San Pedro College

Davao City

COURSE SYLLABUS
Summer Semester
School Year 2012- 2013

Angela G. Salangsang
Shari Ann Reyes
INSTRUCTORS

I. COURSE TITLE : Concepts of Education in Relation to Healthcare

Name of subject : Health Education
Time of Discussion: Summer Class

II. CREDITS : 3 units

III. COURSE DESCRIPTION:

This course is designed to provide perspective teachers and health practitioners a working knowledge on the values of effective
teaching and effective learning of students and/or clients. It deals with the principles and concepts that govern the various instructional
operations in teaching, giving of instructions and evaluation. The difference and similarities of nursing process and education process will also
 be provided to integrate the concept of education on both fields of learning. It also examines the development of health education in terms of
historical developments, professional standards, roles, theoretical foundations, ethics, application, and settings.

IV. SPC VISION: A Dominican learning community committed to excellence in the formation of person, living and spreading the love of the
compassionate Jesus, Healer and Teacher.

MISSION :
We, the students, staff, faculty and administrators commit ourselves to continually:
 build a nurturing Christian community with passion for truth, service and excellence;
 provide the Philippines and the World with persons who are professionally and technically skillful, imbued with strong ethical, moral and
spiritual values, through innovative programs of instruction and formation, research and community extension services.
 sustain quality work life for the employees by providing competitive benefits, good working conditions and opportunities for growth and
development;
 ensure a sustainable economic variability of the organization through efficient use of resources.

CORE VALUES:

 Truth and wisdom

 Pursue excellence and quality
 Respect the uniqueness of persons
 Social responsibility among people
 Family Spirit and sense of caring
V. COURSE REQUIREMENTS:

1 Attendance: punctuality is emphasized

2 Class participation in all activities
3 Quizzes
4 Graded recitation

VI. COURSE OBJECTIVES:

At the end of the course, with proper guidance and direction of the teacher and the cooperation of the students; coupled with the
availability of adequate relevant materials and tools, the students are expected to:

1. Acquire the basic and essential knowledge, skills, attitudes, values and habits that are necessary in teaching and learning;
2. Apply effective strategies, methods and techniques of teaching;
3. Compare the nursing process and education process with regards with its differences and similarities;
4. Summarize the historical foundations for the teaching roles of nurses;
5. Identify the role of nurses as health educator
 LEARNING CONTENT OUTLINE METHOD OF VALUES TIME RESOURCES METHODS OF
OBJECTIVES INSTRUCTION INFUSED FRAME EVALUATION

At the end of the

lesson, the students
are expected to:

1. Explain the TERMS: Lecture Awareness and 20 mins. Health The students will be able
meaning of  TEACHING - A deliberate recognition of Education for to explain the meaning of
important terms intervention involving the needed Nursing and important terms through a
. planning and information for other allied Graded Recitation
implementation of preparedness of Professions by
instructional activities and what is yet to Estrada-
experiences to meet the come. Castro C.
intended learner outcomes
based on the teaching. Visual aids

 INSTRUCTION - Is just one

aspect of teaching which
involves communication
 information about a specific
skill (cognitive, affective or
psychomotor ). It is
sometimes used
interchangeably with
teaching.

 LEARNING - A change in
behavior (knowledge, skills
and attitudes) that can
occur at anytime or in any
place as a result of
exposure to environmental
stimuli.
- An action by which
knowledge, skills and
attitudes are consciously or
unconsciously acquired and
behavior is altered which
can be seen or observed.

 EDUCATION PROCESS -
 A systematic, sequential,
planned course of action
with teaching as its two
major interdependent
functions and the teacher
and leaner as the key
players involved.

2. Enumerate the SIMILARITIES: Socialized Appreciation and 20 mins. Health The students will be able
similarities and Discussion recognition of the Education for to enumerate the
differences of  Both consist of the basic individuality and Nursing and similarities and
Nursing elements of assessment , uniqueness of other allied differences of Nursing
Process and planning, implementation each field. Professions by process and Education
Education and evaluation; Estrada- process through a written
Process  They are logical, Castro C. quiz.
scientifically-based
framework for nursing
processes providing for a
rational basis for nursing
practice rather than an
intuitive one;
 Both are methods for
 monitoring and judging the
overall quality of nursing
interventions based on
objective data and scientific
criteria.

DIFFERENCES:

 Nursing process focuses on

planning and
implementation of care
based on assessment and
diagnosis of the patient’s
physical and psychosocial
needs while the
 Education process identifies
instructional content and
methods based on an
assessment of the client’s
learning needs, readiness to
learn and learning styles.
 Bases of outcomes:
 Nursing process: when the
physical and psychosocial
needs of the client are met.
Education process: when
changes in knowledge,
attitudes and skills
occur.

3. Discuss the The teaching function will always Expository Method Appreciation of 30 mins. Health The students will be able
Historical be an integral part of the duties of the development Education for summarize the historical
foundations of a professional nurse. This dates and the Nursing and foundations of the
the teaching back to the time when nursing was principles other allied teaching roles of nurses in
roles of nurses given recognition as a discipline in involved in the Professions by a socialized graded
the 1800’s and health education betterment of the Estrada- recitation.
became a unique and independent future. Castro C.
function of the nurse. This was
regarded as the period of
Educated Nursing. The historical
evolution of teaching as an
essential role of the nurse traces
its roots to the mid 1800s through
the initiative and efforts of Florence
Nightingale, the mother of modern
nursing and founder of the first-
school of nursing.

 Nightingale taught nurses,

physicians and other health
officials about the
importance of clean, well
ventilated and well-lit
environment in the hospital
and at home in assisting the
patients to get well and
improve their sense of well-
being.
 She also founded the
Florence Nightingale School
of Nursing at St. Thomas
Hospital in London in June
15,1860 .
 “Notes on Nursing” and
“Notes on Hospitals”
  By the early 1900s, the
importance of education in
the promotion of health and
prevention of illness was
recognized and practiced by
the public health nurses.
Today, teaching is included
within the scope of nursing
practices responsibilities.

4. Classify the  Giver of Information Lecture with visual Recognizing 15 mins. Health The students will be able
Role of nurses  Facilitator of learning aids one’s Education for to classify the role of
as a health  Coordinator of teaching responsibilty Nursing and nurses as a health
educator  Client Advocate other allied educator in a diad quiz
Professions by
In the design/implementation of Estrada-
strategies and methods, health Castro C.
educators have an obligation to
two principles: Visual aids
1. the people have a right to
make decisions affecting
their lives;
 2. There is more imperative to
provide people with all
relevant information and
resources possible to make
their choice freely and
intelligently.

VII. REFERENCES:

Cecilia Estrada-Castro, RN, MAN (2011) Health Education For Nursing And Other Allied Professions with strategies and principles of teaching
and learning First Edition
Aquino, C. Fundamentals of Effective Teaching 2010