Health Education

Prof. John Dominic Ayala, RN, MAN

“Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement,

achievement and success have no meaning.”
-- Benjamin Franklin
 Paper and Pen Activity

A Task For You

Consider yourself a student of a nurse educator.

Think of that teacher whom you have worked
with. What did that teacher do to promote or
enhance students learning and satisfaction.
What teaching strategies did she used to
minimize barrier to education and learning?
Overview of Education on Health
Care
Introduction
For a long time, health care and teaching were pursued by
religious orders. However, prior to the coming of the religious orders to
the Philippines, “albolaryos” or local doctors already had been tending to
the health needs of the community. They relied on indigenous ways and
materials of treating the sick. These individuals were also repositories of
knowledge of how to take care of one’s health.
Overview of Education on Health Care
Lay individuals were able to secure nursing degrees in the 1800s
and in the longest time, teaching in health education adapted the norms
of transmitting knowledge for the sake of teaching the students. There
was neither an effort to understand the learning process nor the learner.
However, teaching was more than it is known today.
Overview of Education on Health Care
Good teaching is more than mere intellectual challenge. It is a
very thorough discipline, which demands, among others, adaptability,
inventiveness and creativity. The teacher should be able to adapt to both
different situations and types of students. Due to ever-changing demands
of learning, the teacher must constantly be creative of new approaches to
teaching in anticipation of the various mental and psychological make-up
of the prospective learners.
Overview of Education on Health Care
Teachers of nursing therefore must keep both body of knowledge
and skills continually updated and evolving. They must keep striving to
improve and supplement their existing knowledge and attain deeper
understanding of the nursing profession. This help prepare the students
for challenges they will face, with the advancing technology in nursing
practice and patient care and their increasingly complex responsibilities.
Overview of Education on Health Care
The teachers adaptability comes into play when understanding
differences in the behavior of her students. The teacher have the ability to
adjust her teaching to individual differences in order to convey effectively her
knowledge and skills to the most number of students, demonstrate what is
expected of them and what they are to expect in terms of student and patient
behavior, help them integrate their classroom teaching into practical, clinical
setting and finally, evaluate their performance effectively through their
student and patient behavior.
Overview of Education on Health Care
Principles and practices of teaching enable teachers to adapt
various methods and techniques of teaching and adjust to students’
level of understanding, background knowledge and experience, and the
objectives and content of learning.
Concepts of Teaching and Learning
Terminologies
• Education - the field of study
that deals mainly with methods of
teaching and learning with
systematic instruction in schools.
• Health - is a state of complete
physical, mental and social well-
being and not merely the absence
of disease or infirmity.
 Terminologies
 Learning - is an active process of
appropriation (making one's own) of
knowledge, abilities and skills in order
to enhance the personal or collective
control potential (competence) of
shaping reality in a given context or
situation.
 Teaching - engagement with
learners to enable their
understanding and application of
knowledge, concepts and
processes.
 Terminologies
 Patient Teaching - is the process by
which health professionals and others
impart information to patients and their
caregivers that will alter their health
behaviors or improve their health
status.
 Health Education - is any
combination of learning experiences
designed to help individuals and
communities improve their health,
by increasing their knowledge or
influencing their attitudes.
HEALTH EDUCATION
Health Education
 Health education is the process of imparting information
about health in such a way that the recipient is
motivated to use that information for the protection or
advancement of his own, his family’s or his community’s
health.
 Health Education
 Health education is an active learning process, which
aims at favorably changing attitudes and influencing
behavior w.r.t health.
Health Education
Health Education
Health Education
THE NURSE
NURSE
a person who cares for the sick or
infirm specifically : a licensed
health-care professional who
practices independently or is
supervised by a physician,
surgeon, or dentist and who is
skilled in promoting and
maintaining health
 NURSING

Nursing encompasses collaborative and autonomous care of individuals of all ages,

families, groups and communities, sick or well and in all settings. Nursing includes the

prevention of illness, promotion of health, and the care of ill, disabled and dying

people.
NURSE Educator
 Nurse
educators teach nursing students.
 They are responsible for designing,
implementing, evaluating, and
revising educational programs
for nurses.
 To be effective at their
jobs, nursing education
professionals need to have both
excellent leadership skills and an in-
depth knowledge of their field.
EDUCATION PROCESS
Education Process
 Education Process
In the educational process, the communication between the student and the teacher
can be verbal or non-verbal. Both interlocutors and participants can express their
emotions. A student can express emotions regarding the relation with the content of
the lesson, and toward the kind of knowledge acquired. A teacher can express
emotions related to the evolution of the student during the educational process.
 Education Process
A teacher is appreciated according to the ability to assess students correctly; to
show feedback and empathy; to anticipate gaps in the student's knowledge; and
to guide the training process in an adequate manner. In addition, a good teacher
manages to involve the student when the latter has become lazy or bored. A
teacher's style, gestures and the emotions may be significant elements, which
contribute to pedagogical success.
3 Components of Educational Process

Teacher
Student
Education
6 Main Elements of Educational Process

Six basic elements influence the quality of

education.

1) The teacher and teaching methods.

2) Educational content.
3) Learning environment.
4) School management.
5) Preconditions for pupils.
6) Funding and organization
Heidgerken's Conceptual Model of the Total Educational
Process for Nursing
Nursing Process
Nursing Process
Nursing Process