Twenty First Century Learning in the Field of Health Care Professional

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In the modern contemporary world, human activity has progressed at a very rapid pace.
Technological innovation has revolutionized many important sectors of human activity and such
innovations play a pivotal role in making the lives of people easy and comfortable. One of the
most concerning issue, which can be seen in the present world is the rise in diseases and the need
of the people to take care of those who are ill. Although technological innovations have helped
human beings to understand, what causes a disease and how they can be better tackled and taken
care of, the various bacteria and viruses in the environment are becoming immune to the
medicines, which are given to make them inactive. One of the major reasons for such a rise in
resistance is the unregulated intake of medications. The finances needed to seek the advice of a
doctor are not available to the majority of the people of the world. They thus seek different
recourses to ensure that they do not have to seek the help of a doctor and also treat themselves at
the same time. This results in the people taking medicines which are not medically supervised.
All of these factors together play a significant role in making the people ill and vulnerable. This
essay seeks to discuss the importance of a clinical nurse educator and the role they play in
making the society aware about the significance of a healthy life. This is only possible when
several vital steps are taken to make the people educated about the various drawbacks existing in
a society with regard to health care. However, at times, it is not the content of the lecture but
rather how a session is delivered that determines how many people are influenced by the lecture.
The main purpose of this essay is to look into the different ways by which a lecture on health
care can be delivered effectively so that it reaches to the maximum number of people,
influencing them along the way.
As stated by Simich and Andermann (2014), in the earlier days, the imparting of
knowledge was considered to be the most important measure for an educator. It was the

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responsibility of the educator to ensure at maximum knowledge was given to his or her students
so that the imparted knowledge continues to exist in the future generation. However, with the
invention of paper and new technological innovations with the help of each knowledge can now
be stored and can be accessed by just about anyone who is interested, the aim no longer focuses
on the imparting of knowledge. In the contemporary world, it depends on how the education is
imparted to the students and the people so that they can imbibe greater knowledge within a short
span of time. The basis of education is no longer on the acquiring of knowledge but rather
focuses on the application of knowledge in the daily lives of the people. In this regard, there are
several important characteristics of a twenty-first-century learner which have to be catered to in
order to ensure that people are learning in an effective manner.
According to Johnson-Agbakwu et al. (2014), one of the most recent innovation in the
field of learning is that of simulation learning. In the ancient days and well into the early phases
of the modern times, education was imparted with the help of lectures. In a lecture method, the
educator used to put forth his or her views in front of the students and the class was usually
monologued in nature where only the educator was allowed to speak. It was considered a sign of
disrespect of the students interrupted the educator during the course of the lecture. However, this
style of imparting of knowledge came under severe criticism because of its monologue nature.
Through the lecture series, students were not being able to learn effectively because their doubts
were not being addressed. In interactive sessions, the students were encouraged to stop the
educator mid-way and ask questions, which would clarify their doubts. Moreover, the educator
also has a chance to ensure that the students are following what is being taught by asking them
questions related to the topic being taught.

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Another important revolution in the field of teaching in the twenty-first century is the
introduction of the method of simulation learning. As commented by Stotz et al. (2015),
simulation learning implies that the knowledge imparted is not only through the method of
discussions and questions and answers, but rather, the knowledge imparted is shown on three
dimensional platforms so that the students or audience has an idea about how the knowledge can
be applied in real life situations. As stated by Nawyn (2017), Knowledge given to people is
simply not for the purpose of making them more knowledgeable or for making them enlightened
but for the purpose of making the people understand how gained knowledge will help them to
solve their real-life crises.
Annual Conference for Neonatal Nursing was held in Launcetown, Tasmania in Australia
in the year of 2018. It is a very important series of nursing being organized in Australia since the
year of 1997 till I recently formalized into a college in 2006. The event deals with discussions on
how a neonatal nurse is supposed to function effectively in order to fulfill the obligations. The
roles and responsibilities of a neonatal nurse are clearly specified in the event for the
understanding of the audience. Although the event is attended by many people from all over the
country the target audience of the Annual Conference for Neonatal Nurses is that of the neonatal
nurses who have recently started to work in this field and also those nurses who have been
working in this field for a long time. The program was conducted in the way of lecture series
where the different spokespersons gave the requisite information by the way of lecture and
discussions. The different educators also presented their knowledge with the help of powerpoint
slides for the convenience of the audience seated in a huge auditorium
(https://www.acnn.org.au/events/acnn-national-conference).