R – Real-Life

Overview

 R – Real Life

1. We connect to the user providing real-life examples
   1. Patient stories
   2. Life scenarios
   3. Using an example to make something click and stick
2. The example should
   1. Identify the linchpin as the single most important concept
   2. Provide connections between real-life things to the content being taught
3. These stories should happen throughout to offer a connection between all the concepts
4. This is storytelling
   1. Can I tell a story to connect my content?
   2. Can I show a practice application?
   3. Can I prove relevance?

Exercise

In the following lesson, listen to how the educator tells a personal story of a patient (all while protecting the patient’s privacy). Listen from 0:26-0:50.

Communicating With Patients

It’s so easy for us as educators to tell students to act, be, or do certain things. But it makes us so much more relatable (and sometimes vulnerable) if we show them that we’ve lived these experiences. Students love to hear stories of our experience, and it helps to connect difficult or burdensome topics.

As you listen to the story, think about your first lesson. What’s a story that you could share during the lesson that can help you drive home important points?