Rhonda Vander Sluis and Dr. Benner Talking

Focusing on Student Learning with a Flipped Classroom

  Rhonda Vander Sluis, who was nursing educator at Oregon Health Sciences University, and Dr. Scott Christian, who also was at OHSU, demonstrate active Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in these two videos. Rhonda Vander Sluis uses unfolding clinical case studies to *flip* her classroom. Students come to class to present their part of an …

Student presents idea

Focusing on Student Learning: Seeking High Reliability in Nursing Education

  By Patricia Benner, R.N., Ph.D., copyright 2016 The scholarship of teaching and learning encompasses a broad set of practices that engage teachers in looking closely and critically at student learning in order to improve their own courses and programs, and to share insights with other educators who can evaluate and build on their efforts. …

Lisa Day Teaching

Can Students be “Test Ready,” “Practice Ready” and be Prepared for the Future?

As nursing educators we need a new appreciation of experiential learning, of perception wedded to action. Our role is to stimulate the student’s curiosity, ability to engage in inquiry, and openness to learn from clinical experience.  Watch brief video excerpts in this newsletter – transformative teaching ahead!   Patricia Benner, R.N., Ph.D., FAAN I do …

Painting featuring the word Clinical Judgement

Less is More: Thinking about Deep Learning

Copyright Patricia Benner Newsletter for February 2013   Teaching for a Professional Practice has many additional demands than an introductory survey course. In a professional practice we expect students to develop deep learning that includes the three professional apprenticeships common to Professional Education. Along with my Carnegie colleagues, I am using the word “apprenticeship” metaphorically, and …

Diane Pestolesi teaches a class

Teaching Our Students to Use Multiple Frames of Reference for Clinical Situations

Why authentic, unfolding case studies are essential in the education of a nurse -Patricia Benner (copyright, 2011) Educational research supports the effectiveness of teaching students multiple ways of thinking, including clinical reasoning, critical thinking, and creative thinking. Clinical Reasoning is a form of practical reasoning, i.e., reasoning across time about the particular through changes in …