Prior Learning Workshop for Health Professionals - Advanced ((4 Credits))

Catalog description

This course focuses on individualized Prior Learning Assessment (iPLA) for healthcare professionals. This course is taught by a health professions educator for students requesting advanced level credit. The purpose of the course is to help you think through what you've learned and how you've gained that knowledge, and to translate that thinking into appropriate requests for advanced level college credit appropriate to your degree plan. The course alternates and interweaves very concrete information (e.g., how SUNY Empire’s prior learning assessment process works) and more abstract investigation (e.g., the nature of college-level learning). Each type of investigation informs the other. The course will help students through the process of describing and documenting their knowledge through application conceptual framework/theory and different approaches to prior learning assessment. In this way, the course will add to the student’s knowledge about learning and assessing learning. Students are required to include evidence-based research to support their statements about their knowledge in each topic area. Advanced level writing incorporating research, analysis, evaluation, and synthesis is required for all PLA advanced level credit requests throughout the course to demonstrate quality of thought and depth and breadth of knowledge. Note: Students need to have at least 2 potential topic areas for prior learning assessment; please consult: Should I Pursue Credit through PLA? (https://courses.lumenlearning.com/suny-esc-educationalplanning/chapter/should-i-pursue-credit-through-pla/ ) for a brief self-assessment to determine if this course is appropriate. Students should also consult with their mentor before requesting to enroll in this course to determine appropriate topics to pursue for PLA. Important Note – grades in this course are not linked to receipt of PLA credit. Students still must go through the PLA evaluation process. The course instructor and student’s mentor work with the student on the PLA submission process.