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Implementing Infographics into Nursing Education

Teresa Connolly, PhD, RN

Teresa.Connolly@ucdenver.edu

1) Approval StatementThis continuing education activity was approved by the Western Multi-State Division, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, and Utah Nurses Associations are members of the Western Multi-State Division. Approval # 72-17

2) Criteria for Successful CompletionTo receive contact hours, participants must check-in to the session using the barcode scanner, attend the entire session and then complete both the session evaluation and full conference evaluation by July 31, 2017.

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LEARNING OBJECTIVES

• Explain how an infographic could be used as a nursing educational tool

• Describe how nurses can use infographics to provide educational materials to diverse populations

• Describe how to implement an infographic into nursing education as a teaching strategy

WHAT IS AN INFOGRAPHIC?

• A visualization of an idea to help the viewer more easily understand a complex concept

Retrieved from: https://visual.ly/community/infographic/other/infographic-infographics?utm_source=visually_embed

Retrieved from: https://crmrkt.com/XqWjW

WHO USES INFOGRAPHICS?

Business, Communication, Marketing, Economics, Education, CDC…

The better question is who DOESN’T use infographics?

According to Google Trends search terms for Infographics has increased dramatically since 2004

Retrieved from: https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&q=infographics

WHO USES INFOGRAPHICS?

Retrieved from: https://www.cdc.gov/bloodpressure/infographic.htm

INFOGRAPHICS IN NURSING EDUCATION

• Not widely discussed in nursing education

• Infographics are another tool that offer a different teaching strategy that goes beyond PowerPoint

• Reinforces concepts

• Provides images to enhance memory/retention

• Quick, efficient and powerful to communicate complex ideas

INFOGRAPHICS IN NURSING EDUCATION

A tool nurses can use to educate their patients• Undergraduate Level• Graduate LevelA tool for teaching an learning• Large classroom• Small classroom• Allows for learning many concepts

INFOGRAPHICS IN NURSING EDUCATION

A tool to help with cognitive overload• If lecture is the primary teaching strategy• If you have a lot of material to coverA tool to use when working with diverse populations• Students• Patients

INFOGRAPHICS IN NURSING EDUCATION

A tool to assess how students synthesize knowledge gained • Undergraduate Level• Graduate Level

INFOGRAPHICS IN NURSING EDUCATION

Students• I am not a graphic designer• I am not an artist• Waste of my time

Professors• New technology• Desire to cover everything

IMPORTANCE OF NURSES CREATING INFOGRAPHICS

• Nurses have the knowledge and expertise of disease and care

• Artists alone DO NOT have the ability to provide the nursing insight into the design to create effective educational materials

Canva: https://www.canva.com

Venngage: https://venngage.com

Piktochart: https://piktochart.com

HOW TO MAKE AN INFOGRAPHIC

EXEMPLAR OF INFOGRAPHIC IN AN UNDERGRADUATE PATHOPHYSIOLOGY

COURSE

Purpose in the classroom•Large class (120-200) so presentations are hard•A lot of diseases easier to see 25 infographics than read 100+ pages•Synthesis of knowledge to make it applicable to patients

EXEMPLAR OF AN INFOGRAPHIC IN AN UNDERGRADUATE

PATHOPHYSIOLOGY COURSE

• Prepare the students for the assignment• This is new so videos on how to use it• Example: Piktochart has a demo, but it

watches like an advertisement• Created a video on how to use it for

students to reduce the learning curve for new technology

EXEMPLAR OF INFOGRAPHIC IN AN UNDERGRADUATE PATHOPHYSIOLOGY

COURSE

Purpose of the assignment•Provide the pathophysiology of a disease

• Etiology, epi., pathological process s/sx, diagnostics, prognosis

•Has to be at the 6-8th grade reading level• Flesch-Kincaid great tool on word

•No treatments• Less is more

EXEMPLAR OF INFOGRAPHIC IN AN UNDERGRADUATE PATHOPHYSIOLOGY

COURSE

Providing formative feedback•Students•Instructor

Providing summative feedback•Rubric

EXEMPLAR OF INFOGRAPHIC IN AN UNDERGRADUATE PATHOPHYSIOLOGY

COURSE

QUESTIONS?

Arcia, A., Suero-Tejeda, N., Bales, M. E., Merrill, J. A., Yoon, S. Wooollen, J., & Bakken, S. (2016).

Sometimes more is more iterative participatory design of infographics for engagement of

community members with vary levels of health literacy. Journal American Medical Informatics

Association, 23, 174-183. Doi: 10.1093/jamia/ocv079

Bradshaw, M. J., & Porter, S. (2016). Infographics a new tool for the nursing classroom. Nurse

Educator. Advanced online publication. Doi: 10.1097/NNE. 0000000000000316

Houts, P. S., Doak, C. C., Doak, L. G., & Loscalzo, M. J. (2006). The role of pictures in improving health

communication: A review of research on attention, comprehension, recall, and adherence.

Patient Education and Counseling, 61, 173-190.

Kadri, S.M., Saleem-ur-Rehman, Rehana, K., & Gregianki, I. (2016). Zika virus disease (ZIKV)

Infographics, language-tailored: Innovations and Good Practices in Integrated Disease

Surveillance Programme Kashmir, India 2016. Journal of MPE Molecular pathological

Epidemiology, 1 (1).

Mixer, S. J., McFarland, M. R., & McInnis, L. A. (2008). Visual Literacy in the online environment.

Nursing Cinics of North America, 43 (4) 575-582: Doi: 10.1016/j.cnur.2008.06.010.

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