It can be challenging to articulate who we are as professionals, especially early in our careers or at transition points. Yet, developing a sense of professional identity as health professions educators is important for feeling confident and knowledgeable in our roles, and for optimizing the development of students. This chapter explores the…

Amid the globalized environment of higher education, international graduate students remain vital contributors to U.S. institutions as they contribute billions of dollars to the U.S. economy annually, drive innovation, and play a significant role in diversifying and globalizing U.S. institutions. Open Doors reported that international students…

This article describes a collaborative learning activity between students and nurse managers to develop a student's professional role.

This chapter explores the web presence needed for instructors, students, administrators, and staff as hybrid courses are implemented at the institutional level and discusses the physical presence (office(s) and staff) needed to effectively provide and sustain online support for hybrid education.

Educational developers must reflect upon our institutional roles and identities, however marginal they may seem, in order to do our work responsibly, sustainably, and effectively.

Through literature review, anecdote, and empirical case study, this chapter explores the role of contemplative practice--yoga, meditation, reflection, breathwork--in the sustainability classroom as a way to increase both learner resilience and learner capacity to engage the challenging content of socio-ecological resilience.

Mentorship has existed in the health professions disciplines for centuries. This chapter discusses the challenges of mentorship specifically tailored to students in academic difficulty.

Building collaboration with students into the teaching process brings with it many benefits for learning, but it also requires accepting the risk and unease that comes from redefining the roles of students and teachers.

Radical empathy positions us to engage and connect with our students while also staying grounded in our role and responsibilities as educators.

We offer a brief history of the study of excellence in college and university teaching. We review major examinations of teaching excellence and summarize key characteristics of model teachers.

This study of three Africana (Black women of the Diaspora) holistic health educators shows how their woman-centered learning cultures led them to personal transformation and leadership roles. Understanding their development can inform educational programming and support services for Black women students.

This chapter explores the role of transformative learning in fostering organizational change in higher education.

This chapter considers the role an academic residential learning community can play in helping new undergraduates examine their motives for attending college.

Based on a decade of consistently improving student outcomes at Valencia College, first winner of the Aspen Prize for Excellence in Community Colleges, five lessons for connecting student and institutional purpose are described. These include: a focus on what students really experience, understanding the college as a bridge and not a destination,…

There are unique moments in curriculum development when an opportunity for a fresh start or a major turn in design fleetingly presents itself. These moments opened up in different locations across McMaster University at different times and eventually led to several quite different initiatives in inquiry-guided learning (IGL). Well-travelled…