Educator Development Program School of Medicine VANDERBILT

Primer  on  Wri*ng  Learning  Objec*ves  for  an    

Advanced  Clinical  Elec*ve  (ACE)  or  Ac*ng  Internship  (AI)  

Assembled by Lillian B. Nanney, Ph.D March 2015.

Educator Development Program School of Medicine VANDERBILT

Goal: Upon completion of this session, each course director will be equipped with tools to write learning objectives for an Advanced Clinical Experience (ACE) or a Acting Internship (AI)

Learning Objectives for this Module

After viewing the video and viewing the materials in this presentation, course directors should be able to. . . . .

1.  Write learning objectives for an ACE or AI course using a simple standardized format.

Educator Development Program School of Medicine VANDERBILT

What  is  a  learning  objec*ve?  

A learning objective is a clear target for a learner who needs to acquire new knowledge, skills, or attitudes.

We provide this definition

Educator Development Program School of Medicine VANDERBILT

We  make  the  assump*on  that  you  are  a  curious  course  director  and  will  want  to  dig  in  to:    1.    Increase  your  fund  of  knowledge  about    Construc*on  of  Learning  Objec*ves                                and      2.  Learn  why  they  are  considered  as  essen*al  elements  of  a  course  curriculum