Author : Sharma Suresh
Publisher : Elsevier Health Sciences
Page : 484 pages
File Size : 11,84 MB
Release : 2016-04-28
Category : Medical
ISBN : 813124654X
Communication and Educational Technology is precisely written as per the syllabus prescribed for the undergraduate nursing studies. It is useful as an introductory textbook for the postgraduate nursing students and can also be of help for the other health care professionals to understand the concepts of communication and teaching–learning pedagogy. The book is an excellent attempt towards introducing the readers to the basics of communication and educational technology in the education of nurses and other health care professionals. The content has been updated and enriched by including new topics such as the following: Definition, types, organization, development process and models, and determinants of curriculum Meaning, purposes and components of item analysis including item difficulty, discrimination index and effectiveness of destructors The clinical teaching methods such as nursing case study, nursing case presentation, nursing rounds, bedside nursing clinics, nursing assignments, nursing care conference, health care team conference, process recording and field visit are presented in more details. A number of working examples have been added to facilitate ease of learning. A total of 350 multiple choice questions have been included in this textbook: 150 MCQs are placed within the end-of-chapter exercises and 200 comprehensive MCQs are placed in Appendix B. These will be useful for the readers to prepare for qualifying the postgraduate and doctoral level nursing entrance exams and nursing faculty/teachers’ recruitment exams. Every chapter has been provided with Learning Objectives and Key Terms in its beginning.