When working with nursing students, there are important factors to consider when developing teaching strategies. Each strategy must be reviewed and compared in order to create the best teaching strategy for a particular subject, environment and student population. One such way to compare different strategies is by the utilization of a PICOT question. PICOT stands for population, intervention, comparison, outcome and time.
Clinicians interested in research pursuits, related to patient care, should consider the use of a literature search and the PICOT format when engaging clinical researchers. This approach will provide clinicians and researchers an initial basis for mutual understanding, communication and direction to help answer clinical study questions of most relevance (Riva, Malik, Burnie, Endicott, & Busse, 2012, p. 171).
By placing the strategies within these parameters, one can utilize a research search to gather information to make determinations. The PICOT question explored in this paper is: When working with Bachelors of Science Nursing Students (P), does the utilization of case studies (I) work better than traditional lecture (C) in information learning and retention (O) throughout the semester (T)? By comparing …show more content…
Questions to elicit student discussion, critical analysis, and clinical decision making should relate back to the learning objectives identified for each unfolding case. Questions are designed to draw out what students know already and put the pieces together as they explore a new or increasingly complex situation. Questions are also used to cue students to the relevant issues as the person’s condition changes in each stage. Students have to quickly recognize and assess what are the most important and least important factors in a given situation (Carr, 2015, p.
Clinicians interested in research pursuits, related to patient care, should consider the use of a literature search and the PICOT format when engaging clinical researchers. This approach will provide clinicians and researchers an initial basis for mutual understanding, communication and direction to help answer clinical study questions of most relevance (Riva, Malik, Burnie, Endicott, & Busse, 2012, p. 171).
By placing the strategies within these parameters, one can utilize a research search to gather information to make determinations. The PICOT question explored in this paper is: When working with Bachelors of Science Nursing Students (P), does the utilization of case studies (I) work better than traditional lecture (C) in information learning and retention (O) throughout the semester (T)? By comparing …show more content…
Questions to elicit student discussion, critical analysis, and clinical decision making should relate back to the learning objectives identified for each unfolding case. Questions are designed to draw out what students know already and put the pieces together as they explore a new or increasingly complex situation. Questions are also used to cue students to the relevant issues as the person’s condition changes in each stage. Students have to quickly recognize and assess what are the most important and least important factors in a given situation (Carr, 2015, p.