Thanks Fred, you beat me to it!! Adrian - read up the work of Ausubel. It is
his work that underpins this thread. Remember students may have seen
intubations a thousand times but were they really paying attention? Were
they watching the best way to do it? Can you, as their teacher, really be
sure of that? Part of teaching is to inform your students of the objectives
rather than intimidate them. Giving them a demonstration of good practice
should not be intimidating. You can then pick it into pieces in the
knowledge that they have a global viewpoint as a frame of reference. Lets
take a basic example - intubation. The students may not fully comprehend why
the blade of the laryngoscope is shaped as it is, despite your best
monosyllabic (sorry - couldn't resist that!) explanation. If they've already
seen the skill demonstrated, they can put your explanation into context a
lot more readily as it seems more applicable to reality. Probably a poor
explanation and example but it is early in the morning.......!
Andy
-----Original Message-----
From: Accident and Emergency Academic List
[mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Fred Cartwright
Sent: 15 November 2002 01:49
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Decline of Anatomy
--- Adrian Fogarty <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> non-threatening - a bit like learning to drive. Have
> ALS done controlled
> trials? I doubt it, it's their "theory" and they
> just expect everyone to
> follow suit.
>
No it is not ALS theory it is standard educational
teaching based on work done by a number of educational
psychologists. You will find it is the same for ATLS,
APLS, PALS, MIMMS, training the trainers courses etc.
Cheers Fred.
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