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NU405
Health Teaching in the Clinical Setting
Question | Answer |
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Learning | "change in an individual caused by experience and does not include changes caused by development" |
Patient Education | "The process of influencing patient behavior and producing the changes in knowledge, attitudes, and skills necessary to maintain or improve health" |
Health Promotion | includes activities that a person undertakes to enjoy life to the fullest. Examples: Deciding not to smoke tobacco |
Disease Prevention | Is comprised primarily of screening for asymptomatic disease in children and adults, counseling, to prevent diseases and the onset of chronic conditions, and immunizing to prevent diseases |
Determinants of health | The range of personal, social, economic, and environmental factors that influence health status are known as determinants of health |
The Learning Contract | is a tool used to formalize the agreement between the teacher and learner. It clearly states learning behaviors, responsibilities of the teacher and the learner, and the methods of follow-up and evaluation. |
Mentorship | “a process to support and encourage people to manage their own learning in order that they may maximise their potential, develop their skills, improve their performance and become the person they want to be.” |
Preceptorship | “providing support and guidance enabling ‘new registrants’ to make the transition from student to accountable practitioner.” |
Coaching | “developing a person’s skills and knowledge so that their job performance improves, hopefully leading the achievement of organisational objectives. It targets high performance and improvement at work, although it may also have an impact on an individu |