The document outlines clinical teaching methods, emphasizing the importance of real patient interactions for nursing students' education. It covers the purposes, methods, advantages, disadvantages, and outcomes of clinical teaching, concluding that experiential learning is highly effective. The role of nurse managers in facilitating this learning is also highlighted, alongside an assignment and bibliography for further reading.

1. Clinical teaching
methods
Sharmila . K
Msc (N) I st year
DR M G R Educational and Research Institution

2. OUTLINES
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Introduction
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Define clinical teaching
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Purpose of clinical teaching
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Methods clinical teaching
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Guidelines for selection of clinical teaching

Advantages of clinical teaching

3. Cont..
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Disadvantages of clinical teaching
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Outcome of clinical teaching
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Summary
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Conclusion
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Assignment
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Bibliography

4. Introduction
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Teaching in the clinical setting has the
advantage of using real patients .this raises the
challenges for students ,but requires close
supervision by teachers to ensure that the
patient are comfortable.
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Students can learn more from patient then
others.

5. Definition
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Clinical teaching is a time limited process where
by the teacher and student create an
established environment in such a way that
teacher primary, operational frame of reference
is maintained as the legitimate means for
affecting the students behaviour towards
intended purpose
-carr ,1984

6. Purposes of clinical teaching

To prepare nursing students for professional
practice

Independent nursing activities learnt first in the
stimulation laboratory and then in clinical
practice

Facilitate learning based on educational
theories ,learner development,knowledge and
socialization.

7. Cont..

Provide opportunities for real life experiences
and transfer of knowledge to independent
learning activities to real life and practical
situations.

To develop high technical competent skills.
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To practice various procedure.
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To conduct research.

8. Cont..
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To develop communication skills
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To meet the needs of the clients

To develop cognitive , affective and
psychomotor skills
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To improve the standards of nursing practice.

9. Methods of Clinical teaching

10. Client family centered method

11. Observation method

12. Conference
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Clinical conference
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Individual conference
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Group conference
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Staff conference
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Nursing care conference
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Team conference

13. Demonstration

14. Nursing rounds

15. Ward teaching/class/clinic

16. Bed side clinic

17. Case study /case presentation

18. Discussion method

19. Brain storming method

20. Laboratory method

21. Process recording

22. Health talk

23. Nursing care study

24. Assignments

25. Exhibition

26. Incidental teaching

27. Problem solving method

28. Field trips

29. Research projects

30. Guidelines for selection of clinical
teaching
*Must be appropriate to objectives and desired
behavioral changes.
*Must be in accordance with principles of learning.
*Must be in accordance with the capacity of the student
*Must be in accordance with availability of resources.
*Must be in accordance with the teacher’s ability to use it
effectively and creatively.

31. Advantages of clinical teaching

Opportunity to gather additional information
from the patient

Directly observe students skills

Role model skill and attitudes
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Humanizes care by involving patients

Encourage the use of understanding and non
judgmental language

32. Cont..
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Active learning process
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Patients feel a part in learning process
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Improves patients understanding of their
disease

33. Disadvantages of clinical methods

Teacher can practice lecture method without
preparation
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Many lectures fail to meet the objective
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Time consuming

Safety precautions are required

34. Cont..
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Observation difficulty for large group
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Inadequate opportunity for all the students to
participate activity

35. Outcome of clinical teaching
*Knowledge:
-problem solving
-critical thinking
-decision making
*Skills
-psychomotor skills
-organizational skills
*Attitudes and value

36. Summary
Clinical teaching methods refers to the orderly,
logical course of action taken to accomplish a
particular education goal,through designing an
environment in which students can have
opportunities to achieve identified learning
outcomes.

37. Conclusion
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Learning by doing is the most effective method
of teaching.

The nurse students get the practical experience
and skill doing procedure by taking care of the
patients.

The nurse manager plays a dual role ,she is
aware of the practical problems and she should
use each and every opportunity to teach the
nursing students.

38. Assignment

Write a short note on conference method.

39. Bibliography

K P Neeraja “textbook of nursing education”
first edition , jaypee publisher,page no 231-250.

Jaspreet kaur sodhi “comprehensive textbook
of nursing education”second edition ,jaypee
publisher, page no 109-112.

Mukesh chandra sharma “textbook of nursing
education” first edition , jaypee publisher page
no 172-179.

40. Thank you