I am doing an externship at Vidant Duplin Hospital that will help me teach Biology differently next year. My mentor, Krista Horne, is awesome. She arranged for me to spend half a day shadowing staff members in the following areas: ICU, OR, Women’s Center, Respiratory, Laboratory, Infection Control, Case Management, Diabetes Education, Nutrition, Dietary, and Quality Control. It has been fascinating and exciting. I plan to do a PBL lesson on diabetes that will incorporate a community education component.. Teams of students will do research on diabetes, write it up, create an educational product, and give an oral presentation.
Anne,
I am sorry I let the PD slip away without a second opportunity to check in with how your externship is progressing. I have an interesting article link for you, though. I skim the headlines every day and look for things that would be relevant for my students. I have a folder of news articles that will allow me to pull high interest, authentically relevant nonfiction into my lesson plans that grows and changes all the time. I don’t know if it is what you want for your students, but it might fit with your own research. I hope the rest of your summer rolls along smoothly!
http://www.nbcnews.com/health/illegal-diabetes-products-draw-15-fda-warnings-6C10710852
Thanks, Kimberly. If you come across other relevant articles, don’t hesitate to send those to me too.