766 Alignment

Nancy Joy Luaces

Problems Identification

The aim of this project is to increase passage rates on the written portion of the state certification test among English language
learners who are enrolled in the STNA program at Quality Care Academy & Staffing through access to intensive academic
vocabulary and medical terminology acquisition instruction. STNA Training requires 75 hours of classroom and lab
instruction, and 16 hours of clinical experience in a residential facility. The overall program is designed to be completed over a
2.5 weeks plus additional time to earn additional optional certifications such as CPR and First Aid. Due to time constraints of
the overall training program, the addition of this program must be focused and specific. The specific goals of this program
were designed based on the feedback of directors of current STNA training programs. Based on feedback provided by the
Nursing Director of Quality Care Academy & Staffing and other similar training programs, approximately 30% of students who
successfully complete the instruction, hands-on lab requirements, and clinical rotations, are unable to pass the state required
test in order to get certified required for employment due to language difficulties because English is not their first language.
The Nursing Director has also observed lower grades on vocabulary quizzes and difficulty among English Languages Leaners
to grasp the medical vocabulary throughout the course. The goal of this project is to increase passage rates among English
language learner STNA trainees by increasing their access to intensive vocabulary instruction designed to increase their
interactions with academic language and job specific medical terminology.

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Instructional Delivery

Access to limited technology among trainees requires that delivery be available in a learner-centered self-paced blended
format so that students can complete lessons regardless of their limited access to technology. This may require creating
instruction that can be completed with paper and pencil, as well as using a computer.

Terminal Objective: STNA students will define job specific medical terminology, associated with body systems and
common illnesses, correctly using knowledge of Latin roots, prefixes and suffixes.
Enabling Objectives Assessment Idea Absorb Activity Do Activity Connect Activity
Explain how roots,  True or False Quiz In class discussions: understanding of how word
prefixes and suffixes Slide Show & components work and identification &
are combined to form Presentation definition of known compound words and
words. components.
Define roots, prefixes,  In-Class Charting  Use chart of word component to
and suffixes (word Activity responses  Interactive Slide create/identify job specific medical terms
components).  Matching Quiz Show and define those terms based on word
 Chart of Word components.
Components  Matching Quiz – prefixes, suffixes, roots,
job-specific medical terms
Label specific body  Click in  Click-In Picture/Label Diagram Practice &
parts according to Presentation of Body
Picture/Label Quiz labeling body parts with word
word components. Diagrams
Diagram Quiz components
Recognize word  Fill-in-the-Blank –  In-Class Discussions – Analysis of Checklists
components in job STNA Checklists, Reading/Analysis of  Fill-in-the-Blank or Highlight target terms
specific medical  Pick One & Pick Checklists using specific job checklists.
terminology. Multiple Quiz  Pick One & Pick Multiple Quiz

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 Categorize terms  Pick One & Pick  Classification/Matching
based on definitions of Multiple Quiz Game - Word
word components. Presentation Components
 Pick One & Pick
Multiple Quiz

Terminal Objective: STNA students will use job specific medical terminology correctly in verbal and written descriptions of
body systems and common illnesses.
Enabling Objectives Assessment Idea Absorb Activity Do Activity Connect Activity
Record the correct  Assess spelling  Assess spelling of specific terms in different
spelling of medical requirements in activities involving those terms.
terminology. fill-in-the blank,  Fill-in-the-Blanks activities,
short answer, &  Record keeping
labeling Chart of Word  Short answer questions.
assessments. Components & Key-
Demonstrate the Term Lists  Practice  Verbalize key
correct pronunciation pronunciation of terms while
of medical  Oral presentations key terms using completing specific
terminology. of demonstration voice steps of skills
of STNA checklists checklists.
Explain the body & body systems  Mini case studies that describe symptoms
systems and common  Mini Case Studies and signs, learners identify illness, disease,
illnesses using Reading or course of action STNA should take based
terminology correctly. on knowledge of terminology.

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