More to making education stick.

摘要

The article entitled "Making Education Stick!" by Potts and Davis provided a sound summary of adult learning theory and encouraged educators to rethink our teaching strategies. The concept of making it stick in the article was defined as the ability of the learner to retain the information provided. However, I would comment that clinicians are often able to articulate the rationale of a clinical practice but are constantly challenged by its application into practice. The greatest barrier for a bedside clinician is the realistic application of the process at the point of care. An example of this is those patients who undergo conscious sedation in the emergency department and require an intense amount of monitoring and documentation. The current process includes an immense amount of resources and nursing time, both of which are at a premium in the current crisis state of emergency departments. Unfortunately, it is not until an adverse event occurs that organizations are forced to revisit their processes and explore their feasibility.