Practitioners as Teachers: Effective Strategies for Teaching in the Health Sciences

When they find they must enroll in a "teaching strategies" course or read a book such as this one, many health science students ask, "What does this have to do with the field I'm preparing to enter?" This is a very relevant question and one that must be clearly answered if students are to embrace what teaching has to offer them. This book answers that question by examining educational strategies, techniques, and assessment from a health science perspective. It helps future practitioners better organize their thinking about such things in relation to their practice. Particularly useful for physical and occupational therapists. Topics covered include acculturation into practice, clinical education models, learning styles, self-efficacy, multiple intiliigences, learning theorists, learning domains (cognitive, affective, and psychomotor), behavioral objectives, lesson planning, demonstrations, modifications for clientelle with special needs, questioning, assessment and evaluation and rubrics, interaction analysis, concept mapping, deductive and inductive approaches, website analysis, cooperative and collaborative learning, behavior intervention protocol, teaching psychomotor skills, and models and analogies.