TEACHING STRATEGIES PLAN

Evidence Based Practice: Level 2 competency

NAME OF LEARNING
ACTIVITY
Learning Activity
Summary

Sum it up!

Students are split into groups of two and assigned a specific

patient population. Students search for a total of two recent
research articles that apply to the assigned patient population
using CINAHL, PubMed, or Google Scholar. Each student
presents one article to the class in 5 sentences/ 90 seconds or
less.

Domain of Learning Cognitive (identify level): Applying

(Blooms Taxonomy
N/A
Revised)

Affective:
Psychomotor: N/A

Student-Centered
At the completion of this learning activity, the learner will:
Learning Objective(s) locate two research articles that apply to a specific patient
population.
Preparation Required Instructor makes a list of various patient populations so that
by Teacher/Facilitator and students will find different articles. Instructor provides brief
Materials Needed
review of search engines and use of key words. Stop watch or
timer. Students bring laptops to class.
Time Allotted

Learning Styles
Addressed by Activity

Group work- 20 minutes; Class presentations- 30 minutes

(depends on class size); Debriefing- 10 minutes
Interactive, collaborative, auditory, verbal

How is content connected Builds on knowledge of evidence based practice, nursing

to prior learning?
research, use of search tools, and presentation skills.
Reflective Debriefing End of activity debriefing. Expect students will feel extremely
with Learners (postrushed, but will likely laugh at how silly it is to present an
learning activity) How will
article in 90 seconds or less
it be accomplished?

Evaluation of Learning Student presentations- show quick, brief summary of research

(How will it be
articles
accomplished?)
Teacher Reflection
(justify choice of learning
activity and good fit for
the identified learning
objectives)

Provides an opportunity for students to use search engines,

review research articles, summarize the findings and
application, and develop presentation skills.