TEACHING STRATEGIES PLAN

Topic 2: Disease prevention and self-management of chronic conditions - Classroom

NAME OF LEARNING Group presentation

ACTIVITY
Learning Activity
Summary

Students will be placed into groups of four with each group being given
a specific disease or chronic condition to research. The group will
prepare a poster summarizing their research and will present the poster
at a class.
Each students is expected to contribute to the research for the poster
and to take an active part in the class presentation.
For example, a poster on CHF would include statistics on morbidity
and mortality; dollar amount to healthcare system annually; a research
article from the last 5 yrs describing an effective method for educating
patients on CHF Self-management; four to five each teaching points to
be taught to patients, caregivers / family prior to discharge to selfmanage their condition. Student groups will also develop a summary
handout tool such as a refrigerator magnet, with just essential points
everyone should know about CHF.
Cognitive (identify level): Remembering, Understanding, Applying,
Analyzing, Evaluating, and Creating

Domain of Learning
(Blooms Taxonomy Affective: Receiving, Responding, and Organizing
Revised)
Psychomotor: Imitation, Manipulation, and Articulation

Student-Centered
At the completion of this learning activity, the learner will:
Learning Objective(s)
Illustrate the relationship between healthcare costs and
diseases / chronic conditions

Preparation Required
by Teacher/Facilitator

Create an effective teaching tool that can be used to educate

patients

Identify reputable web sites for health conditions

Interpret data from research articles

Teacher to have evaluation tool ready for each group

and Materials Needed

Time Allotted
35-40 minutes per group
5 minutes for Q&A per group
20 minutes post presentation discussion

Learning Styles
Addressed by Activity

Information Presentation: Sight__X__ Sound__X__ Text__X__

Learning Modalities: Auditory _X_ Kinesthetic___ Visual__X__
Approach: Active __X__ Reflective ____
Understanding: Sequential _X__ Holistic _X___

How is content connected Class sessions discussed major diseases and chronic conditions. This
to prior learning?
activity will enable students to supplement class material with
information from primary research sources. The class covers the topics
in a more general way and this enables students to further their
understanding by examining the topic in more detail.
Reflective Debriefing
with Learners (postlearning activity) How
will it be accomplished?

The post presentation discussion will allow students in each group to

receive feedback from their classmates. Each student will also see what
each group developed as their summary teaching handout. Sometimes
feedback is more readily accepted from student peers than from
teachers.

Evaluation of
Students will be graded based on their poster, their teaching handout
Learning (How will it and their presentation. Each student will also be evaluated on their
be accomplished?)
contribution during the presentation.
Teacher Reflection

Students will also gain experience in working in a group setting

and gaining presentation skills. They will also be learning the
(justify choice of learning economic importance of good health, and the economic impact disease
activity and good fit for has on the economy as a whole. In addition, students will be learning
the identified learning the critical importance of effectively educating patients in selfmanagement. These factors makes the Group Presentation activity a
objectives)
good fit for the learning objectives.