##  [NURS 577B](/course/nurs-577b) 

Graduate Practicum in Nursing - Advanced Practice Nursing and the Role of the Educator (3-6)

[MSN](/course-programs/msn)

[PhD](/course-programs/phd)

 

This practicum-based course is designed to provide the student with an opportunity to explore advanced practice in the field of education through a selected educational setting of interest. Through the practicum experience the student is expected to engage reflexively to explore the relationship between nursing and education knowledge and educational practice in a specific teaching setting. **Prerequisite: NURS 540**

[Guidelines for requesting NURS 577](/sites/default/files/2023-03/nurs_577b_guideline_-_feb_2018.pdf "nurs_577b_guideline_-_feb_2018")

### Objectives:

- Develop and implement a professional learning plan
- Demonstrate competence in nursing education and training practice
- Employ collegiate and collaborative practice
- Integrate reflective practice and scholarship in professional education into their practice
- Evaluate their progress as professional educators according to quality indicators such as student performance, student and peer evaluation
- Demonstrate beginning competence for each of the concepts related to the advanced practice nurse (APN)
- Explore their development in preparation for an advanced practice role in nursing education
    
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    [Link to UBC Course Schedule (For Registration, restrictions, etc...) ](http://courses.students.ubc.ca/cs/main?pname=subjarea&tname=subjareas&req=1&dept=NURS)