Using personality type to improve clinical education effectiveness.
Many nuclear medicine technologists become clinical educators by chance, with little introduction to teaching methodologies and student learning styles. This means that most technologists teach students in the clinic by modeling the way in which they were taught in nuclear medicine school, a method that may not be effective for every student encountered. The purpose of this article is to examine how personality type can be used to improve clinical education effectiveness.
Winn
Jan M
JM
Department of Radiologic Technology, College of Allied Health, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73190, USA. jan-winn@ouhsc.edu
Grantham
Vesper V
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D020811:Biomedical Technology / Q000193:education; D002983:Clinical Competence; D003479:Curriculum; D004496:Education, Continuing / Q000379:methods; D004521:Educational Measurement / Q000379:methods; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D009683:Nuclear Medicine / Q000193:education*; D010551:Personality; D013663:Teaching; D013679:Technology, Radiologic / Q000193:education*; D014481:United States