Curriculum development for an emerging healthcare workforce - the community health worker

1. CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT AT A
COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOR AN
EMERGING HEALTH CARE WORKFORCE –
The Community Health Worker – A CASE
STUDY

2. AUTHOR
• ELIZABETH KELLY, PH.D., RN., CNS-CH, BC-HSP;
CHWI
• HOUSTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE
• COLEMAN COLLEGE FOR HEALTH SCIENCES
• HOUSTON, TEXAS
• ADJUNCT FACULTY

3. I. INTRODUCTION
• A. History of the CHW
• B. Current legislation for the role
• C. CHW core competencies
• D. Current educational shift in the United
States

4. CURRICULUM BACKGROUND PROCESSES
II. APPROVAL PROCESS FOR A NEW CURRICULUM
III. BACKGROUND FOR CURRICULUM
DEVELOPMENT
IV. COLLEGE ENROLLMENT POLICIES AND
PROCEDURES

5. V. CHW CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT
• A. Community based participatory learning
• B. Student’s response to the curriculum
• C. Adult learning theory and grading system

6. VI. CURRICULUM INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN
• A. Eight CHW core competencies;
• B. Bloom’s educational taxonomy;
• C. Implementation of learning objectives through
1. Classroom
2. Service learning
3. Research

7. VII. COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP
DEVELOPMENT
• A. Importance of workforce development shift
• B. New learning strategies important

8. VIII. COURSE EVALUATION
• A. For College programs
• B. Course grading
• C. Continuous review of the curriculum
• D. Benjamin & Campbell, (2014), Social
Innovation Evaluation

9. IX. CONCLUSION
A. Students identify with an adult centered,
participatory curriculum;
B. Active learning through service learning
transitions students into the new CHW role;
C. Partnerships were supportive of the role and
students;
D. Multiple learning environments encourages students
to continue learning.

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