The teaching process is taking place in the hospital premises, in a room specifically designed to teach patients before they are discharged. The teaching plan is based on Blooms theory or evaluation approach to teaching. The teaching plan is based on several teaching principles. The first teaching principle is that all the educational activities involved are objective centered. Secondly, evaluation is based on teaching and both are objective oriented. The third principle is that teaching does not confine the patient or the learner to achievement only, but is intended to encourage total behavior change of the individual so that he/she can adopt the appropriate behaviors towards disease prevention (Stoekel & Miller, 2011).
Purpose and objectives of teaching
By the end of the lesson, the patient should be able to protect himself from being re-infected with Chlamydia.
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Using questions as a teaching strategy focuses on stimulating the cognitive domain of the learner. This will enable him to remember facts, describe a process and explain the relationship between his behaviors and the spread of the infection. Moreover, using questions prompts patients to reexamine their assumptions, and beliefs pertaining to their health and make appropriate inferences (Stoekel & Miller, 2011). While teaching the student about the prevention of Chlamydia, using questions, I would make the session interactive to facilitate open and candid communication with him. I would ask the student questions as I lecture him on the transmission and prevention strategies of Chlamydia. The questions I would ask him include kindly state three symptoms of Chlamydia and explain two ways of transmission. This question is intended to not only promote his ability to recall and think, but also help the student to change behaviors that exposes him to Chlamydia infection. I would also prompt him to state three methods that he should use to protect himself from getting re-infected with