4Ms of Age Friendly Care Micro-credential - Common Cartridge (Blackboard) V 1.2
Micro-credential Resources and Guidance Documents
4Ms of Age Friendly Care Micro-credential
Overview
This resource contains the full course content for the 4Ms of Age Friendly Care Micro-credential for healthcare and nursing students. This course was developed by the CT SHIP grant in collaboration with the COACH 4Ms grant - covering the 4Ms of Age friendly care; Mentation, What Matters, Medicine, and Mobility.
This professional enhancement level micro-credential takes 2-3 hours to complete and includes content formats such as powerpoint lectures, videos, articles, links, and images, assessments, as well as some interactive content. All content was created in collaboration with healthcare employers and SMEs in the healthcare field.
Within this resource you will find: all course files, IMSCC file for embedding into Blackboard LMS, and resources and guidance documents for implementation.
Course Files and Resources
Course Description
Certified Nurse Assistants are valuable members of the healthcare team providing day-to-day care. They address complex needs of patients in a changing healthcare landscape requiring more training strategies. The Age-Friendly 4Ms are a framework to help guide effective care for the older adult patient. Certified Nurse Assistants engaged in this micro-credential will gain the fundamental knowledge and skills in the 4Ms: what matters most, medication management, mentation, and mobility, as well as improved attitudes toward the geriatric population and ultimately, improve care to their patients.
Skills: 4Ms Framework | Age-Friendly Care | Cognitive Health | Dementia Care | Medication Management | Mobility Assessment | Non-Pharmacological Interventions | Patient-Centered Care | Safe Medication Use | Supporting Mental Health
About:
The micro-credential is intended to be taken online independently. It should take between 2-3 hours to complete. It is a Professional Enhancement level micro-credential, and has been developed with healthcare industry professionals from large healthcare employers in the state of CT.
Course Files (ZIP Folder):
This folder contains all course files, including PowerPoint presentations, images, and external documents. It also includes a course roadmap, which outlines the intended sequence for building the course from scratch. The embedded links document provides all resource links used within the micro-credential.
SCORM File:
This Common Cartridge file is designed to directly embed the entire course and its content into a compatible Learning Management System (LMS). It was used in Blackboard Ultra and is formatted to SCORM 1.2.
Resources and Guidance Documents (ZIP Folder):
This folder contains instructional resources and guidance for instructors on how to effectively use the provided materials.
Grant Disclaimer
This content was created as part of the CT SHIP grant, lead by CT State Community College - Norwalk.
https://ctstate.edu/workforce-development/microcredentials
The total cost of CT Statewide Healthcare Industry Pathway project (CT SHIP) was $6.9M. $3.4M (49%) was funded through a U.S. Department of Labor – Employment and Training Administration grant and another $3.5M (51%) was committed through non-federal state and local resources.
The Workforce product was funded by the grant awarded by the U.S Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration. The product was created by the grantee and does not necessarily reflect the official position of the U.S Department of Labor. The U.S Department of Labor makes no guarantees, warranties, or assurances of any kind, express or implied, with respect to such information, including any information on any linked sites and include, but not limited to, the accuracy of the information or its completeness, timeliness, usefulness, adequacy, continued availability, or ownership.