title: Teaching child growth and development: the Christmas shoebox.
abstract: Teaching growth and development to nursing students can be dry, uninteresting, and labor-intensive. Engaging students in learning this material was the challenge of a short, 4-week pediatric experience. Students use growth and development knowledge to select toys and activities that fit in a shoebox and explain to their classmates the rationale for their selection. The Christmas shoebox activity increases their ability to transfer knowledge to both the examination questions and the clinical setting and provides a charitable service to the community.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Health and Social Development, School of Nursing, University of British Columbia Okanagan, Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada. sheila.epp@ubc.ca
authors.forename: Sheila M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Epp
authors.forename: Judy E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: McAulay
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002648:Child; D002657:Child Development; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002983:Clinical Competence; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006693:Holidays; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010371:Pediatric Nursing / Q000193:education*; D010988:Play and Playthings; D012737:Sex Factors; D012946:Social Welfare; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology; D013664:Teaching Materials