videos, quizzes, and programming assignments (if applicable). Peer review assignments can only be submitted and reviewed once your session has begun. If you choose to explore the course without purchasing, you may not be able to access certain assignments.
What will I get if I subscribe to this Specialization?
When you enroll in the course, you get access to all of the courses in the Specialization, and you earn a certificate when you complete the work. Your electronic Certificate will be added to your Accomplishments page - from there, you can print your Certificate or add it to your LinkedIn profile. If you only want to read and view the course content, you can audit the course for free.
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