Intended Learning Goals
When performed properly, utilizing the case method has the ability to foster many beneficial qualities in its participants. Educators and facilitators alike wish to have each participant develop qualities such as:
The idea behind using the case method is to bring together knowledge and skills from multiple facets of life and apply them towards a real life problem; as if the participants are being put in a dress rehearsal for life. This dress rehearsal is a structured way to develop the skills necessary for the same types of problems or situations that will be experienced by the learners in the real world with the advantage of receiving feedback for improvement in the learning environment before the real decisions need to be made.
The following video is a short clip created by the UT Health Science Center about using the case based method in health care; why use this method, the benefits of using this method, the challenges to using this method and how using this method can help are discussed in the video.
- Analytical skills
- Decision making skills
- Problem solving skills
- Effective communication skills
- Higher order skills of learning
- Interpersonal skills
- Being able to connect seemingly unrelated topics or ideas
- Being able to engage in the topic of discussion
The idea behind using the case method is to bring together knowledge and skills from multiple facets of life and apply them towards a real life problem; as if the participants are being put in a dress rehearsal for life. This dress rehearsal is a structured way to develop the skills necessary for the same types of problems or situations that will be experienced by the learners in the real world with the advantage of receiving feedback for improvement in the learning environment before the real decisions need to be made.
The following video is a short clip created by the UT Health Science Center about using the case based method in health care; why use this method, the benefits of using this method, the challenges to using this method and how using this method can help are discussed in the video.