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Being an effective communicator often involves teaching and learning. The teaching that is involved is often the teaching of adults. Staff training, professional education, patient or client information-giving: all involve the teaching of adults. In this first section, the principles of adult education are explored and the concept of experiential learning or learning by experience. The chapter goes on from this explanation of experiential learning to consider the planning and execution of facilitation sessions in line with modern educational and therapeutic thought. It closes with the consideration of styles of facilitation. The skills and issues discussed in this chapter are relevant to all health care facilitators whether they are formally designated as such or are those health care professionals who find themselves teaching others or helping them to reflect on their personal experience.
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Burnard, P. (1992). Teaching skills. In: Effective Communication Skills for Health Professionals. Therapy in Practice Series, vol 28. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-4511-2_1
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