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Re: Left-handed learners From: Charlie Chambers (cchamber@gorge.net) Tue May 31 23:48:08 2005 Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ] Next message: R. Daniel Braun: "Re: Left-handed learners" Previous message: Cheri Van Hoover: "Left-handed learners" In reply to: Cheri Van Hoover: "Left-handed learners" Next in thread: R. Daniel Braun: "Re: Left-handed learners" I'm a left as were all 3 of my companions during my residency year in Utah. 2 of them learned to do everything right handed. Myself and another were stubborn enough to stick with left handedness. I don't believe you train them any differently. Just realize that all the instruments tend to be inherently more difficult to use for a lefty, and be patient. The culmination of this misunderstanding occurred in my chief year when I was scrubbed with the chairman for a c/s. He decided to give me a hard time because I wasn't "palming" the needle driver after 4 years of training. I informed him that it wasn't possible. He replied that was nonsense, took the needle driver, and then attempted unsuccessfully to show me how it is possible. I felt vindicated. ************************************************************************ **** Charlie Chambers -- Hood River, OR USA cchamber@alumni.rice.edu "...not because I regard fishing as being so terribly important but because I suspect that so many of the other concerns of men are equally unimportant-and not nearly so much fun." John Voelker ************************************************************************ ***** On May 31, 2005, at 9:17 PM, Cheri Van Hoover wrote: > We currently have a left-handed midwifery student. Are any of you > lefties, or have you had the experience of teachng left-handed > students (residents, med students, midwifery students)? > > If you're left-handed, how did you make the necessary modifications in > instrument-handling and delivery techniques? And if you've assisted > left-handed learners, as a right-handed person, how did you examine > your own actions and adjust them for the leftie? > > Thanks so much for any tips you can provide. Our student thanks you > and her preceptor does, too. > > Cheri Van Hoover, CNM, MS > Faculty, Midwifery Institute at Philadelphia University > Next message: R. Daniel Braun: "Re: Left-handed learners" Previous message: Cheri Van Hoover: "Left-handed learners" In reply to: Cheri Van Hoover: "Left-handed learners" Next in thread: R. Daniel Braun: "Re: Left-handed learners"

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