Facts Facts: Role Playing As A Learning Strategy
Facts Facts: Role Playing As A Learning Strategy
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Analyzes problems from various perspectives. An effective role-play session can show various solutions to a problem. The facilitator can present situations from multiple
points of view such as a resident, co-worker, or caregiver.
Often seeing something from a new perspective leads to a
learning opportunity.
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One Final Note. The director of staff development or director of education should be well informed of the principles
of adult education. The role playing and standard in-services
should incorporate these principles. Relying on video tapes
to meet the in-service requirements for staff is not an effective educational approach. Send the manager in charge of
education to classes if they need training regarding how
adults learn. After education sessions and role plays, QI
champions should go out on the units with the staff and
have them immediately practice what they learned. Finally,
the education schedule should be driven by the QI committee
and the data they are monitoring.
For further discussion, see FastFacts: Interactive Teaching
Strategies for Staff Development.
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