Talk:Donna Joyner - Case Studies in Neurology

-- Donna Joyner 20:39, 30 April 2011 (EDT)

Donna Joyner's discussion page

Instructor comments on your draft units -- Jz833665 09:50, 3 May 2011 (EDT)

Your design project on using case studies in your neurology class looks helpful and appropriate. A few suggestions:

• Refine your objective statements (see below): "Learn" isn't an appropriate verb. You need to choose performances that show that the learners have learned these things: describe, summarize, state, define, apply... (see Gagne text, Objectives chapter)

At the end of this course, you will:
Learn how to perform a case study
Become familiar with working on a team to navigate patient diagnoses
Learn the definition of a SOAP note and how to develop one
Become familiar with clinical issues related to Neurology

• I'm wondering how the units have been defined and structured. (Your unit 1 and 2 have the same title.) Are these basically different phases in this case study activity? If so, you can call them phase 1. 2,...

• Unit 1, what is a case study: this section could be more elaborated. The current text focuses on what is provided in a case description. You need elaborate more on how learners can best approach a case and provide some general guidelines. I'm sure you can find many references online about case study strategies in medical science.

• Also unit 1: "pick one of the sections of the medical interview..." Tell the learner where they can find the interview.

• I assume that you're still working on your unit 2, 3, and 4, as these are currently pretty brief and lean. If this single page is becoming too long to follow, it would be better for navigation if each unit (/phase?) will have a separate page.

• The hyperlink in your unit 3 directs to a wrong URL (google on my computer)