HSC 3243 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Experiential Education, The Instructor, Absenteeism
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Module 15 notes - personal roles of teachers. Clinical instruction is experiential education which involves the planning of experiences designed to enable learners to acquire attitudes, skills, and knowledge for work and other life roles by participating in work settings. It is considered more of a training experience than education, but this should not be interpreted negatively. Clinical instruction involves the translation of classroom theory (didactic) into practice. Students learn lessons about health care and life which cannot be achieved in the classroom setting. Clinical instructors are the practitioners in the clinical setting expected to serve as leaders and role models for students. Their job is to motivate students to perform to the best of their ability and to integrate the didactic knowledge with practice. They serve as the liaison between the clinical site and the educational institution. The didactic instructor, or professor, can be classified into three categories known as c, b, and a.
