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Sunday, September 2, 2012
Change in the Lesson Plan....
Every now and again, I will deviate from my lesson plan by adding or deleting a particular item depending upon the time or it may be that whatever I had planned didn't flow into the lesson as I had thought. Well, last week, I decided to deviate, and everyone in the class noticed. I had planned to show an episode of HawthoRNe which is a television show that highlights the career of Nurse Hawthorne who is the Director of Nursing in an Emergency Room. The episode involved HIPAA violations in the workplace which happened to be what we were talking about in class last week. I decided at the last minute to postpone showing the episode and the bulbs came on for every student. Each student, even the ones that sleep every time we show a video wanted to watch the episode so that we could discuss HIPAA and the sanctions that may occur if they are violated. I was not only surprised by happily pleased that ALL of my students were interested in our discussion and even had opinions that they wanted to share. Ahhhh, the small things in life some sometimes appear to be very large..
Akisa I am encouraged that your students are following the flow of your class. I feel that it is hard to get that flow and routine going in the beginning of the year. Being flexible is important as things come up that lend itself to a " teachable moment". I was not aware of HawthoRNe. I will be checking that out. Can you tell me what website it is on or how to view it? ( thank you!) I think there are so many great shows that depict real life healthcare issues, many of which relate to our standards.
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