CLINICAL

TEACHING
PREPARED BY: ABIGAIL BASCO
PURPOSE OF
CLINICAL TEACHING
PURPOSE OF CLINICAL
LABORATORY
1. Where theory and
practice come together
2. To perfect or master
skills
4. To refine problem-solving,
decision-making, and critical
thinking skills
5. To gain organization and
time management skills
6. To develop cultural
competence
MODELS OF
CLINICAL
TEACHING
MODELS OF CLINICAL
TEACHING
1.Traditional method
-Instructors accompany
groups (8-12 learners to a
clinical agency and assign
them to patients
2.Relies heavily on keeping
nursing students in a skills
laboratory until they are
proficient with skills

3.More information about

clinical practice should be
taught in the classroom before
learners go to the clinical area
PRECEPTORSHIP MODELS
1.Traditional Preceptorship
A student is taught and supervised by a
practicing nurse employed by the health
care agency while an educator oversees
the process and indirectly supervises
the student
2. CTA Model
Clinical Teaching Associate and educator
PRECEPTORSHI
P
Increase clinical experience for
students and expose them more of
the realities of the work world, which
should reduce reality shock

Allows students to learn from

practitioners with a high skill level
PREPARING FOR
CLINICAL
INSTRUCTION
Clinical agency sites must be chosen
Clinical units within the agency must
still be identified
There should be enough role models
for learners
Educator should set up a meeting
with the agency staff who will be
involved with the education process
Making specific arrangements for
learners on a weekly or daily basis
CONDUCTING A
CLINICAL LABORATORY
SESSION
PRECONFERENCE
S
Orientation occurs
Instructors brief their
students
Students ask questions
about their assignments
Discusses and plans on
PRACTICE SESSION
Follows the preconference
Combinations of strategies
such as return demonstration
with explanation, asking and
answering questions, and
coaching techniques are used