CLINICAL TEACHING METHODS

INTRODUCTION:
The clinical teaching methods is a type of group conference in which a patient or patient
or patients are observed and studied ,discussed ,demonstrated and directed towards the
improvement and further improvement of nursing care .Clinical teaching may be given
by any faculty member that is clinical instructor or tutor or ward staff and will
concentrate on a particular patients needs as a person and how the doctors treatment
orders can be met by the by the right understanding and nursing care.

DEFINITION:
The ideal way to teach clinical nursing is center the teaching around specific patients.

PURPOSES:
To provide individualized care in a systematic, holistic approach.
To develop high technical competent skills.
.To practices various procedures.
To collect and analyze the data.
To conduct research.
To maintain high standard of nursing practice.
To become independent enough to practice nursing.
To develop cognitive, conative, affective and psychomotor skills.
The students will develop the techniques e.g.: observation.
To meet the needs of a client.
To improve the standards of nursing practice.
To develop various methods in delivering care.
To identify the problems of clients.
To learn various diagnostic procedures.
To learn various skill in giving health education techniques to the client and
significant others.
.To helps in integration of theoretical knowledge into practice.
To develop communication skills and maintain interpersonal relationship
To maintain inter- institutional relationship
To develop proficiency and efficiency in carrying out various nursing procedures.
To learn managerial skills.
To become professionally active member.
To encounter reality in the practice of nursing, synthesis learning, practice activities
described in the course objectives.

METHODS OF CLINICAL TEACHING:

1. Client and family centered approach
2 . C o n f e r e n c e *Group conference*Staff conference*Nursing care
conference*Individual conference*Team conference
3. Bedside clinic
4. Nursing rounds
5. Assignments
6. Field visit
7. Process recording.
8. Ward teaching

9. Ward class
10. Ward clinics
11. Case method
12. Brain storming method
13. Group discussion
14. Demonstration method
15. Laboratory method
16. Health talks

1. Client and family centered approach:

Individualized care will be provided in holistic manner .Here not only the client will
be assisted for therapeutic measures, the family members also will be involved in
education about illness and health concept, signs and symptoms, treatment, prevention
of the problem, there by the client and whole family will be aware and involved in
meeting the clients need .It is nothing but bringing awareness and to reach the goal i.e.
health for all.
2. Conference*Group conference:
A conference is the act of consulting together of two or more individuals in a formal
meeting for the purpose of giving or exchanging ideas .It involves a two-way flow of
conversation.
Purposes:
To set objectives and criteria for nursing care .
To plan methods for improving care
To solve problems which interfere with good nursing care
To evaluate results of report