We are delighted to share with you the resources that we developed and curated for the purpose of improving clinical teaching skills for nurses in both clinical and academic settings. At the bottom of this page, you will also find a video describing pathways for clinical teaching along with a series of interviews with dynamic nurse educators in different roles that may stimulate your interest in clinical teaching positions.
Toolkit Resources
The toolkit includes a series of video vignettes that address common clinical teaching challenges, simulations designed to increase your clinical teaching skills, and a variety of other clinical teaching resources that you will find useful (e.g., FAQs, work life balance, advanced practice preceptor resources).
Common Clinical Teaching Challenges – Video Vignettes
- Providing Feedback
- Promoting Civility
- Addressing Integrity in Clinical Setting
- Supporting Underconfident Students/Preceptees
- Coaching Overconfident Students/Preceptees
- Coaching Time Management
- Managing Stress in Clinical Environment
Simulations, Role Plays and Activities for Developing Clinical Teaching Competencies
- Responding to Incivility Simulation and Role Play
- Evaluating Competency and Providing Feedback Simulation
- Role Play for Talking to Students Unhappy with their Grade
- Coaching Students to Receive Feedback as Information for Professional Growth and Development: A Learning Activity
Additional Resources
Access additional resources that will help you in your clinical teaching:
Clinical Teaching Competencies, FAQs for Clinical Teaching/Precepting, Advanced Practice Precepting Resources, Competency-Based Education, Clinical Evaluation Methods, Feedback Methods, Developing Work Life Balance, and more.
Pathways to Clinical Teaching in Clinical and Academic Settings
Watch a presentation that explores the different pathways to clinical teaching in clinical and academic settings and then enjoy viewing a series of interviews with dynamic nurse educators from a variety of settings and perspectives (e.g., acute care, simulation centers, advanced practice).
Pathways to Clinical Teaching
Explores different pathways to clinical teaching in clinical and academic settings.
Clinical Teaching and Simulation
Interview with Dr. Elesha Roberts who talks about her clinical teaching in mental health nursing and simulation.
Nurse Educators in Hospital Settings
Interview with Jonathan Hecht MSN, Nursing Director, who talks about precepting and clinical educators in the hospital.
About the Project
Learn about the project and meet our talented team of faculty dedicated to clinical teaching.