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Nursing (NURS) 611

Dissemination Strategies
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Status:

Open

Delivery mode:

Paced study

Credits:

3

Area of study:

Health

Prerequisites:

MHS Students: MHST 601; MHST 603, MHST 609, 5 curriculum courses, 2 electives; MHST 611 is final course*.
MN-GEN Students: NURS 608; NURS 603, NURS 609, 5 curriculum courses, 2 electives; NURS 611 is final course*.

Precluded:

None

Faculty:

Faculty of Health Disciplines

Notes:

*Due to the nature of assessments in this course, it is recommended that this is the only course students take in their last term.

Overview

Health professionals possess a wealth of information and experience. In this course, students will learn to use a variety of dissemination strategies designed to share knowledge and experience. Students will write an article designed for scholarly publication, develop a poster presentation, and complete a lay audience presentation.

Outline

MHST/NURS 611 comprises the following seven units:

  • Unit 1: Orientation and Introduction
  • Unit 2: Identifying Potential Target Journals
  • Unit 3: Developing an Article Outline
  • Unit 4: Writing the Article
  • Unit 5: Poster Presentation
  • Unit 6: Writing for a Lay Audience
  • Unit 7: Wrap-up and Evaluation

Objectives

To assist the student to be able to:

  1. Identify the requirements of refereed scholarly publication;
  2. Write an article suitable for a refereed scholarly publication;
  3. Develop a poster slide presentation;
  4. Write an article appropriate to a lay audience;
  5. Identify additional dissemination opportunities; and
  6. Develop skills as a reviewer.

Evaluation

The assessment structure for NURS/MHST 611 is based on the following course activities. All activities in the course are graded on a pass / fail basis. You must pass all course activities to be awarded an overall passing grade.

Activity Weight
Manuscript Outline Pass/Fail
Manuscript Reviews (2) Pass/Fail
Response to Reviews Pass/Fail
Knowledge Translation Presentation Pass/Fail
Final Assessment Pass/Fail

Pass (meets or exceeds all standards of competencies)

Fail (below standards of competencies)

Materials

There is no print textbook for this course. All learning resources are available online. Scholarly articles and chapters from e-texts are available from the Athabasca University (AU) online library. Other online resources including videos and other multi-media resources are included in the course and available without cost. Most of the learning resources used in the course are Open Educational Resources (OER).

Technical Requirements

Computer System

In order to successfully complete this course, you must own or have ready access to certain computer hardware and software programs. For complete and up-to-date information on the minimum computer requirements required to complete the graduate nursing courses, visit the Centre for Nursing and Health Studies technical site.

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Athabasca University reserves the right to amend course outlines occasionally and without notice. Courses offered by other delivery methods may vary from their individualized study counterparts.

Updated March 1, 2022

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