Overview: In the context of children’s developmental and behavioral health challenges, the ability to teach health promotion is a critical component of maternal and child health education. Understanding how health promotion content is communicated to health professionals and then translated within various practice settings is essential. Pediatrics in Practice is a Bright Futures-based health promotion curriculum that provides the specific skills and strategies to teach health promotion and to foster a greater understanding of its core concepts among child health professionals.
This interactive Facilitator’s Guide provides an introduction to
the teaching strategies to help you build your own educator’s
portfolio.
Objectives: After completing this module, you will be able to:
- Identify key facilitative behaviors for effectively conveying health promotion content to learners.
- Describe teaching strategies and techniques for the effective facilitation of health promotion information to learners.
- Identify key resources to support your teaching practice in health promotion.
Length: This module will take approximately 30 minutes to complete.
Learning Activities: To complete this online module, you must read text on the screen and link to resources provided for your review. The module includes video and/or audio clips to enhance learning, as well as Self-assessments and/or Progress Checks that will help you identify areas of understanding. An online "Journal" is available for you to (1) record your personal responses to reflective questions designed to enhance your comprehension of the content and (2) provide a place where you can take notes. In addition, there is a centralized online "Briefcase" for you to save items that you would like to access later. At the end of the module you will be directed to an evaluation.
Accreditation: Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center designates this educational activity for a maximum of 0.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits(TM). Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center's Nursing Continuing Education Council is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.
This educational activity carries 0.5 contact hours.
Registration: The content on Pediatrics in Practice is accessible at no charge to registered users only, with a small charge if you wish to receive credit. Free registration provides you with unlimited access to all resources and interactive instruction found on this website. Registration also ensures you can interrupt an activity and resume it at a later time. In addition, your registration helps us to understand usage patterns so we can continually improve the Pediatrics in Practice experience. |
