I like the recommendation to use humor and laugh at ourselves when we make mistakes as instructors. As a nursing instructor, I can have students who have zero medical experience all the way up to LPNs who may have different expertise or more years in the field than me. I learn something from my students every semester, including pronunciation of terminology that I have apparently been saying wrong my whole career! I also really like the statement The only way you can do the right thing well is to do it poorly first. We have labs and clinicals and it is some students very first time in a hospital. It is so important that students feel that it is ok not be perfect and that this is the time for making mistakes and practicing. Lastly, I like the idea of taking notes on how the lecture went and essentially what to do better next time. For sure, this is something that if noted in real time will be more beneficial than trying to think back!
