Health Care Assistant Program PROVINCIAL CURRICULUM 2015 SUPPLEMENT - Second Edition - Ancillary Resources
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Health Care Assistant Program PROVINCIAL CURRICULUM 2015 SUPPLEMENT - Second Edition - Ancillary Resources Ministry of Advanced Education Health Care Assistant Program: Provincial Curriculum 2015 Supplement – Second Edition Copyright © 2015 Province of British Columbia Second Edition Released in 2017 This Supplement is owned by the Province of British Columbia and, unless otherwise noted, the content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-SA 4.0) 2 Health Care Assistant Program: Provincial Curriculum 2015 Supplement – Second Edition TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction ................................................................................................................................. 4 Second Edition Revisions Summary Table ......................................................................................... 6 Section 1: Suggested Learning Activities, Assessments and Resources for HCA Courses ........................................................................................................................................... 8 Preamble ........................................................................................................................................... 8 Recommended BC HCA Program Textbooks ..................................................................................... 9 Health and Healing: Concepts for Practice ...................................................................................... 11 Health Care Assistant: Introduction to Practice .............................................................................. 29 Health 1: Interpersonal Communications ....................................................................................... 56 Health 2: Lifestyle and Choices ........................................................................................................ 75 Healing 1: Caring for Individuals Experiencing Common Health Challenges .................................. 92 Healing 2: Caring for Individuals Experiencing Cognitive or Mental Health Challenges ............... 112 Healing 3: Personal Care and Assistance ....................................................................................... 138 Practice Experience in Multi-Level and/or Complex Care ............................................................. 154 Practice Experience in Home Support, Assisted Living and/or Group Home ................................ 158 Section 2: Supporting HCA Students’ Fundamental Computer Literacy Skills 161 Section 3: Additional Content/modifications ............................................................. 165 Health Care Assistants in Acute Care ............................................................................................ 165 Section 4: Sample Tools ...................................................................................................... 184 Assignment - HCA Workplace Settings .......................................................................................... 185 Assignment - Supporting Clients with Dementia or a Mental Health Disorder ............................ 188 Scenario-Based Lab Skills Assessment ........................................................................................... 191 HCA Skills Summary Checklist ........................................................................................................ 197 Health Care Assistant Program Learning Outcomes Verification .................................................. 202 Professional Behaviour Development Rubric ................................................................................ 204 Section 5: Acknowledgements ......................................................................................... 209 3 Health Care Assistant Program: Provincial Curriculum 2015 Supplement – Second Edition INTRODUCTION The Health Care Assistant Program Provincial Curriculum 2015 Supplement, released in August 2015, was produced to support the delivery and assessment of the required learning outcomes and course content set out in the Health Care Assistant Program Provincial Curriculum 2015. To ensure that the ancillary resource material in the 2015 Supplement could be updated on a more regular basis than the HCA Provincial Curriculum, it has been published as a separate document. The first edition of the stand-alone 2015 Supplement was developed alongside the expertise and recommendations of representatives from the HCA Provincial Curriculum Steering Committee. To reflect stakeholder input and current trends in health care, examples of case studies, learning strategies, assessments and resources were added to incorporate information on traditional medicine and healing practices, work safety, violence prevention, dementia and acute care. A section on computer literacy was included to address the need for health care assistants (HCAs) to be prepared to use technology in the workplace and provide HCA students with baseline computer skills. Resources to support learning and teaching about the role of the HCA in the acute care environment were also incorporated into the 2015 Supplement, and included within theory / lab coursework only. Practice experiences in acute care were not part of the Health Care Assistant Program Provincial Curriculum 2015 revisions. Health authority employers are responsible for providing HCAs hired into acute care settings with opportunities for structured and ongoing mentorships in order to transition them effectively into this environment. It is recognized that educational institutions delivering the HCA Program may already have effective teaching / learning methodologies and assessment mechanisms in place. The resource material within the 2015 Supplement provides recommended activities, resources and assessments and is not considered to be comprehensive. It should be noted that given the open licensing of the 2015 Supplement under Creative Commons, material within this document may be revised, remixed and shared as long as attribution is given to the copyright holder, the Province of British Columbia; changes to the source material are noted and adaptions are licensed with the same license. To streamline educator use, where STUDENT HANDOUTS are provided, attribution to the source has also been supplied. 4 Health Care Assistant Program: Provincial Curriculum 2015 Supplement – Second Edition Second Edition – Amendments Based on a recommendation from the HCA Provincial Articulation Committee that the Health Care Assistant Program Provincial Curriculum Supplement document be updated every two years, a second edition has been completed to ensure that materials and resources included are current and reflective of educator and workforce needs. The BC Care Aide and Community Health Worker Registry was tasked with coordinating the updates process. To identify potential areas for enhancement of the Second Edition, input was invited from HCA educators, HCA students, and HCA employers and workplace supports1 in winter 2017 through an online survey. Feedback from survey respondents resulted in the development of learning activities and the inclusion of resources to support student application of person-centered care, professionalism and critical thinking and problem solving. Emphasis was placed on the role of the HCA in caring for clients with dementia and mental health disorders, palliative care and supporting families. Extensive consultation on updates and revisions to the second edition took place in spring 2017, through an HCA Educators Working Session held in March 2017 and a review by public educators at the BC HCA Articulation Committee Public Sharing Day in April 2017, followed by a period of period of open consultation. A completed draft of the Second Edition was then reviewed by the HCA Education Standards Committee in May 2017 (See Section 5: Acknowledgements), followed by a second period of open consultation before being submitted to the Ministry of Advanced Education (AVED) and Ministry of Health (MoH) for review and to BCcampus for posting on SOL*R. Newly added learning activities include debate topics, research activities, role play / critical thinking activities and case scenarios. Resources within the 2015 Supplement, Second Edition have been formatted to support instructional delivery and student distribution. An unfolding case study has been integrated throughout the 2015 Supplement, Second Edition to emphasize concepts related to caring within each course. Focus has been given towards including activities that are ready for use in the classroom and ensuring that resources are current. A new section of standardized templates and assessment tools that can be adapted by educators to support theory, lab and clinical evaluation has also been included (Section 4: Sample Tools). 1 Defined as those who provide support, training and/or educational resources for HCAs in the workplace. 5 Health Care Assistant Program: Provincial Curriculum 2015 Supplement – Second Edition Second Edition Revisions Summary Table The following table provides an overall summary of the revisions. Second Edition Updates Page Number(s) Under the Introduction, content updated and a new section entitled, Second 4-5 Edition Amendments, added. Under the Preamble, revised information to indicate that an unfolding case 8 study has been included and a list of program textbooks has been added to replace the Resources: Books section at the end of each course. Added Recommended BC Program Textbooks