Discussion Board Post Response - Essay Example

Responses to Discussion Tonya Peten Walden 25 June, Responses to Discussion Response to Allison Polinski Allison, i agree with all the aspects of your discussion. For instance, I concur with your choice of objectives. As explicated by McKimm and Swanwick (2009, p.406), "Learning objectives state the observable and measurable behaviors that learners should exhibit as a result of participating in a learning program". My agreement with your choice of objectives is attributed to the fact that your stipulated objectives such as creation of educational materials for staff and increasing in hand hygiene by five percent are discernible and assessable.

I also agree with your evaluation plan whereby both formative and summative approaches will be used. Formative evaluation can be used to provide feedback for learning and consequently serve as the basis for improvements (Duers and Brown, 2009) and should therefore be conducted as the project progresses. I concur that summative evaluation is conducted at the end of an instructional unit (Duers and Brown, 2009) and can thus be conducted at the end of your practicum project. Response to Ker Wimmer McKimm and Swanwick (2009) posits that objectives outlines what the student seeks to achieve at the end of a project.

In this regard, I agree with your objectives in achieving your goal. Your objectives clearly shows what you will achieve at the end of the practicum project. For instance, you assert that you will be able to present findings to the executive system board for approval at the end of your project. I also concur with the other aspects of your discussion such as your methodology and evaluation plan. Your choice to utilize PFCC as your methodology will help achieve the projected outcomes based on findings from other methodical investigations, thus I agree with your methodology.

It is only through formative and summative approaches to evaluation that you will be able to get feedback from your colleagues and also at the end of your project (Duers and Brown, 2009). In this respect, I agree with your evaluation plan. ReferencesDuers, L. E., & Brown, N. (2009). An exploration of student nurses experiences of formative assessment. Nurse Education Today, 29(6), 654–659.McKimm, J., &Swanwick, T. (2009). Setting learning objectives. British Journal of Hospital Medicine, 70(7), 406–409.