This comprehensive 2-day workshop has been developed to empower nurses transitioning or aspiring to transition into clinical nursing faculty roles within academic and healthcare settings. The workshop aims to equip participants with essential skills, strategies, and best practices necessary for effective clinical teaching, including methods for fostering clinical judgment, the art of debriefing, using constructive feedback approaches, and accessing resources for continued development such as toolkits, templates, and mentor relationships. The program will include simulation exercises, opportunities for cognitive rehearsal as well as group discussion to address individual questions and increase learner confidence.

Learning Outcome:
By the end of the workshop, participants will be able to articulate the core responsibilities and expectations of clinical nursing faculty in academia, describe strategies to foster clinical judgment and critical thinking skills in nursing students, apply effective debriefing techniques to facilitate reflective learning, compare constructive and ineffective feedback approaches, and access resources for continued development such as toolkits, templates, and mentor relationships.

Planned Sessions:

Day one: 9:30-4:30pm - Monday August 19, 2024    

• Transitioning to Clinical Faculty Roles 
• Developing Clinical Judgment in Nursing Students 
• The Art of Debriefing

Day two: 8:30-2:30pm - Tuesday August 20, 2024  

• Feedback Essentials
• Teaching Best Practices Using Evidence
• Addressing Role Confusion and Building Confidence
• Coordinating with Skills Labs: Delivering a Consistent Message
• Mentorship: Finding a Mentor, Being a Mentor

Target Audience:

• Registered Nurses (RNs) transitioning or interested in transitioning to clinical nursing faculty roles.
• Experienced clinical faculty seeking to enhance their teaching skills and adopt evidence-based practices in clinical education.
• Nursing educators, program coordinators, and administrators responsible for faculty development and curriculum design in nursing education programs.

Contact Hours: 11.25