Teaching Beyond the Podium Podcast Series

Scaffolded Role-Play in the Classroom

January 08, 2020 Center for Teaching Excellence at UF
Teaching Beyond the Podium Podcast Series
Scaffolded Role-Play in the Classroom
Show Notes

Make your course more engaging with role-play! Kevin MacPherson, Clinical Lecturer and Assistant Director of Clinical Education in the Department of Physical Therapy, teaches a course where Physical Therapy students practice diagnosis and prescription skills by using disease illness scripts. Students apply concepts learned during lecture to prescribe treatment based upon observing other students playing the role of an illness sufferer.
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Music: Motivational by Scott Holmes