Nursing students' experiences with and strategic approaches to case-based instruction: a replication and comparison study between two disciplines.

Full Abstract

In the classroom and in clinical areas, knowing how to learn, reason, reflect, think creatively, generate and evaluate ideas, make decisions, and solve problems have been identified as key elements of critical thinking. However, to be successful in the current health care arena, caregivers cannot be satisfied with possessing the ability to solve problems and simply meet preestablished "outcomes" (Alfaro-LeFevre, 1998). It is necessary to improve knowledge and practice applications and to explore the best ways to do things within a work group. This qualitative study evaluated the experiences of senior-level nursing students using case-based instruction in a course titled, Leading and Managing in Nursing. It is a replication and extension (Phase II) of an original case-based instruction study, completed with senior physical therapy students (Phase I). Phase III of this study trajectory is the creation of an interdisciplinary case-based course that addresses either or both clinical collaborative care issues or leadership and management issues for health care profession students. From this Phase II study, six thematic groupings emerged as distinct student experiences in case-based instruction-motivation, real world, learning, knowledge development, emerging from within, and group dynamic issues.

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Author information

Author/s: Demarco, Rosanna (R); Hayward, Lorna (L); Lynch, Marcia (M);

Affiliation: Boston College School of Nursing, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467-3812, USA.

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Comparative Study; Journal Article

Journal: The Journal of nursing education (J Nurs Educ), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2002-Apr; vol 41 (issue 4) : pp 165-74

Dates: Created 2002/04/16; Completed 2002/09/03; Revised 2006/11/15;

PMID: 11954968, 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.

Education, Nursing - methods; standards
Humans

Physical Therapy (Specialty) - education
Problem-Based Learning - methods; standards

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