Little Bird

By Sue Robins and Jacqueline Robins

Little Bird is a collection of course content for students and health educators from Sue Robins' Bird's Eye View. The eBook has been designed for student convenience - it is easily readable on a smartphone and has dozens of links to rich online content.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Bird Communications
• Release date: Dec 7, 2020
• ISBN: 9781999156039

Sue Robins

Sue Robins is a Canadian author and health care advocate. Her essays have been widely published in health care journals and newspapers, including the Canadian Medical Association Journal, The New York Times and The Globe and Mail. This is her first book.

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"A gift from the heart from Sue Robins to health care students and educators: lesson plans and course materials drawn from her book, Bird's Eye View."

Dr Wendy Looman, PhD, APRN, CPNP-PC, Professor, University of Minnesota

"Bird’s Eye View gave first term nursing students insight into patient-centred stories and showed that kindness, compassion and empathy can make all the difference. Sue’s stories and course materials inspired class discussion and anticipatory writing about ways to bring ‘all the warm blankets’ to patients and families in health care."

Tracy L. Powell, RN, PhD(c) & Jocelyn Lehman, RN, MScN, Associate Professors, Mount Royal University

The content is shareable and free for re-use, protected by the Creative Commons license: BY-NC-SA.

Created by Sue Robins

Published in 2020 by Bird Communications

Vancouver, Canada

First edition

ISBN: 978-1-9991560-3-9 (e-book)

Editorial services from Aaron Mumby Design

For more information on educational orders of Bird’s Eye View, or to enquire about having the author speak to your class, please email us at [e-mail].

Dedicated to Dr. Wendy Looman, Jocelyn Lehman and Tracy L. Powell.

Thank you for being early-adopters and sharing Little Bird course content with your nursing classes.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Module 1: Compassion in health care

Lesson Plan 1: About Dr. Darwish

Lesson Plan 2: Bird’s Eye View Book Discussion Guide

Lesson Plan 3: Let Me Know That You Are Human Too

Lesson Plan 4: All the Warm Blankets

Module 2: The Nuts and Bolts of Patient Centred Care

Lesson Plan 1: Patient Centred or Not?

Lesson Plan 2: K.I.D.S. – A Way to Demonstrate Respect

Lesson Plan 3: The Bedrock of Health Care

Lesson Plan 4: The Great Debate -- Patient Centred Care v. Relationship-Centred Care

Module 3: Stories Matter: Patient and Health Professional Storytelling

Lesson Plan 1: Crafting a Good Story

Lesson Plan 2: Practice Listening to a Story