Christina Perry

I plan to use the shower cap idea to show the infant skull/suture lines in reference to labor and delivery.

Using gestures with your students is very important so you are not traumatizing the patient.  The patient must be the first priority and not feel like they are being used for experimentation.

I love the thought of incorporating a critical thinking puzzle at the beginning of class to get students into critical thinking mode.

Simulation is wonderful for active learning.  You can follow up on simulation learning in the classroom with discussion on what went well/wrong and how it relates to content you are covering.

I like engaging students in multiple ways in order to have them become active in the learning process.

I appreciate that you can use humor over a mistake you made and use that to move on.  But I would also like to say that you can point out your own mistake to the students and present it as a "why did I make that mistake, what can I learn from it, and what can I do to avoid it in the future" - this creates open discussion and a vital need for communication that can translate into the field.

Being consistent in your expectations is so important - if you give consequences, you must follow through with them.

I appreciate the strategies used to deal with difficult students, especially as the class progresses and personality types become more center stage.

I like that being realistic with expectation and putting those out on the first class can help to set the tone for the rest of the class.

I appreciate the use of varied methods of teaching when you are teaching toward a standardized test - specifically the NCLEX for nursing students.