Teaching in the high-technological clinical setting- a new approach

This article was migrated. The article was not marked as recommended. Teaching in the clinical setting is demanding and a complex task that many clinicians carry out without preparation. It is clear that a clinical educator must be more than just a medical expert. We developed a supervision model based on student-centered learning inspired by adult learning theories. To achieve learning the student is treated as independent learner and that learning is self-directed based on previous knowledge. Aim: The purpose of this project was to evaluate the student´s experience of our developed student-centered supervision model. Method: We evaluated the project, with both qualitative interviews (n=6) and questionnaires (n=15), which were analyzed quantitively. Result: Student-centered learning is well suited to promoting self-directed learning in the clinical setting in critical care. Our student- and supervision model was found to enable a positive learning environment in which students and their skills were in focus. The clinical supervisor's educational ability to is crucial for the result.