The 60-Second Nurse Educator: Creative strategies to inspire learning.

Full Abstract

Educational content that is presented, attended to, remembered, and reinforced in a "fun setting" will have a greater likelihood of being learned. Creative strategies integrated throughout the learning environment are effective in increasing retention of information. Some obstacles to creative teaching methods include lack of class time and preparation time, teaching habits, divergent learning styles of students, and devotion to covering all the content in class. This article presents "60-second strategies" that can be incorporated into large and small classes and clinical teaching. The strategies are quick, easy to implement, and transferable to a wide range of teaching topics.

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Author information

Author/s: Herrman, Judith W (JW);

Affiliation: School of Urban Affairs and Public Policy, University of Delaware, USA.

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article

Journal: Nursing education perspectives (Nurs Educ Perspect), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: -2002 Sep-Oct; vol 23 (issue 5) : pp 222-7

Dates: Created 2002/12/17; Completed 2003/01/08; Revised 2004/11/17;

PMID: 12483811, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 12/26/2008)

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MeSH headings (categories)

This article was linked to the MESH Headings shown below.

Clinical Competence - standards
Creativeness
Education, Nursing - methods
Games, Experimental
Humans

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