Why Do Clinical Case Presentations Work with Medical Students? And How Can They Work Better?

Why Do Clinical Case Presentations Work with Medical Students? And How Can They Work Better?

Why Do Clinical Case Presentations Students?

Mark Speicher, Ph.D.

Fmr. Associate Dean, Academic Affairs, Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine

Midwestern University

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Learning Objectives

• Why do case presentations work?

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• How can we teach them so that they are most effective?

• What should students learn, and how can I assess it?

See Slide Notes

Cases Work ‘Cause They’re “Sticky”

Credible Understandable Unexpecte d Concrete Emotional Story (Chip and Dan Heath, Made to Stick, 2009)

Participant-centered Learning

Bloom

Taxonomy of Learning

Howard Gardner

Theory of Multiple Intelligences

Spatial Linguistic

Logical-mathematical

Bodily-kinesthetic

Musical

Interpersonal Intrapersonal

Naturalistic

Source: Anderson & Krathwohl, 2001

Source: Gardner, 1999

Pedagogical Focus: Core Competencies

• Theory

• Interdisciplinary Application

• Medical knowledge

• Problem-solving skills

• Practice-based learning and Systems-based practice In Situ Practice

• Collaboration in the case

• Interaction with teachers and audience Communicatio

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Interdisciplinary on a Larger Scale

Law

Accounting & Finance

Administrati on & Managemen t

Health Care & Medicine Organization al & Human Behavior

Roles of the Instructor

Facilitator Trusted Advisor Feedback Manager

An Exercise: Read this slide.

F2F Challenges and Benefits

Online Challenges & Benefits

Source: Seth Godin, http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2009/08/

the-bandwidth-sync-correlation-thats-worth-thinking-about.html

Encourage

Track

Assess

What Are Clinical Instructors Expecting?

Focus of the Presentation

History of the Present Illness

Organization

Making a Case

Why Do Cases Work Today? “Sticky”

Pedagogically Appropriate Traditional Yet Timely Adaptable to Technology

Interestin g Case Selection Excellent Facilitatio n Improved Follow-up

How Can We Make Case Based Learning Better?

Use these strategies to make case presentations more meaningful and more easily remembered (“sticky”).

LEARN – REFLECT - TEACH

What will you keep the same?

What will you do more of?

What will you do less of?

What will you stop doing?

What will you do differently & how will you do it?

What will you add?

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