Linda Brown teaching

Higher-Order Productive Thinking in Clinical Teaching and Learning

Situated Learning, Understanding Learning as Embodied, Embedded in Context, and Extended in Interaction with Context — A Video of Situated Use of Knowledge in Clinical Learning EducatingNurses.com, Patricia Benner, R.N., Ph.D. FAAN   March 10, 2018 Practice-based learning requires that the student learn directly from practice, not just apply theory, but through attentiveness and curiosity gain …

Using Narrative Pedagogies to Bring Clinical into the Classroom and Integrate Knowledge Acquisition and Knowledge Use

Copyright 2014 by Patricia Benner Any practice discipline requires strategies for teaching situated thinking-in-action and practice wisdom.  Formal theoretical models are the “go to” method for simplifying and rendering complex practical knowledge and action in practice situations easier to explain and manage.   Formal theories are useful, especially for the first year nursing student who does …

Dr. Benner speaking

The Use of Narratives in Research, Practice, and Education

Video LibraryOur comprehensive Educating Nurses video library is available to subscribers only. To become a subscriber click the button below. Join now for full access Patricia Benner describes the historical development of the use of narratives. She explains and illustrates different ways of using first person experience near narrative accounts for research, practice and education.  …
Team Teachers Interview with Dr. Benner

Interdisciplinary Team Teaching

COMPANION ARTICLE COMPANION VIDEO 1 COMPANION VIDEO 2 Interdisciplinary Team Teaching at UPenn: An Effective Method for Teaching Situated Thinking and Use of Knowledge. This class is titled “Integrated Anatomy, Physiology and Physical Assessment, I and II” and is taught second semester, freshman year and first semester, sophomore year. This course pairs a nurse practitioner …
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Interprofessional Education

Urgently Needed, a Radical Transformation of Professional Collaboration and Teamwork by Patricia Benner, copyright 2012 I am writing this month’s newsletter with vivid interprofessional educational innovations fresh in mind from the Josiah Macy Foundation Invitational Conference on Interprofessional Education led by George E. Thibault, MD. This conference brought together a range of healthcare professionals committed …