Are you interested in becoming a nurse educator and shaping the future of health care to educate the nursing professionals of tomorrow? We have developed an introductory workshop that will help you reach the next step in your career. You will hear from expert educators about what it means to be nursing faculty.
Purpose
This workshop was developed to increase the number of high-quality nursing faculty to address the serious national nursing shortage. Bill and Joanne Conway, the philanthropists behind the Bedford Falls Fund, are renowned for their generosity in supporting nursing education and addressing the shortage. With their support, we have built a workshop that will begin your journey to becoming nursing faculty.
Goals
The School's faculty residency program will create a mentorship program using faculty, state-of-the-art simulation training and deliver instruction on curriculum development, classroom teaching, theory and clinical evaluation, among many other skills that will ensure your success inside the classroom.
Workshop Information
Modules
Preparing for the Role as a Nurse Educator
Duquesne Nursing faculty will serve as mentors to participants in the workshop. They will be there to assist you on every step of your journey to becoming a nurse educator.
Engagement
You will be part of a small group, and Duquesne faculty will serve as mentors to guide you through the workshop and assist with questions during the modules. Our faculty have your best interests at heart and want to see you reach your future goals.Professionalism in Nursing Education
In this module you will:
- Develop a philosophy of teaching
- Learn to manage a classroom or clinical setting
- Manage difficult situations (i.e., conflicts with students)
- Build a Curriculum Vitae (resume)
Introduction to Curriculum and Evaluation in Teaching
In module 2, you will begin to learn the ins and outs of creating a syllabus and building your curriculum for your courses.
- Purpose of a syllabus
- Introduction to Undergraduate Curriculum
- Creating a Teaching Lesson
- Methods for effective evaluation
- Constructive feedback
- Creating a short teaching project
Simulation
The third and final module will bring you to campus for in-person learning and lessons on teaching students.
- Heath Care Simulation Best Practices
- Pre-Briefing
- Debriefing
- Participate in a simulation
- Discuss development of simulation scenarios
A Hybrid Approach
Simulation Scenarios
In early Summer, participants will be invited to campus to work in Duquesne's state-of-the-art simulation center. Participants will be asked to facilitate simulations with students under the guidance of your faculty mentor. Participants will take part in pre-briefing and debriefing simulation scenarios. Participants will then meet with their mentors after the simulation to review their learning outcomes and discuss ways to improve. This project will help in preparation for the Fall Teaching Project.
Teaching Project
In the Fall, participants will be encouraged to create a teaching project. The project will be no longer than 15-20 minutes and focus on an undergraduate topic chosen with the assistance of the mentors. Participants will record their project via Zoom and send the video in to their mentors for review. Participants and mentors will meet to view the teaching recordings as a group. Feedback will be provided. In November, all participants will be invited to a celebration reception, where they will receive their letter of completion for the workshop.
FAQs
The workshop will run from January 2025 through November 2025 with a hybrid approach to learning that is very flexible with a working schedule.
There is no cost to participants.
All BSN graduates, MSN graduates, staff nurses, adjunct clinical faculty and graduate students are invited to attend.
The program is primarily self-paced with visits to campus to implement a mini teaching project and for simulation activities.
Participants will receive a letter stating completion of the residency workshop.
The workshop will use a hybrid approach and a combination of self-paced online modules as well as in person opportunities to implement new learning in The Learning and Simulation Center on campus.
Duquesne University faculty and leadership along with representatives from our clinical partners.
School of Nursing faculty have created a residency workshop with an emphasis on mentorship that will provide state-of-the-art simulation education and deliver instruction on curriculum development, classroom teaching, theory and clinical evaluation, among other skills.
The workshop aims to increase the number of adjunct and clinical teachers who may move to full-time faculty roles by developing hybrid nursing-faculty residency (NFR) programs that will be more accessible to recent graduates and current clinicians.