University of Louisville, Kentucky, USA.
J Nurs Educ. 2010 Jun;49(6):346-50. doi: 10.3928/01484834-20100217-06. Epub 2010 Jun 3.
Decision case method teaching uses open-ended cases to stimulate decision making and critical thinking skills in the classroom. The cases are taken from actual practice experience and are developed in great detail with the goal of engaging learners in the actual dilemma as encountered by the case protagonist. This method has proven effective in preparing students for actual practice in fields such as medicine, nursing, and social work, but one barrier to this pedagogical approach is the lack of available relevant cases. This article describes how senior nursing students partnered with community practitioners to develop cases and subsequently used the cases in teaching activities with their fellow students. Outcomes of the project supported such an approach as a valuable learning assignment and method for improving critical thinking abilities.
决策案例教学法使用开放式案例来激发课堂上的决策和批判性思维能力。这些案例取自实际的实践经验，并经过详细的开发，目的是让学习者参与到案例主角所面临的实际困境中。这种方法已经被证明在为医学、护理和社会工作等领域的学生做好实际实践准备方面非常有效，但这种教学方法的一个障碍是缺乏可用的相关案例。本文描述了高级护理学生如何与社区从业者合作开发案例，然后在与同学的教学活动中使用这些案例。该项目的结果支持了这种方法作为一种有价值的学习任务和提高批判性思维能力的方法。
