Overview: Opportunities to promote learning occur many times a day but often go unrecognized. Identifying daily teaching “moments” and knowing how to improve the health education of children, families, and communities is critical to fostering health promotion. Teachable moments can occur any time and in any setting that children and families are ready to learn. Through primary care or emergency room visits, or the presentation of educational materials in the office or exam room, child health providers can take advantage of those opportunities to promote health and behavior change. The child health professional must not only recognize teachable moments but also respond to them by using suitable and effective teaching strategies. The goal of this module is to introduce the meaning of the teachable moment, provide strategies to recognize the teachable moment through the use of a variety of teaching strategies, and facilitate learning with children and families.
Objectives: After completing this module, you will be able to:
- Describe the Bright Futures Teachable Moments model.
- Identify a “teachable moment” in the office setting.
- Apply the six steps in the Teachable Moments model.
- Practice a variety of teaching strategies that may be used to facilitate learning.
- Explain the advantages, disadvantages, and appropriate use of specific teaching strategies.
Length: This module will take approximately 30 minutes to complete.
Learning Activities: To complete this online module, you must read text on the screen and link to resources provided for your review. The module includes video and/or audio clips to enhance learning, as well as Self-assessments and/or Progress Checks that will help you identify areas of understanding. An online "Journal" is available for you to (1) record your personal responses to reflective questions designed to enhance your comprehension of the content and (2) provide a place where you can take notes. In addition, there is a centralized online "Briefcase" for you to save items that you would like to access later. At the end of the module you will be directed to an evaluation.
Accreditation: Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center designates this educational activity for a maximum of 0.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits(TM). Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center's Nursing Continuing Education Council is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.
This educational activity carries 0.5 contact hours.
Registration: The content on Pediatrics in Practice is accessible at no charge to registered users only, with a small charge if you wish to receive credit. Free registration provides you with unlimited access to all resources and interactive instruction found on this website. Registration also ensures you can interrupt an activity and resume it at a later time. In addition, your registration helps us to understand usage patterns so we can continually improve the Pediatrics in Practice experience. |
