Description
Elsevier Science Communication And Educational Technology 2Nd Edition by Suresh K Sharma and Reena Sharma
Primary meant for the undergraduate nursing students, it is also useful as an introductory textbook for the postgraduate nursing students and can also be of help for the other health care professionals to understand the concepts of communication and teaching–learning pedagogy. The book is an excellent attempt towards introducing the readers to the basics of communication and educational technology in the education of nurses and other health care professionals.
Key Feature:-
The content has been updated and enriched by including new topics such as the following:
1. Definition, types, organization, development process and models, and determinants of curriculum
2. Meaning, purposes and components of item analysis including item difficulty, discrimination index and effectiveness of destructors
3. The clinical teaching methods such as nursing case study, nursing case presentation, nursing rounds, bedside nursing clinics, nursing assignments, nursing care conference, health care team conference, process recording and field visit are presented in more details.
4. A number of working examples have been added to facilitate ease of learning.
5. A total of 350 multiple choice questions have been included in this textbook: 150 MCQs are placed within the end-of-chapter exercises and 200 comprehensive MCQs are placed in Appendix B. These will be useful for the readers to prepare for qualifying the postgraduate and doctoral level nursing entrance exams and nursing faculty/teachers’ recruitment exams.
6. Every chapter has been provided with Learning Objectives and Key Terms in its beginning.
About the Author:-
Dr Suresh K. Sharma, MScN, PhD, RN, is currently Professor-cum-Principal, College of Nursing, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Rishikesh, Uttarakhand. A gold medalist in nursing education, he did his postgraduate studies at PGIMER, Chandigarh, and received his doctorate in nursing administration from Panjab University, Chandigarh. He is registered as an RN with the Board of Registered Nursing, California, USA, and received the coveted Florence Nightingale Award in 2001. He is a prolific writer and has published six textbooks in nursing, besides a number of chapters contributed and papers published in international and national journals of repute. Reena Sharma is an academician in the field of education. She has obtained her MA in political science, MPhil in Gandhian thought, and MEd with specialization in Educational Technology from Rajasthan University, Jaipur. She is a poignant writer, who has published original scientific papers and articles in the field of education in international and national journals. She is active in participating and contributing in the academic developments across the educational fraternity.