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Revision 6 closed October 1, 2007, replaced by current version.
Delivery mode: Individualized study online.
Note: Follow instructions on the Undergraduate Course Registration form and select “Online” when asked for delivery mode. Online course materials cannot be accessed before your course contract start date. Grouped study only at Mount Royal College, Calgary, AB.
Credits: 3 - Applied Studies
Prerequisite: Post-LPN: ENGL 255 and PHIL 152 recommended. Athabasca University at Mount Royal College (Calgary, AB): Nursing 2202 and Nursing 2203 recommended.
Precluded course: HLST 320 cannot be taken for credit if credit has already been obtained for HLST 482.
Centre: Centre for Nursing and Health Studies
HLST 320 has a Challenge for Credit option; this option is not available to post LPN BN Students.
HLST 320 Teaching and Learning for Health Professionals introduces the principles and theories of teaching and learning within a health context. Through a variety of activities students learn how to assess the teaching-learning environment, develop a teaching plan, apply specific teaching strategies and evaluate the effectiveness of teaching. Students apply teaching and learning concepts, theories and principles through the completion of a teaching project. Critical assessment of teaching resources is also a component of HLST 320. By the completion of this course students have a beginning understanding of the complexities and realities of health teaching from a personal and theoretical perspective.
Upon completion of HLST 320, the student will achieve or exceed the following learning outcomes:
Unit 1: Health Teaching
Unit 2: Theories of Learning and Motivation
Unit 3: Learning Styles and Teaching Locations
Unit 4: Writing Educational Objectives: Domains of Learning
Unit 5: Instructional Design: Assessment
Unit 6: Instructional Design: Planning
Unit 7: Instructional Design: Implementation
Unit 8: Instructional Design: Evaluation
To receive credit for HLST 320, students must complete all of the required assignments and achieve a composite grade of at least “C-” (60 percent) and pass the personal assessment exercise. All papers submitted must follow the guidelines of the APA Publication Manual (5th ed.)( 2001).
The assignments and weighting of the composite grade is as follows:
| Personal Assessment - Teaching Philosophy | Pass/Fail |
| Critique of a Health Education Resource | 15% |
| Teaching Project Part I - Objectives and Brief Overview | 10% |
| Teaching Project Part II - Paper | 35% |
| Final Examination | 40% |
| Total | 100% |
To learn more about assignments and examinations, please refer to Athabasca University's online Calendar.
London, F. (1999). No time to teach? A nurse's guide to patient and family education. New York: Lippicott.
Rankin, S. H., Stallings, K. D., & London, F. (2005). Patient education in health and illness (5th ed.). New York: Lippincott.
Zilm, G. & Entwistle, C. (2002). The smart way: An introduction to writing for nurses (2nd ed.). Toronto: Harcourt Brace.
Students will receive an Access Letter in the course package with instructions for gaining access to this online course. A variety of electronic journal articles and web sites are used in the course and paper copies are not included in the course package.