Clinical focus guidelines, described by Blainey (1991), are intended to focus students' preparation for clinical assignments around course and clinical objectives. An advantage to this approach is that

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the use of the guidelines helps to develop students' skills of lifelong learning, including self-evaluation. Clinical focus guidelines are provided to students at the start of the clinical experience. Each student then completes the guideline most pertinent to the day's assignment. This relative independence in matching learning activities to the goals for learning is a critical skill of life-long learning, as is the ability to evaluate one's achievement of the learning goal.

Clinical Focus Guidelines, Described by Blainey (1991), Are Intended to Focus