Pixie Carpenter

I believe that motivation is the key to any success no matter the situation. I find this to be very beneficial in the classroom setting. I think that the key to motivation is to build relationships with your students to gain their trust. Once you have gained their trust, you can establish the security that they need to become motivated. A motivated student is the most successful student that I have had in my experience. I really enjoyed this course because it has given me some tools on how to handle certain situations to improve security which in turn increases… >>>

I find that this is very hard for students to master. I deal with clinical students more than any other type of student. It is very hard to get them to think outside of the textbook. I try and give examples to students to make them think about the outcome if they treated every patient as a textbook patient. I do find that they improve their critical thinking skills throughout their clinical experience but I feel that it takes them too long to arrive there. I would love to come up with some ways to improve their critical thinking skills… >>>