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    1) Patient care conference is a small group teaching method used during clinical experiences to discuss nursing care for a specific patient. 2) Conferences involve 6-12 students discussing a patient's condition, symptoms, treatment plan, and nursing care needs. 3) The teacher leads the discussion and ensures students, especially the primary nurse, are actively involved to develop critical thinking around patient care.

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    1) Patient care conference is a small group teaching method used during clinical experiences to discuss nursing care for a specific patient. 2) Conferences involve 6-12 students discussing a patient's condition, symptoms, treatment plan, and nursing care needs. 3) The teacher leads the discussion and ensures students, especially the primary nurse, are actively involved to develop critical thinking around patient care.

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    PATIENT CARE CONFERENCE

    INTRODUCTION

    Education must begin with the student and must be adapted to the needs and
    requirement of the student to make the student grow in his professional education. All
    instruction should be carefully graded and arranged in the natural order. Progressive
    method of teaching provides suitable opportunities for learning by doing, for
    experimentation and for cooperation. Every teacher must devise his own good method
    which helps in mutual interaction and understanding of the subject taught. Teaching
    method is the stimulation, guidance, direction and encouragement for learning. One of
    such clinical teaching method in nursing is Patient Care Conference, which is a small
    group teaching method during the clinical experience period to provide excellent
    opportunity for students to actively participate in the devising the nursing care of the
    patient.

    CONDUCTING PATIENT CARE CONFERENCE

     It is conducted for a small group involving 6-12 students.

     It focused on the nursing care of the patient with a particular disease condition.

     It can be conducted by a nurse educator, doctor or a ward sister.

     The name of the patient, other details and the venue should be informed to the
    students prior to the conference.

     Selecting the patient with a disease condition of common interest, proper timing and
    students’ participation make this teacher centered method to student oriented
    method.

     The students should study the case sheet of the patient, review the related literature
    and actively participate in the conference.

     There is no need for the presence of the patient during the conference.
     The patient care conference can be conducted at the clinical teaching room.

     Patient selected should have the typical signs and symptoms rather than unusual
    confusing symptoms.

     The duration for the Patient Care Conference is 30-45 minutes.

     The learning experience is essentially discussion with a focus on the total care of the
    patient, specific nursing care, observations and recorded data and their implications,
    the patient’s response to the nursing care and his progress.

     The effect and the nature of nursing care is the key factor in the patient care
    conference which include solving the patient care problems which may arise due to
    the consequences of medical or surgical treatment.

     Condition of the patient, signs and symptoms, line of management and nursing care
    are discussed.

     The teacher involves students, especially the student who is looking after the patient
    in the discussion.

     After the discussion, the students’ doubts and questions regarding nursing care is
    clarified and answered.

     Patient care conference ends up with a summary, recapitulation of important aspects


    and feedback from the students.
    SUMMARY

    Patient care conference is one of the effective method of clinical teaching in which,
    a small group of students usually of 6-12 students are involved in the discussion for
    devising nursing care for a patient with specific disease condition. After selecting a patient
    for the conference, the date and venue is fixed and the students have to prepare well in
    advance and actively participate in the discussion. Condition of the patient, signs and
    symptoms, line of management and nursing care are discussed. The teacher involves
    students, especially the student who is looking after the patient in the discussion. The
    students’ doubts and questions regarding nursing care is clarified and answered. It helps
    the students to use critical thinking in the care of the patient.

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