Monday, September 29, 2008

Unit 6 lessons learned


So many lessons learned in Unit 6 but so little time. Chapter 4 was a great read. I related to either the methods I used to learn by or the methods I helped others to learn by. I do remember the famous, "stop and think" used during our practical application. There are many steps in treating a traumatic injury and one missed step could be grave. I used " stop and think" when I noticed a student skipping a critical step(they were all critical steps). Eventually and sometimes with some help, the student would remember that certain step. Additionally, we have several types of job aids for the students( list of terms, cheat sheet, checklists) they can be used during practice before being formally "tested out" at another time.

Horton also talks about other types of activities used. Currently, my group is in the infancy stage of developing certain activities for our Webinar. Like I would say in the Military, "It's on a need-to-know basis and you don't need to know that right now". I look forward to working with my group on those activities!!