Clinical postconference pedagogy: exploring evidence-based practice with millennial-inspired "Building Blocks"

Creat Nurs. 2012;18(1):13-6. doi: 10.1891/1078-4535.18.1.13.

Abstract

This article reports an innovative teaching strategy consisting of learning units whereby students come to postconference sessions prepared to share evidence-based practice (EBP) information associated with upcoming laboratory concepts, discover relationships among laboratory concepts and current nursing practice, and associate personal clinical experiences with the practice environment. This strategy, named "Building Blocks," represents one method to transform nursing education into a more active process, and also has the potential to prepare graduates who can function in a dynamic health care environment incorporating EBP.

MeSH terms

  • Competency-Based Education / methods*
  • Competency-Based Education / organization & administration
  • Curriculum*
  • Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate / methods*
  • Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate / organization & administration
  • Evidence-Based Nursing / education*
  • Humans
  • Problem Solving*