Making the Most of Pre-Post Clinical Conferences Teaching Clinical Judgement in Clinical Practice

Session Description:
In this session, Faculty will explore methods to improve students’ critical thinking/critical judgment ability.

Session Learning Outcomes:
After engaging in this session, the participant will be able to:

• Describe teaching strategies for promoting critical thinking in pre-post clinical conference discussions.
• Discuss how the critical thinking/clinical judgment learning objectives specific to each course influence pre-postclinical conference.
•  Describe a pre-post conference discussion utilizing the Clinical Judgment Measurement Model (CJMM) process.
• Apply cognitive processes of the CJMM to pre-post clinical conferences.

Readings:
Prior to participating in this session, participants should review the following readings:
• https://www.ncsbn.org/14177.htm. Webinar and PDF
• Billings, D.M. (2019). Teaching nurses to make clinical judgments that ensure patient safety. Journal of Continuing
Education in Nursing, 50(7), 300-2.
• Dickison, P., Haerling, K. A., & Lasater, K. (2019). Integrating the National Council of State Boards of Nursing Clinical
Judgment Model into Nursing Educational Frameworks. Journal of Nursing Education, 58(2), 72-78.
• Hensel, D., & Billings, D. (2020). Strategies to teach the National Council of State Boards of Nursing Clinical Judgment
Model Nurse Educator. DOI: 10.1097/NNE.0000000000000773.
• National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN), Clinical Judgement Measurement Model. Retrieved from:
https://www.ncsbn.org/14798.htm

To receive CE, you will need to successfully complete the quiz and program evaluation.

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