Education learning outcomes are the meat of educational programming and what most learners look for when deciding what kind of education they want to pursue. Usually there are three to four learning outcomes for a one-hour educational session which describe what learners will be able to do after they attend the education. Education planners write learning outcomes in sentence format starting with an action verb.
Bloom’s Taxonomy, created by created by Benjamin Bloom in 1956, outlines a hierarchical ordering of level of knowledge. It has been updated over the years and now includes cognitive skills from remembering and understanding to applying, analyzing, evaluating and creating.
Most education includes 3-4 learning outcome statements. Below are examples of a few learning outcomes that identify what a learner should be able to do after attending an education session.
Discuss fluid resuscitation in the first 48 hours of burn care.
Identify mitigation strategies in fluid creep
Explain the hourly rate of resuscitation fluids based on hourly blood pressure.