E04-1 Fostering Nursing Student Growth and Development using Computer-Assisted Learning

 

Authors: Elizabeth (Liz) White-MacDonald RN, BScN, MN; Keri-Ann Berga RN, BScN, MScN, IBCLC, PNC(C); Chunyan Zhang MA, MS, Simulation Technologist

 

Presenters: Elizabeth (Liz) White-MacDonald and Keri-Ann Berga, Grant MacEwan University, Edmonton AB

 

Purpose: To share development and use of our computer-assisted learning (CAL) program to support undergraduate nursing student knowledge acquisition, retention, and application of learning in relation to the maternal and fetal adaptations to pregnancy. We hope to stimulate dialogue about alternative uses of computer-assisted as well as on-line learning strategies to support both undergraduate and professional nursing education needs and potential partnerships between academia and the practice environment toward these goals.

 

Learning Objectives:

• Identify options for alternative learning strategies to facilitate and support undergraduate nursing student learning.
• Identify opportunities to integrate computer-assisted and on-line learning modalities for undergraduate nursing education as well as ongoing professional nursing education.
• Establish potential opportunities to collaborate with academic partners to meet ongoing professional nursing education needs.

 

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E04-2 Student-Based Interprofessional Initiative to Enhance Trauma-Informed Care

 

Authors: Rachelle Marek Sparrow BA, BScN; Daniela Graziano MSc; Aja Toste BSc, BScN; Sarah Kanji BSc, MSc; Julia Pasquale BMSc, MSc; Sarah Freeman BSc; Athena Hau BSc, BScN

 

Presenter: Rachelle Marek Sparrow, University of Toronto, Toronto ON

 

Purpose: To increase participant awareness of the prevalence of trauma in our communities and learn strategies of how to implement trauma-informed care into practice to best support patients and their families.

 

Learning Objectives:

• Describe effective strategies to integrating comprehensive trauma-informed care into nursing and medicine curricula.
• Describe the outcomes of a one-day trauma-informed care event on participants’ confidence in and application of trauma-informed care practices.
• Identify strategies to expand and replicate workshops in other universities and across healthcare settings.