Scenarios

#1. Mary seems to be a well prepared student with a great attitude and I would encourage her to keep it up. I would tell Mary that she was missing one more important thing in her treatment plan, I would have her go back and read the medical history over. If she still was not able to figure out what it was, I would ask her " What do we need to have the patient do if they have had a joint replacement?" I would then make sure Mary understood why we premed and have her tell me what could happen if we did not to do this. I would take a couple points off for this mistake, I feel the student needs to understand that this is an important matter. I would have Mary tell me why I was taking points off to make sure we were on the same page. I would be the clinic instructor that hopes the students will learn from their mistakes the first time around, the second time around if the same scenario occurs then I would give a lower grade.

#2. It sounds like I had a rough day and I would do my best not to take this out on my students. I would be very patient with Ben and kindly tell him that I found some calculus then have him try to use tactile sensitivity to locate it. If he was not successful, I would sit in his place, show him where I found it, then have him locate it to make sure he could feel it. I would than try to modify his technique to see if that would help him.