Transformative Curriculum Design in Health Sciences Education (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781466685710)

A crucial element in ensuring patient safety and quality of care is the proper training of the next generation of doctors, nurses, and healthcare staff. To effectively serve their students, health science educators must first prepare themselves with competencies in pedagogy and curriculum design. Transformative Curriculum Design in Health Sciences Education provides information for faculty to learn how to translate technical competencies in medicine and healthcare into the development of both traditional and online learning environments. This book serves as a reference for health sciences undergraduate and graduate faculty interested in learning about the latest health sciences educational principles and curriculum design practices. This critical reference contains innovative chapters on transformative learning, curriculum design and development, the use of technology in healthcare training through hybrid and flipped classrooms, specific pedagogies, interprofessional education, and more.

Author: Colleen Halupa
ISBN-10: 1466685719
ISBN-13: 9781466685710
Publisher: Medical Information Science Reference
Language: English
Published: 04/30/2015
Pages: 418
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 2.07lbs
Size: 10.00h x 7.00w x 0.94d