CMS Lesson Plan
Teacher: Mrs. Shannon Cofield, RDH
Lesson Components
Focused Standard/Element(s)
Course/Level: Healthcare Science/6th Grade
Details and Steps of Lesson
Healthcare Communication
MSHS6-HS-2; MSHS6-HS-5
Day 2
Essential Question(s)
How do I unlock the doors to communication barriers?
Bell-ringer
(5 minutes)
With a partner, list the different types of communication barriers you think are out
there. Think about yesterday’s class.
Opening
(5-10 min)
Yesterday, we began discussing the meaning of communication barriers, and I
explained that there are several different communication barriers that affect how we
communicate with patients in healthcare. Today, you will learn how to unlock several
of the communication barriers
Work-Time Activities
(35- 40 min)
Closure Activity (10 min)
Instructor will provide short PowerPoint explaining the separate communication
barriers in healthcare and defining each for the students.
Students will be placed into groups of four, and they will be required to utilize the
internet to research different types of techniques that they could use to
communicate with their assigned communication barrier – Aphasia, Deafness,
Blindness, Language barriers, or Psychological barriers. Each group will create a
poster defining their communication barrier and explaining four techniques a
healthcare worker could use when communicating with a person who has their
communication barrier.
1) What are three of the communication barriers we discussed today?
2) Why is it important to overcome communication barriers in healthcare?
3) What is one technique you would use to communicate with someone who has the
communication barrier you studied today?
Today we learned the different types of communication barriers that someone might
face in healthcare. Tomorrow, come in ready to present the posters you prepared
today, and we’ll be doing an activity to better understand the vocabulary related to
communication.
Additional Information
How is this a rigorous Common
Core lesson?
(Specifically focus on TKES
Standards 3 and 8)
Differentiation Strategies
(to target student growth)
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