Professional Experience Placement

This blog discusses the teaching on the run series written by Lake and Ryan (2004). This topic about teaching with patients wass geared for medical students, but is equally applicable to other health professions learning in the workplace. There are a range of opportunities to learn and teach with the patient or client.  It is essential to gain consent and introduce the patient to those who are percent at her learning opportunity. It is also important to have planned your teaching episode. This topic was discussed in last weeks blog. The authors discuss the benefits of teaching with the patient rather than discussing them outside their door. There are also the benefits of communication, professionalism and an opportunity to improve clinical knowledge, skills or decision-making. The are also downsides to this approach. The authors mention consent, respect, negative feedback or inappropriate choice of patient.

Lake and Ryan (2004) discuss aids to teaching with patients that focus on diagnosis and planning. This approach can be used for assessing a patient or any other care being considered by health professionals. The clinical reasoning cycle is another method that can be used to consider appropriate care. The clinical reasoning cycle is used at this university and has been discussed in previous blogs. The authors conclude by stating that learners need to know what to do and expect when units king learning with a patient or client.

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