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Integrated Illness Script Activity Cards

Simple Ways to Integrate Basic Science & Clinical Learning

Getting started with new teaching and learning tool like Integrated Illness Scripts is can be hard for time-strapped medical and health professions educators. To help make this as simple as possible, we've designed these activities to accompany Integrated Illness Scripts, and are ready to use in clinic or drop into your didactic sessions.

These activities are designed to be used with Aquifer Integrated Illness Scripts and Mechanism of Disease Maps to make it easy for faculty to support students learning basic science causal mechanisms of disease.

Short & Efficient

Ranging from 5 to 30 minutes 

Supported by Learning

Leveraging strategies shown by cognitive science to improve learning

Fast & Easy to Implement

Ready to use activities require little to no faculty prep time. 

Why Integrated Illness Scripts?

Integrated Illness Scripts (IIS) are a more effective way for students to learn the basic science causal mechanisms of common diseases.  Aquifer's IIS organize common clinical features and basic science causal mechanisms together in a blended description, which is an approach that has been shown to improve transfer from one learning context (basic science) to a new context (clinical scenarios) (Baghdady et. al. 2013). Integrated Illness Scripts present an opportunity to change the way we teach students about causes of disease.

HOW TO USE THE ACTIVITIES
1. Select an Activity

Choose a ready-made activity (many with handouts included­) from our list of recommended selections or full library of 40 options.
2. Assign Pre-work

Assign students an Integrated Illness Script, or group of related Integrated Illness Scripts to complete in advance.
3. Refresh Your  Memory & Prep

Scripts are a perfect reference tool for faculty to prep for your session, giving you the key points to know before engaging with your students.
4. Use the Activity in Class or Clinic

Run the activity with your students to link basic science and clinical concepts.

FIND AN ACTIVITY

Choose your topic, and then scan the list by time needed to run the activity, and group size.

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Access Integrated Illness Scripts

Sign in to your aquifer account to find the Integrated Illness Scripts you want to assign to your students. Don�t forget, scripts are a great resource for faculty to reference to prepare for lecture or discussion.
 
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