Faculty members from Medicine, Nursing, Physical Education, and Agriculture, Life and Environmental Sciences wanted to provide health science students and professionals with the skills, knowledge and attitudes required to (1) make healthy lifestyle changes (2) advise others about positive health behaviours. With these goals in mind, Wellness Rx created an online “toolkit” that could be flexibly integrated across the curriculum. The toolkit harnesses the power of video and personal narrative.
- Establish and clarify groups’ strategic direction
- Lead Wellness Rx in interdisciplinary collaborative design process. Collectively:
- Developing an educational framework and overall principles that guide program development
- Articulating program goals
- Brainstorming knowledge, skills and attitudes
- Identifying curriculum priorities
- Conceptualize creative approach to educational design (use of personal narrative and video diaries inspired by ‘Life in A Day’ and ‘The Hungry Planet’)
- Develop overall program plan (2 versions)
- Develop units of learning (including learning objectives, activities and assignments, learning resources and tools, learner assessment)
- Write and edit course content
- Connect WellnessRx to experts in graphic design, web development, video, behaviour change and education
- Design promotional poster
