Instructional Methods
The use of testing as a pedagogical strategy to enhance student learning
What are practice tests?
Frequently used in EMS education, this learning activity allows students to incorporate cognitive, psychomotor, and affective skills while working in a group.
What is a simulation?
Unique to the digital age, this allows students to access information from any location using their smartphone or other digital device
What is mobile learning?
Required in many health care programs, this method of instruction allows students to interact with real patients and practice specific skills
What is a targeted clinical experience?
Examples of this type of learning model include cooperative learning, collaborative learning, team-based learning, and problem-based learning
What are small group learning models?
This technology can be used when a student is required to take an exam at a specified time and must be digitally proctored to prevent academic dishonesty
What is a lockdown browser?
Often facilitated through student journals, group discussions, and deliberative exercises, this educational method allows students to practice critical thinking and express their opinions and thoughts.
What is reflective learning?
Sometimes considered summative, such as a written or oral exam, this in-class activity allows teachers to track student progress
What is an assessment?
This digital resource allows students to stop, rewind, and review the original information
What is a podcast or video?
This method of instruction is useful in large groups and allows the instructor maximum control of the learning experience
What is a lecture?