CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT AT A

COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOR AN

EMERGING HEALTH CARE WORKFORCE –

The Community Health Worker – A CASE

STUDY

AUTHOR

• ELIZABETH KELLY, PH.D., RN., CNS-CH, BC-HSP; CHWI

• HOUSTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE

• COLEMAN COLLEGE FOR HEALTH SCIENCES

• HOUSTON, TEXAS

• ADJUNCT FACULTY

I. INTRODUCTION

• A. History of the CHW

• B. Current legislation for the role

• C. CHW core competencies

• D. Current educational shift in the United States

CURRICULUM BACKGROUND PROCESSES

II. APPROVAL PROCESS FOR A NEW CURRICULUM

III. BACKGROUND FOR CURRICULUM

DEVELOPMENT

IV. COLLEGE ENROLLMENT POLICIES AND

PROCEDURES

V. CHW CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT

• A. Community based participatory learning

• B. Student’s response to the curriculum

• C. Adult learning theory and grading system

VI. CURRICULUM INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN

• A. Eight CHW core competencies;

• B. Bloom’s educational taxonomy;

• C. Implementation of learning objectives through

1. Classroom

2. Service learning

3. Research

VII. COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP

DEVELOPMENT

• A. Importance of workforce development shift

• B. New learning strategies important

VIII. COURSE EVALUATION

• A. For College programs

• B. Course grading

• C. Continuous review of the curriculum

• D. Benjamin & Campbell, (2014), Social Innovation Evaluation

IX. CONCLUSION

A. Students identify with an adult centered,

participatory curriculum;

B. Active learning through service learning

transitions students into the new CHW role;

C. Partnerships were supportive of the role and

students;

D. Multiple learning environments encourages students

to continue learning.

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