Program Materials to Submit by July 28

This is an online form composed of the following fields:

• Identified gaps: What is missing that identifies the need for your session? Select knowledge, skills, practice, or other.
• Current state: Describe the current state of the gap or problem related to your topic.
• Desired state: Describe the desired/achievable state of the gap. How will your presentation help to achieve the desired state?
• Learner engagement: Describe the learning engagement strategies (things to help learners achieve the outcome that you will use in your activity). E.g. Q&A, role play, small groups, activities, reflection, polling, discussion.

Measurable Learning Outcome
What you enter in this field is what learners will use to evaluate your session and will be listed on the evaluation site.

• Outcome addresses: Select nursing professional development, patient outcomes, or other.
• Learning outcome for evaluation: Automatically populated with the learning outcome in your abstract. You can change or edit it, but remember that your learning outcome should:
  • Complete the following sentence: Upon completion of this presentation, participants will be able to…
  • Start with a verb (capitalized), and end with a period.
    Example: Identify two gaps within the working relationship between acute care hospitals and law enforcement.
  • Be achievable and measurable. We recommend using Bloom’s Taxonomy action verbs

Key Takeaways
These takeaways help you and learner connect the presentation content to the measurable learning outcome. List 1-2 key points that your content will address to help learners achieve the learning outcome for your session.

Example: If your session topic is the role of a PMH Nurse in health promotion, the learning outcome and takeaways might look like the following:

Measurable Learning Outcome (What should the learner(s) know, show, and/or be able to do at the end of the activity?):
The learner will be able to Describe 2 ways that a PMH Nurse promotes healing.

Key Takeaways: List 1-2 key points that your content will address to help learners achieve the learning outcome for your session.
1. Health promotion is a Standard of Practice for PMH Nurses.
2. Mindfulness and relaxation techniques can help to manage symptoms.

Enter at least 3 evidence-based references used to develop your presentation.

• References should be from within the last 5 years
• There is space for up to six, but only 3 are required.

• Keywords/Search Terms: Enter 3 keywords for your presentation. These keywords will help learners find your session when it is posted in the APNA eLearning Center. Examples: psychopharmacology, substance use, recovery, adolescents, bipolar disorder, etc.

Upload the following files (up to 10, up to 20MB/file):

• Your slides as a PowerPoint (.ppt) file. (More info on creating your slides)
  • APNA will use your slides to make a pdf handout (3 or 6 slides/page) for attendees.
  • If you need to include content in your live presentation slides but not in the handout (e.g. if you have material included that can’t be released, or if you have received permission for a chart, graph, comic, etc. only for the live presentation), upload 2 versions of your PowerPoint and label “slides for presentation” and “slides for handouts”.
  • If your Powerpoint is more than 20 MB, please email inform@apna.org for an alternative way to submit your slidedeck.
• Word document of your references.
• Any additional handouts, such as a case study, for attendees.

Full breakdown of what to include in your slides

Upload up to 10 documents indicating all permissions you’ve received for logos, charts, images, etc. in your presentation materials. Copyrighted images without permissions will be removed from slides.

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