Develop a learning needs assessment that could be used in the learner’s present or anticipated place of employment (healthcare or nursing school setting).

Develop a learning needs assessment that could be used in the learner’s present or anticipated place of employment (healthcare or nursing school setting).

College of Health Professions

MSN 7752

Needs Assessment

 

A need assessment is a specific type of survey that is critical to any teaching situation. It is used in the planning and implementation of learning activities in all settings.

 

Directions:

  1. Develop a learning needs assessment that could be used in the learner’s present or anticipated place of employment (healthcare or nursing school setting).

 

  1. Define the target population
  2. Discuss the difference between learner and organizational needs.
  3. Discuss how you would analyze the perceived needs of the learner and compare these to the actual needs.
  4. Explain how you would use data collected to prioritize learning needs identified.*

 

 

 

  1. Develop a method or instrument to determine the learning needs of a specified population regarding a specified topic. Conduct a review of literature to support your choices. Consider a philosophical or theoretical framework when developing the method.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*Adapted from: Panno (1992). A systematic approach for assessing learning needs. Journal of

                              Staff Development, 8(6), 267 – 273.