Event Cards
Encouraging adult learners with hands on activities is a great idea. Of course, the information will retain in different ways depending on each individual but I will try. Sounds fun and engaging.
Donald, they also can be used in a number of other ways.
Michele Deck
Event cards can allow the student to prioritize patient care tasks at the bedside to provide better outcomes in the real world.
Carol, event cards are great teaching tools. I'm sure your dental students will learn correct problem solving and thinking skills from them.
Michele Deck
I will be starting this as of my next class. I love things that make the students use critical thinking.
Deb, thank you for sharing your terrific idea. Asking students for their expectations starts the relationship off with clear expectations.
Michele Deck
I like to use cards at the beginning of my course to ask students expectations of myself as an instructor. This way they know I really want them to learn in the best possible way.
Beverly, I'm glad you can adapt this idea to your classes and your learners. Enjoy!
Michele Deck
I teach a Pharmacology course for dental hygiene students and will implement these cards in the course. I think it will be a good way to help them utilize critical thinking in regard to patients and medications they are taking.
Manuel, this would be a great time to use the event cards.
Michele Deck
I planning on reinstating the event cards in my MA's final review class.
I also will think of ways to adapt event cards into teaching coding and billing. Perhaps with different preauthorization scenarios.
Heather, yes, this helps them to develop the skills they need.
Michele Deck
I agree. This has been a great addition to our skills lessons. The student really like it as well. For hands on classes it is essential.
Go Lisa.....:-) I think these are wonderful opportunities for scenarious with our dental hygiene students if they have down time and will help them remain engaged when their patient's fail to keep their appointments.
We could even use some of the Dental Decks cards that are designed for Board Review as improptu pre-made questions.
Lisa, this does help to maximize the experience.
Michele Deck
I really like the idea of event cards. There is always something for students to learn especially during down time. I believe by using this technique we can maximize students' learning.
I like that you will use this activity to build in higher and higher thinking until the externship.
I am a dental assistant instructor and I agree with you that these event cards can be utilized well with our dental topics. These event cards also help the student to critically think about topics that already have been taught earlier within the courses. I really like this idea and I am going to use these event cards throughout the whole six modules that I teach; so by the time the student gets to externship they will be a little be more familiar with the scenerio at hand and know what to do with that particular situation.
ANy premade cards available. I hate to reinvent the wheel if there is something already out there.
