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Student Health Care Laboratories
Bringing Together Education, Research, and Practice
The Health Care Laboratory is the essential operational curricular component
that transforms critical thinking into the “how to” of practice. An interactive
teaching model elicits appropriate application of critical thinking in
anticipated care of patients across life span within a safe environment. This
innovative model of education is contingent upon a creative pedagogy, effective
and consistent leadership, and a commitment to supporting the educational
experiences of students.
These experiences begin during the second year of study and progress through the
fourth year and are imbedded within required clinical course work. A host of
innovative and state of the art tools, such as interactive videos and computer
assisted instruction, are utilized to engage the student in the learning
process. These activities, coupled with “hands on” practice sessions, offer the
students a diverse collection of teaching/learning opportunities that are most
suited to individual learning styles.
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