title: Using models to teach congenital heart defects: a hands-on approach.
abstract: New pediatric intensive care unit nurses and nursing students often find that understanding various congenital heart defects is challenging. This article discusses a teaching technique that educators can use when teaching pediatric congenital heart defects.
authors.affiliation: University of Texas at Austin School of Nursing, Austin, Texas 78701, USA. maldridge@mail.nur.utexas.edu
authors.forename: Michael D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Aldridge
mesh_terms: D002568:Certification; D003422:Critical Care; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate / Q000379:methods*; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing / Q000379:methods*; D004521:Educational Measurement; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000451:nursing / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D015278:Intensive Care Units, Pediatric; D008953:Models, Anatomic; D008955:Models, Cardiovascular; D010371:Pediatric Nursing / Q000193:education; D018794:Problem-Based Learning / Q000379:methods; D016730:Program Development; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods*; D013664:Teaching Materials