Nurse Educator Pathway Project: a competency-based intersectoral curriculum.
In this paper, we begin by providing an overview of the Educator Pathway Project (EPP), an education infrastructure that was developed in response to emerging critical nursing workplace issues, and the related demand for enhanced workplace education. We then describe the EPP competency-based curriculum designed to prepare nurses as preceptors, mentors, and educators to lead learning with diverse learner groups. This competency-based curriculum was developed through a collaboration of nurse leaders across practice, academic, and union sectors and drew from a widely embraced curriculum development model (Iwasiw, Goldenberg, & Andrusyzyn, 2005). The goal of the curriculum was to prepare nurses through a four-level career pathway model that contextualized practice and education theory to various education-related roles and levels of experience within the practice setting. Over 1,100 nurses participated in this innovative intersectoral nursing initiative.
University of Victoria. leyoung@uvic.ca
Lynne
L
Young
Linda J
LJ
Frost
Julie
J
Bigl
Marion
M
Clauson
Cora
C
McRae
Kathy S
KS
Scarborough
Sue
S
Murphy
Carol
C
Jillings
Frank
F
Gillespie
D002170:Canada; D002322:Career Mobility; D002983:Clinical Competence; D003162:Competency-Based Education / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003479:Curriculum; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004511:Education, Nursing, Graduate / Q000458:organization & administration; D005181:Faculty, Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D007857:Leadership; D008611:Mentors / Q000193:education*; D017145:Models, Educational; D016294:Models, Nursing; D024802:Nurse's Role; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D009740:Nursing Staff / Q000193:education; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011231:Preceptorship / Q000458:organization & administration; D016730:Program Development