1. “An online program to help clinical practitioners become effective educators”.

2. Dean of the School of Nursing at Widener University
Introduction
The Teaching and Assessment for Nursing and Allied Health Educators online program is designed to support all clinical educators, including adjunct faculty members, as they address some of the issues inherent within clinical education. It intends to help those with teaching responsibilities to become more proficient in tailoring and preparing their teaching according to learner needs and diverse educational settings; in developing clinical reasoning skills; in involving patients in the learning process; in designing appropriate assessments; in delivering and receiving feedback; and in addressing potential challenges.
Ultimately, this program will help educators ensure that the clinicians of tomorrow are fit to practice. Throughout, this course encourages participants to review their profession-specific standards and domains, and underlines the fundamental role of service users within clinical education – whilst highlighting the issues of safety and consent.
Developed in collaboration with:
Lead Advisor
City College of New York
Dublin City University
Quinnipiac University
Sheffield Hallam University
University of Central Lancashire
University of East Anglia
University of Lincoln
University of New England, Australia
University of Newcastle, Australia
University of Worcester
Widener University
Dr Laura Dzurec,
Dean of the School of Nursing at Widener University

3. What is the TANAHE programme?
Two online courses focussing on clinical teaching and research skills and clinical assessment, evaluation and feedback.
Developed for full and part-time educators in nursing and allied health schools, clinical mentors and graduate teaching assistants.
This program encourages participants to review their profession-specific standards and domains
Easy-to-follow online learning course, with additional offline study.
Interactive videos, surveys and audio learning and interviews and insight from medical professionals.

4. Contributors
Authors:
Dr Eva Aagaard - Professor of Medicine, Associate Dean for Educational Strategy, Director of the Center for Professional Excellence and Director of the Academy of Nursing Educators at the University of Colorado School of Medicine.
Dr Janet Corral - Director of Evaluation and Research, the Teaching Scholars Program, and Online Learning for the Academy of Nursing Educators at the University of Colorado School of Medicine.
Fara Bowler - Coordinator of the Clinical Education Center and Simulation Suite for the University of Colorado, College of Nursing.

5. About the course Structure: Who is it for? Published: October 2015
Over 3 hours of online content
Comprised of two courses:
Clinical teaching and learning
Clinical assessment, evaluation and feedback
30 hours of supplementary materials
Who is it for?
This program is developed for full and part-time educators in nursing and allied health schools, clinical mentors and graduate teaching assistants.
Published: October 2015

6. Overview and content Course and Times Syllabus Authors/Reviewers
Clinical teaching and learning
Over 2 hours
Clinical teaching and learning looks at how nursing and allied health educators should involve patients in the teaching process in order to enhance learning and inspire students. Participants will understand the value of patients in the learning process, how to prepare students and patients for the encounter, and how best to facilitate learning, team teaching and record- keeping.
Clinical teaching
Preparing for clinical teaching and learning
Understanding what you are teaching
Clinical teaching approaches
Accommodating different needs and dealing with challenging situations
Co-Authors: Dr Eva Aagaard, Dr Janet Corral & Fara Bowler
Clinical assessment, evaluation and feedback
Over 1 hour, 30 minutes
Clinical assessment, evaluation and feedback is designed to empower nursing and allied health educators to feel confident in designing, observing and evaluating accurate and effective written and practice-based assessments. They will be able to give constructive feedback and understand its importance in teaching and learning.
Introduction to assessment in clinical practice
Managing assessment in clinical practice
Assessment types, feedback and evaluation

7. Course features Interactive activities, models and scenarios.
Interviews with professionals and students on some of the key components of clinical teaching and learning.
Case studies and practical scenarios exploring real-life examples.
Practice scenario at the end of the course to help participants to apply new knowledge and skills to a realistic, clinical situation.
Interactive activities to help illustrate models such as the one-minute preceptor and SNAPPS models.
Interactive polls with real-time results for course-takers to assess their answers against others.

8. What does it look like?
Interactive and presentational activities

9. What does it look like?

10. Learning outcomes
By completing this program, participants will be better equipped to:
Evaluate teaching and learning activities and describe the responsibilities they have to the learner, the patient, and the agency
Design a planned teaching session around aims, the learners, their context, available resources and assessment
Define self-directed learning and critically appraise under what conditions this is beneficial to the learner
Apply strategies to deal with different and potentially challenging teaching and learning situations.
Define and describe the basic concepts in clinical assessment, and discuss the challenges that might impact the assessment process
Measure and document learners' progress in an effective and constructive way
Reflect on different types of assessment used in clinical teaching, from direct observation to simulation
Provide more effective and supportive feedback.

11. Support materials for Teaching and Assessment for Nursing and Allied Health Educators available from: