Colleen F Shanahan & Emily A Benfer, “Adaptive Clinical Teaching”

This article suggests adaptive clinical teaching (ACT) as a clinical teaching model. This article offers a systematic framework to apply ACT and provides an example of how the method encourages replacing instinct with deliberate strategies for teaching and supervising. It allows clinical teachers to use an adaptive approach to address various challenging situations. ACT asks the clinical teacher to engage in six steps, abbreviated as “ADAPTS”:

1. Articulate the situation;
2. Define the expectations;
3. Analyze the contributing factors;
4. Ponder potential strategies,
5. Take action,
6. Shape future choices through reflection.

Colleen F Shanahan & Emily A Benfer, “Adaptive Clinical Teaching” (2013) 19:2 Clinical L Rev 517.