Direct teaching of thinking skills using clinical simulation.
Because of the nursing faculty shortage, many academic leaders hire clinicians who are not formally prepared for an academic role. Novice faculty face an immediate need to develop teaching skills. One of the most crucial areas is the ability to help students develop critical thinking. To address this need, the authors describe how they used clinical simulation to incorporate direct teaching of thinking skills into course content and how this resulted in a faculty mentoring experience.
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Whei Ming
WM
Department of Nursing, Purdue University North Central, Westville, Indiana 46391, USA. wmingsu@pnc.edu
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Marne J
MJ
D005181:Faculty, Nursing / Q000600:supply & distribution; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000451:nursing; D006801:Humans; D008611:Mentors; D016544:Patient Simulation; D018794:Problem-Based Learning / Q000379:methods*; D014481:United States