You can go on-line and download a jeopardy game, however I created my own from scratch, and what I found interesting was my "shy" students were just as competitive as the "out-spoken" students. In the end we had a blast and everyone learned from this experience.
When it came down to their final, they rocked it out!
I teach dental hygiene so I use something similar to event cards. They are theoretical scenarios. The student is allowed the opportunity to deal with a difficult situation in a theoretical situation before encountering a real life scenario.
Kim, concept mapping is a great teaching strategy. I have used it a variety of ways.
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Heather, I agree that these would be great in your field.
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In clinical settings, instructors are beginning to use concept mapping. This tool has worked very well in helping students organize and understand content in the didactic courses. It can also help students organize skills and and theory in planning the care of the client.
In our classes we have used the event cards and the gestures/signs. Our field is Surgical Technology so these strategies work very well for our lab simulations.
My students do practice hands on skills in the school laboratory. They perform skills on each other after they have seen a video, had a lecture and practiced on a model. I always have them role-play. For example, if they are performing a blood draw on a fellow student, the student must identify their patient, ask about allergies, and explain the procedure. Through repetition, I am hoping that it will come naturally to them in a "real" patient setting. Therese
Christopher, it really encourages problem solving and critical thinking.
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I like the event cards, nice way to anticipate various situations students might encounter.
Randa, this is a nonverbal communication system that works.
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The dot idea seemed interesting to me. Plus using hand signals to keep from talking in front of patients.
Thinking puzzles to help them remember landmarks for heart and lung sounds.
Lisa- I really like your idea! This would be useful for our dental hygiene students just learning the instruments in their pre-clinical course. Thank you so much for sharing this!
We have used "staff surprises." When our dental hygiene students go out into the community to do their clinical observations in private practice dental offices, we have them write a short report on what they observed. We then have them each discuss it in class with their fellow students. This is very helpful in reinforcing content and skills that the students have learned in the classroom. In addition, it also requires them to use critical thinking and observational skills. I feel that this is a very helpful learning tool.
Bindu, event cards are a way to cause students to think and react appropriately.
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I have used event cards. This has given me and other students an opportunity to offer other ways to approach a clinical scenario. The potential creative ideas are excellent when students approach in different ways.
Robert, Thank you for sharing a great example of how to teach students to critically think. Many can not take it this far, but will need to on the job.
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In the process of gathering data for the complete exams e.g. med history, patient's chief complaint, periodontal findings, radiographs and caries risk, I'll ask the student how the treatment plan might change if we hypothetically changed some of the data. What if the periodontal prognosis for a particular tooth is poor? What if the caries risk is high? It makes them think. It also shows the student how valuable baseline data is...It's very much in the same vein as the event cards...which I really like.
I give students real life scenarios in classroom to help prepare them for clinicals.
Jeanie, sometimes it even teacher the instructors something as well as the students.
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