Design and delivery of the clinical integrative puzzle as a collaborative learningtool

Abstract

Well-designed collaborative learning tools can provide an opportunity for engaging student experiences that foster deep learning and act as a scaffold for enculturation to the profession through refinement of professional collaborative skills.The clinical integrative puzzle is a paper-and-pencil or computer-based teaching and learning activity that combines disciplinary knowledge with clinical reasoning and problem solving. Effective design and implementation of clinical integrative puzzles requires a multidisciplinary approach to design, a positive classroom climate, and a set of illness scripts (e.g., clinical cases or scenarios) that are similar yet have key differentiating features that ..