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Welcome to the RIPPLE toolkit (Research Informed Professional Practice Learning and Education). RIPPLE aims to provide educators in healthcare settings with the knowledge needed to make robust, evidence-based decisions, the skills needed to effectively support students, and ultimately, improve outcomes for those they're supporting. Here you will be able to search for different learning strategies, designs, and environments, and make decisions based on Impact and Quality.
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Developing professional identity
Outcome
Connect what the profession stands for with the practitioner students are becoming.
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5
Quality
4
Coaching and mentoring
Learning strategies
Coach students through real professional work, explain your thinking and progressively hand responsibility to them
Read MoreImpact
4
Quality
3
Teaching teamwork for professional practice
Learning environment
Help students coordinate roles, share information, support one another and adapt as a team.
Read MoreImpact
4
Quality
4
Teaching students to break bad news
Outcome
Prepare students for difficult news by giving them a structure and letting them practise.
Read MoreImpact
5
Quality
2
Teaching evidence-based practice
Outcome
Teach students to find, appraise and apply research to real professional problems.
Read MoreImpact
5
Quality
2
Teaching empathy
Outcome
Help students understand another person’s perspective and respond in ways that show it
Read MoreImpact
4
Quality
3
Teaching clinical communication
Learning strategies
Teach communication as a professional skill—give students opportunities to practise real conversations and receive specific feedback.
Read MoreImpact
4
Quality
3
Case-based learning for professional practice
Learning design
Use authentic cases to make students apply, explain and defend what they know
Read MoreImpact
4
Quality
3
Simulation for professional practice
Learning strategies
Rehearse professional practice before it counts—let students make decisions, communicate and act in realistic situations.
Read MoreImpact
5
Quality
3
Teaching clinical reasoning
Learning strategies
Teach clinical reasoning explicitly—don’t assume it will emerge from knowledge or clinical exposure.
Read MoreImpact
4
Quality
4
Peer-assisted learning
Learning design
Students can teach each other just as effectively as educators can.
Read MoreImpact
2
Quality
3
Reflective practice
Learning strategies
Looking back on experiences can improve learning and clinical decision-making.
Read MoreImpact
4
Quality
5
Demonstrations
Learning strategies
Effective demonstrations involve more than ‘see one, do one, teach one’.
Read MoreImpact
4
Quality
4
Motivational climate
Learning environment
Giving choice, building connection and developing competence can improve engagement, performance and wellbeing.
Read MoreImpact
5
Quality
4
Teaching design
Learning design
Use evidence-informed teaching practices from other educational settings in professional practice.
Read MoreImpact
5
Quality
3
Interprofessional education (IPE)
Learning design
Fostering collaboration can improve knowledge and attitudes.
Read MoreImpact
5
Quality
3
Debriefing
Learning strategies
Reviewing what happened, why it happened and what to do next can improve learning and performance.
Read MoreImpact
5
Quality
3
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Developing professional identity
Outcome
Connect what the profession stands for with the practitioner students are becoming.
Read MoreImpact
5
Quality
4
Coaching and mentoring
Learning strategies
Coach students through real professional work, explain your thinking and progressively hand responsibility to them
Read MoreImpact
4
Quality
3
Teaching teamwork for professional practice
Learning environment
Help students coordinate roles, share information, support one another and adapt as a team.
Read MoreImpact
4
Quality
4
Teaching students to break bad news
Outcome
Prepare students for difficult news by giving them a structure and letting them practise.
Read MoreImpact
5
Quality
2
Teaching evidence-based practice
Outcome
Teach students to find, appraise and apply research to real professional problems.
Read MoreImpact
5
Quality
2
Teaching empathy
Outcome
Help students understand another person’s perspective and respond in ways that show it
Read MoreImpact
4
Quality
3
Teaching clinical communication
Learning strategies
Teach communication as a professional skill—give students opportunities to practise real conversations and receive specific feedback.
Read MoreImpact
4
Quality
3
Case-based learning for professional practice
Learning design
Use authentic cases to make students apply, explain and defend what they know
Read MoreImpact
4
Quality
3
Simulation for professional practice
Learning strategies
Rehearse professional practice before it counts—let students make decisions, communicate and act in realistic situations.
Read MoreImpact
5
Quality
3
Teaching clinical reasoning
Learning strategies
Teach clinical reasoning explicitly—don’t assume it will emerge from knowledge or clinical exposure.
Read MoreImpact
4
Quality
4
Peer-assisted learning
Learning design
Students can teach each other just as effectively as educators can.
Read MoreImpact
2
Quality
3
Reflective practice
Learning strategies
Looking back on experiences can improve learning and clinical decision-making.
Read MoreImpact
4
Quality
5
Demonstrations
Learning strategies
Effective demonstrations involve more than ‘see one, do one, teach one’.
Read MoreImpact
4
Quality
4
Motivational climate
Learning environment
Giving choice, building connection and developing competence can improve engagement, performance and wellbeing.
Read MoreImpact
5
Quality
4
Teaching design
Learning design
Use evidence-informed teaching practices from other educational settings in professional practice.
Read MoreImpact
5
Quality
3
Interprofessional education (IPE)
Learning design
Fostering collaboration can improve knowledge and attitudes.
Read MoreImpact
5
Quality
3
Debriefing
Learning strategies
Reviewing what happened, why it happened and what to do next can improve learning and performance.
Read MoreImpact
5
Quality
3
Search the Evidence Toolkit
Thank you! Your submission has been received!
Oops! Something went wrong while submitting the form.
Developing professional identity
Outcome
Connect what the profession stands for with the practitioner students are becoming.
Read MoreImpact
5
Quality
4
Coaching and mentoring
Learning strategies
Coach students through real professional work, explain your thinking and progressively hand responsibility to them
Read MoreImpact
4
Quality
3
Teaching teamwork for professional practice
Learning environment
Help students coordinate roles, share information, support one another and adapt as a team.
Read MoreImpact
4
Quality
4
Teaching students to break bad news
Outcome
Prepare students for difficult news by giving them a structure and letting them practise.
Read MoreImpact
5
Quality
2
Teaching evidence-based practice
Outcome
Teach students to find, appraise and apply research to real professional problems.
Read MoreImpact
5
Quality
2
Teaching empathy
Outcome
Help students understand another person’s perspective and respond in ways that show it
Read MoreImpact
4
Quality
3
Teaching clinical communication
Learning strategies
Teach communication as a professional skill—give students opportunities to practise real conversations and receive specific feedback.
Read MoreImpact
4
Quality
3
Case-based learning for professional practice
Learning design
Use authentic cases to make students apply, explain and defend what they know
Read MoreImpact
4
Quality
3
Simulation for professional practice
Learning strategies
Rehearse professional practice before it counts—let students make decisions, communicate and act in realistic situations.
Read MoreImpact
5
Quality
3
Teaching clinical reasoning
Learning strategies
Teach clinical reasoning explicitly—don’t assume it will emerge from knowledge or clinical exposure.
Read MoreImpact
4
Quality
4
Peer-assisted learning
Learning design
Students can teach each other just as effectively as educators can.
Read MoreImpact
2
Quality
3
Reflective practice
Learning strategies
Looking back on experiences can improve learning and clinical decision-making.
Read MoreImpact
4
Quality
5
Demonstrations
Learning strategies
Effective demonstrations involve more than ‘see one, do one, teach one’.
Read MoreImpact
4
Quality
4
Motivational climate
Learning environment
Giving choice, building connection and developing competence can improve engagement, performance and wellbeing.
Read MoreImpact
5
Quality
4
Teaching design
Learning design
Use evidence-informed teaching practices from other educational settings in professional practice.
Read MoreImpact
5
Quality
3
Interprofessional education (IPE)
Learning design
Fostering collaboration can improve knowledge and attitudes.
Read MoreImpact
5
Quality
3
Debriefing
Learning strategies
Reviewing what happened, why it happened and what to do next can improve learning and performance.
Read MoreImpact
5
Quality
3