This peer reviewed e-book is a must-read for nurses and other health professionals who strive to teach with creativity and excellence in clinical settings. Each chapter presents current evidence informed educational practice knowledge. Each topic is also presented with text boxes describing ‘Creative Strategies’ that clinical teachers from across Canada have successfully implemented. For those who are interested in background knowledge, the authors provided a comprehensive literature base. And, for those interested mainly in what to do, the text box summaries offer step-by-step directions for creative, challenging activities that both new and experienced instructors can begin using immediately.
Type of Material:
Open (Access) Textbook
Recommended Uses:
For instructor use to enhance clinical teaching in a clinical setting.
Technical Requirements:
Available online, as PDF, ePub, and Mobi
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To download: pdf, xml, odt, eReader (epub) and/or Kindle Printer to print a copy
Identify Major Learning Goals:
Understanding the theoretical foundations of teaching and learning
Understanding ones own personal philosophy
Understanding the clinical environment
Understanding the professional socialization among health care providers
Understanding technology enhanced clinical education
Understanding how to evaluate learning
Understanding the role of a preceptor
Target Student Population:
College Lower Division, College Upper Division, Graduate School, Professional
• Nursing and other health professional educators who teach in clinical settings, new or experienced.
Prerequisite Knowledge or Skills:
A basic foundation in clinical practice.
Content Quality
Rating:
Strengths:
Conceptually sound and well organized.
Current, highly relevant and supported by evidence- based practice/research.
Short reads, creative strategies, and clinical field activities color coded.
Very concise and to the point.
Covers many essential points in nurse education including theory, philosophy, clinical environment, technology, and evaluating learning. There is also a section on understanding the difference between a mentor and preceptor.
Concerns:
A core concept is eluded to in the introduction yet not explicitly stated. Information is accurate as the date of publication is 2015. The issue is technology changes at a high rate of speed and some of the common technologies discussed are already considered old. There is enough information provided in most areas but theories were lacking and technology was lacking as well.
Potential Effectiveness as a Teaching Tool
Rating:
Strengths:
Chapter layout begins with theory and exploring teaching philosophy with logical progression from clinical learning environment to evaluation and preceptors.
Well organized in thought with building of concepts from beginning to end. Strategies are easily added into curriculum
A valuable resource.
Concerns:
No learner objectives needed concepts are reinforced but not progressively. Each chapter builds on the next to some extent. There is no need to identify a relationship between concepts, and it is an effective teaching tool for clinical faculty.
Ease of Use for Both Students and Faculty
Rating:
Strengths:
A very well put together eBook for open access.
Various options for download and access.
Read is engaging, especially with addition of creative strategies and activities throughout.
Original publication 2015 with updated version in 2016.
Concerns:
Instructions are a little unclear when you first access the material. It isn’t interactive but again it is an eBook.
Other Issues and Comments:
A very well put together eBook.
Creative Commons:
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