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Jean A. Proehl trauma-list@trauma.org04 Jun 2002 13:34:03 EDT
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--- Gordon McNeill wrote: The hard bit of training is in getting individuals to fulfil their = potential when they=20 don't think they can. And just because you've never suffered from = it doesn't=20 mean others don't. That attitude leads to trainers who say 'why = can't you do=20 this? It's easy!!' Yes, it is for you who's been doing it for x = years. --- end of quote --- Thank you, Gordon! The attitude that "you can't be a good = nurse/doctor/paramedic unless you are tough enough to take my = overbearing teaching style" has done all of our respective = professions a great deal of harm. I have known many practitioners = who were basket cases in simulated cases during a course but never = even had momentary tachycardia when the real train wreck hit the = door. I've seen students so intimidated and scared during courses = that they vomited -- hard to learn anything with your head hanging = in the toilet. Instructors who can only teach by intimidation = should find another outlet for their aggression and leave the = teaching to those who at least have a modicum of respect for = students as professionals who are there to improve themselves. Jean A. Proehl Emergency Clinical Nurse Specialist Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center Lebanon, NH 03756 (603) 650-6049
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