This paper is based first-person experience with Experiential Learning (EL) practices in an undergraduate introductory management course. We consider how a challenging EL activity, based on volunteering during recovery from a catastrophic flood event, exposed three shadow sides of EL. These shadow sides of EL, that often remain hidden to educators, are practical, psychological and pedagogical. We provide a characterisation of each of these shadow sides and outline strategies for managing them. We also discuss the general applicability of our insights, including tentative theoretical extensions to Kolb's (1984) EL theory. We conclude by considering the potential for the shadow sides of EL to emerge in circumstances that are less confronting and extreme than those encountered by our students.
Seven patients with abdominal apoplexy have been treated between 1975 and 1977 and their clinical features and management are reviewed. Accurate preoperative diagnosis is difficult but the condition should be considered in patients with abdominal pain and vomiting or diarrhoea who have signs of shock, peritonism or a falling haemoglobin level. Urgent laparotomy to identify and ligate the bleeding artery offers the best chance of survival.
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