Lecturer interview

RE: Lecturer interview

James Colver Cert. Ed, RVN — Sat, 18 Mar 2017 11:58:28 GMT

As simply as possible, you must state the aim of the session first (e.g. "to set up a fluid administration set" and you must also state the learning objectives (3 or so would be appropriate for this e.g. "describe how to correctly prime a giving set", "explain the importance of asepsis", "list 3 different types of giving set" etc..

You should consider evaluating the learners' prior knowledge - for example asking them some questions about the topic to get them thinking about it and to help you decide what level you need to pitch at.

You must consider how you want the 'students' to learn - i.e. by listening / watching / doing etc.

You must consider the way in which you will ensure they have learned what you wanted them to (verification) e.g. oral or written questions etc. or some sort of activity - based on your original learning objectives

And finally you must ask the learners to review the session - i.e. what would they like to explore in more detail? How might they apply what they have learned? Is there anything that you as the tutor could have done better during the session? Re-visit the original objectives - do the learners feel that they were met?

There are some basics for you - good luck. If you thought nursing was hard work wait 'til you get into lecturing :)

RE: Lecturer interview

Jennifer Marshall — Wed, 15 Mar 2017 11:16:29 GMT

I am really enjoying it so far. The job is obviously completely different to practical nursing and it takes a lot of getting used to but it been a welcome challenge/change at this point in my career.

It sounds like the fluid therapy is a logical choice for you, it also means that if you get asked any questions you have up to date knowledge on the subject. Other members have made a good point in that you should try and consider different learning styles, I provided a print out of my PowerPoint to try and overcome this. I also explained why I wasn't providing a practical demonstration and that it would likely be done in a seprate clinical skills session in real life anyway. I didn't ask the interviewers any questions and on reflection I'm not sure that I would have in the same circumstances. There is no harm in discussing your presentation before you do it, for example, you might explain that if you were faced with a real class you would use questioning in order to assess current knowledge levels etc.

I'm not sure if this what they would be looking for in your particular interview but the way I seen it was that they were assessing me on my perspective of the situation and everyone will do it slightly differently anyway. On the plus side, it did work for me because I got the job! I also discussed current literature in my presentation.

Hope this helps and good luck for your interview!

Jen

RE: Lecturer interview

Catherine11 — Tue, 14 Mar 2017 20:34:26 GMT

Hi there. You definetly need to cover different learning styles and just talking at the learners with no interaction will be viewed negatively. I would introduce the topic and aims of session. Then briefly cover why an animal may need a drip and aseptic technique. Demonstrate, could use a video clip? Get them to have a go. Then get them to write down procedure or three things they have learnt then share and discuss. Hope this helps had to do something similar at interview and received good feedback xx

RE: Lecturer interview

madelinepikevn@aol.com — Tue, 14 Mar 2017 18:31:16 GMT

You'll need to cover off ur different types of learning styles or at least several of them I would expect. So visual will want the images, read/write a hand out for notes etc

RE: Lecturer interview

ANON 32 — Tue, 14 Mar 2017 16:59:05 GMT

Hi Jennifer,

How has the transition into lecturing been?

Thanks for your suggestions, gowning and gloving was also offered as one of the subjects along with a radiograph view. I'm a ward nurse so think the logical subject for me is the fluid therapy one. I've not done theatre or radiology in quite sometime so will not feel confident with it. Setting up a drip is second nature for me and have also taught students etc on a daily basis regarding this.

That is a great point about bearing in mind the level of my presentation and who I'm presenting too. I'm thinking of demonstrating setting up the drip and also adding in a fluid calculation (which may add more time into my presentation). I also wondered about creating a little handout explaining the calculations that they can follow as I go through it.

Did you include the interviewers as part of your presentation such as asking them questions etc.?

I've only got a few days to prepare everything as the interview is at the end of the week, and only found out today! Eek!

Thanks for your help!

RE: Lecturer interview

Jennifer Marshall — Tue, 14 Mar 2017 16:37:14 GMT

Hi there

I moved into lecturing 6 months ago and I had to do a very similar thing as part of my interview. My chosen topic of the three was gloving and gowning. This was the easiest topic for me because my previous job was a theatre nurse where I was showing students how to glove and gown on an almost daily basis. For the interview I explained about different types of gowns with positives and negatives, open and closed gloving and gowning and a step by step how to open glove. With help, I took pictures of every stage of gloving so I could explain it, rather than physically demonstrate it.

What helped me was to bear in mind the level of the person that you are aiming this at. Obviously my interviewers were RVNs but my presentation was aimed at an SVN who had no/little previous knowledge of the subject. You could talk a little about different types of fluids or focus on one area of fluid therapy, for example, what is asepsis and importance of aseptic technique when setting up for fluids and some theory behind it to fill it out.

I hope this helps and feel free to ask me any more questions!

Jennifer