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 …

Strengths-Based Nursing: Moving Beyond Deficits in Nursing Practice and Nursing Education

  Laurie N. Gottlieb, R.N., Ph.D. & Patricia Benner, R.N., Ph.D. This Newsletter celebrates the publication of Dr. Laurie Gottlieb’s new book Strengths-Based Nursing Care: Health and Healing for Persons and Family, and is a collaborative article based upon a wonderful Inaugural Conference organized by McGill University Ingram School of Nursing in Montreal, Canada in …

Bringing Clinical and Classroom Together: Integrative Pedagogies for the Three Professional Apprenticeships

  Patricia Benner copyright 2013 Enrich your classroom by thinking about and reviewing new strategies; it will help you align your teaching with learning goals. To that end, I’ve put together pedagogies highly recommended for bringing together both classroom and clinical aspects of learning how to think and act like a nurse.  This may trigger …

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.  …
The Love Sign at University of Pennsylvania

Upgrading and Integrating Clinical and Science Knowledge: New Educational Strategies for New and Future Nursing Students

  Copyright Patricia Benner January 10, 2013 The consensus that radical changes are needed in nursing education is now echoed for a much younger set of students. This spotlights the value of integrating knowledge acquisition and knowledge use, and the need for nursing educators to seek innovative strategies in curriculum change and classroom teaching to …

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 …