PP5 Simulation in the classroom – an anaphylaxis teaching package for children in senior school

Aims and methodWe developed material for a lecture hall teaching programme in child and adolescent psychiatry for medical students. Although lecture hall settings are not traditionally seen as conducive to exploring concepts, debating positions and encouraging higher-order thinking, we aimed to integrate these processes into the programme alongside educational theory and teaching strategies. We evaluated student and teacher perception of the new material through questionnaires before and after the introduction of the teaching package.ResultsSix 1.5-hour teaching sessions were prepared. The evaluation study received 133 student and 4 teacher questionnaires on the previous teaching package, and 99 student and 7 teacher questionnaires on the new material. The questionnaires showed that the redesign resulted in significant improvements in various predefined measures, such as clarity and interactivity of the material.Clinical implicationsA vivid and memorable teaching programme is essential in shaping students' understanding of the concepts in child and adolescent psychiatry as well as potentially making the specialty more attractive to medical undergraduates.

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Effects of a Small Group Microcomputer-Mediated Motor Skills Instructional Package

Journal of the Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps ◽

10.1177/154079699201700302 ◽

1992 ◽

Vol 17 (3) ◽

pp. 133-144 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Eva M. Horn ◽

Steven F. Warren ◽

Herbert J. Reith

Keyword(s):

Small Group ◽

Motor Skills ◽

Corrective Feedback ◽

Training Session ◽

General Level ◽

Computer Mediated ◽

Teaching Package ◽

Instructional Package ◽

Condition B

The present study investigated the effectiveness of a microcomputer-mediated motor skills teaching package in a small group training session. Two groups of three young children with cerebral palsy were provided motor skills instruction by a trainer across two conditions. Condition A consisted of a package of adaptive positioning and behavioral teaching procedures. Condition B consisted of the same adaptive positioning and behavioral procedures plus “computer assistance” and response-contingent toys. An A-B-A-B multitreatment design with across-site replication was used to compare the effects of the two training packages. Results indicated a consistent relationship between the introduction of a computer-mediated package (Condition B) and improvement in both the children's behaviors and the trainer's quality of instruction. The computer-mediated package was shown to be successful in increasing the children's general level of engagement as well as their performance of the target motor skills. Simultaneously, improvements in the consistency of immediate performance-based reinforcement and corrective feedback provided to the children by trainers were noted.

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Effects of education on attitudes to deliberate self-harm

Psychiatric Bulletin ◽

10.1192/pb.21.6.334 ◽

1997 ◽

Vol 21 (6) ◽

pp. 334-335 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Gill Turnbull ◽

Trudie Chalder

Keyword(s):

General Knowledge ◽

Attitude Questionnaire ◽

Specialist Service ◽

Deliberate Self Harm ◽

Accident And Emergency ◽

Number Of Patients ◽

Before And After ◽

Teaching Package ◽

Self Harm ◽

Knowledge And Attitude

Accident and emergency (A&E) staff completed a general knowledge and attitude questionnaire related to suicide and deliberate self-harm (DSH) before and after a teaching package. The results showed an increase in general knowledge while attitudes remained the same. Following the teaching package there was an increase in the number of patients who contacted the Specialist Service for DSH.

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