Case-Based Learning
Case-based learning describes instructional methods in which an expert describes experiences or cases, to assist others to learn and reason in similar situations. This allows novices to transfer the cases into knowledge that can be recalled and utilized in flexible ways. Cases allow a learner to assign meaning and context to a situation, facilitating problem-solving in similar or new situations. The cases are essentially expert advice framed as a story.
Lynne Murphy, EdD, OTR/L
Lynne Murphy is an Associate Professor in the Department of Occupational Therapy at East Carolina University. She is an occupational therapist with 30 years of clinical experience in many types of physical rehabilitation, including acute care, in-patient and out-patient rehabilitation, industrial rehabilitation and ergonomics. Her research interests include the development of clinical reasoning in OT students, outcomes of equine-assisted therapies, and social and ADL participation of stroke survivors.