Clinical Teaching in Nursing - Softcover

White, Ruth; Ewan, Christine E.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0412327007 ISBN 13: 9780412327001

Publisher: Springer, 1991

Synopsis

This book aims to assist clinical teachers in the practice of clinical teaching. It assumes that clinical teachers will bring to their task a background knowledge of educational principles, experience in a clinical nursing field, knowledge of substantive nursing content, a love of teaching and a desire to share with their students the joys, tears, challenge and wonder of learning in the clinical setting. The format is designed around a set of commonly encountered problems and encourages readers, whether on the threshold of a career as a clinical teacher or those who are experienced, to think through their responses to the problem situation before reading on to a disclosure of possible courses of action. In brief, the book is a companion to Teaching Nursing: A Self­ Instructional Handbook (Ewan and White, 1984). The authors' interest in clinical teaching can be traced through a number of years in a variety of teaching careers with multidisciplinary health professional groups, of whom nurses comprise the majority of practitioners. As senior lecturers in the School of Medical Education, the authors were involved in developing and teaching a Master of Health Personnel Education Degree course; the students (or Fellows) in that programme were all graduates from a broad range of health care disciplines - nursing, medicine, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, nutrition, dentistry, health education, health resources management, radiography, social work, community development, occupational safety and health.

About this title

Synopsis

Based on their research into clinical teaching in nursing, the authors of this work adopt an approach that considers the context in which clinical teaching takes place. The cycle of events in the preparation for and follow-up of practice is seen in the context of the socialization from student to nurse. The book applies the concepts of the clinical learning cycle to clinical teaching and suggests a style of professional practice that students can learn to adopt. Clinical teaching is regarded as a specialized field of practice, with skills that are different from classroom teaching. Examples of commonly encountered problems invite readers to think through their responses to a situation before proceeding to a suggested source of action. The principles of clinical teaching are universal although they will have variations in application in different settings. The book should be of use to nurse educators, curriculum developers, staff development personnel, workshop facilitators, basic biological and social and behavioural science teachers.

Edition details

• Publisher: Springer
• Publication date: 1991
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0412327007
• ISBN 13: 9780412327001
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 222