Power Lunch on Clinical Teaching: Clinical Teaching with iPads
Thursday, March 31, 2011, 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Center for Teaching Excellence, Thomas Cooper Library, Room L511
Description
Do you teach or plan to teach in a clinical setting? Do you wonder how an Apple iPad can be used to enhance teaching and learning in settings that include the facilities and resources of the profession, or takes place in the context of providing a service to clients, patients or customers. This session will discuss strategies and apps for using iPads to enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of teaching in these settings. The conversation will be facilitated by a panel of iPad Power Users, faculty who participated in the 2010 CTE cohort program: Using an iPad to Enhance Teaching and Learning. Each panelist will describe challenges she or he faced in clinical teaching, the apps and pedagogy that were explored, and what was learned in process. Bring your questions and ideas and join in an interactive discussion. An iPad will be available for attendees to test, and a light lunch will be provided.
Please Register
Advanced registration is required. Please register by March 25, 2011 through the form below, email cte@sc.edu, or phone 803-777-8322.
About the Panelists
Jamy Archer is a Clinical Instructor in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders. Her work with the iPad includes exploring apps that her students can use to improve patients attention during speech and hearing therapy, and the pedagogy that goes with them.
Megan Burton is an Assistant Professor in The Department of Instruction and Teacher Education. As a liaison with at a local school, she teaches and works with interns away from campus. The iPad helps her take notes from observations, as well as models how this technology can be used to make teaching interactive.
Christina C. Piro is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the South Carolina College of Pharmacy. With others in her college, she has investigated how to use an iPad to allow her students to have information on simulated patients for assessment and development of therapeutic plans.
Jeremy Searson is a Clinical Instructor of Athletic Training in the Department of Physical Education. His iPad use included individualized instruction in clinical courses concentrating on clinical proficiency mastery, and the evaluation process of clinical sites and approved clinical instructors.