Module 4 - Teaching with Technology

I teach every day. And every day I am challenged to find a new and innovative way to communicate information to my students, colleagues, patients, and trainees. This challenge excites me. Currently I am "obsessed" with simulation and debriefing. I think that simulation/debriefing is one of the best teaching innovations - it allows students and providers (no matter their clinical expertise) to learn in a non-judgemental, non-evaluative environment yet demands concentration, integration of principles, critical thinking and self-reflection. Participants in simulation are motivated to come to class prepared and to improve performance through team work and "group think." Although I can't use simulation in the same way with my patients as I do with my students, I do often ask patients who are facing difficult family conversations and or behavioral change to role play with me what they will do when faced with a  particular scenario, and it seems to work, the client often feels better about her ability to approach difficult subjects. Nursing is a teaching profession- we are good at it and we can't deny its centrality in our everyday interactions with patients, families, and other members of the health care team.

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