Eyes & Ears
Looking forward to using Eyes and Ears!
Heather, I'm glad this is a usable idea for you and that you will pass it on to your colleagues who are teaching similar courses.
Michele Deck
I am looking forward to trying this 'exercise' with my students this quarter. Often the students are so concerned about recording all the information during a patient interview, that the other 'senses' are left out, and additional observations may be missed. It does sound like it is a fun way to get the students thinking and engaged. I can't wait to try it and I plan on passing this valuable teaching tool on to my fellow clinical instructors.
Kimberly, I love your ideas! Thanks for sharing them.
Michele Deck
I thin this will be very beneficial to my students!
This seems like a great activity!! I have also used a similar activity in a class that involes basic observation skills. For this activity I ask them questions about basic items that they see often and see how many details they actually observe about them.
Example of things to ask them:
On a standard keyboard over which number is the % symbol? (answer is the 5)
What is on the center on the back of a one-dollar bill? (answer is the word ONE)
Which 2 numbers on a telephone are not accompanied by letters? (answer 1 and 0)
It always amazes the students how much they actually are not observing and then I use this activity to open a discussion on the importance of observation in patient assessment. It really is a fun way to get the students thinking!!!
Lisa, I know you will see much success with this activity!
Michele Deck
