Integrating a Competency-Based Curriculum Through the Modernization of Teaching Strategies

Abstract

Background

Historically, lecture-based classrooms have been the pedagogy of choice for higher education. Nursing education has the opportunity to pivot from the use of lecture-only pedagogy to active learning platforms with the integration of competency-based education (CBE) while considering the learning needs of master's entry students.

Method

This scaffolded education innovation (SEI) used pre-class, in-class, and post-class activities grounded in CBE with spaced repetition techniques in an adult and geriatric nursing course.

Results

Students reported that active learning activities helped them learn and apply content and that having a variety of learning methods was useful for understanding the material.

Conclusion

Faculty can benefit from sharing experiences after leveraging modernized teaching strategies to build best practices for teaching today's nursing students.