There has been an increasing demand for healthcare analytics skills and competence by healthcare organizations. Although many universities have established programs and courses on healthcare analytics, most of these curricula have been designed for information systems (IS), information technology (IT), or analytics students. It is unclear how…

Senate Bill 22-192, titled Opportunities for Credential Attainment called on the Colorado Department of Higher Education (CDHE) to work collaboratively with other state agencies, institutions of higher education (IHEs), employers and other stakeholders to build 10 stackable credential pathways across five high-value, high-demand industries between…

This report projects education requirements linked to forecasted job growth for all 50 states and the District of Columbia from 2021 through 2031. It complements a larger national report that projects education demand by occupation and industry for the same period. The national report finds that by 2031, 72 percent of all jobs nationally will…

This chapter describes how profession based hierarchies (stratified social orders between professions) may appear in a teaching context of interprofessionality involving a variety of health professions presenting challenges to learning and offers suggestions on how these challenges can be overcome.

Teaching is a demanding job and research suggests that prolonged exposure to stress can affect physical health. While some studies have found that teachers do indeed report relatively poor physical health, the existing literature has important methodological limitations. In particular, no research exists comparing teachers to other occupations…

Vocational Education and Training (VET), a key subset of formal education, bridges the gap between academic knowledge and the practical skills demanded by the job market. The PISA-VET initiative, led by the OECD, introduces a novel framework for assessing occupation-specific skills and employability competencies in five targeted vocational…

The professional character of mathematics teachers is influenced not only by their ability to manage learning but also by their beliefs about the subjects they teach. These beliefs include beliefs about the nature of mathematics (BNM), beliefs about mathematics learning (BTM), and beliefs about assessments (BAM). Together, these beliefs shape the…

Career change teachers (CCTs) are heralded in international education policies as key to addressing teacher shortages and increasing quality and diversity in the profession. Using a qualitative approach inspired by Ball's discursive facet of policy enactment, interview responses from 23 Australian teacher educators were examined. The aim was to…

This bibliometric analysis seeks to understand the evolution of teacher work culture (TWC) publications from 1993 to 2023. Keywords, authors, citations and geographic distribution from 3424 documents were extracted, with data from the SCOPUS database. Descriptive statistics and co-occurrence analysis were utilised to respond to the research…

Uncertainty is a feature of healthcare practice. In recognition of this, multiple health profession governing bodies identify uncertainty tolerance as a healthcare graduate attribute and evaluate uncertainty tolerance within new graduate cohorts. While it is clear that uncertainty tolerance development for healthcare learners is valued, gaps…

This study explored intercultural communication in entry-level workplace settings through the stories told by 25 newcomers about their experiences working in the tourism, hospitality, food services, and office-related sectors, from three locations across Canada. Using theme and pattern analysis, we identified two broad categories: workplace…

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to address the gaps in current internship research and practices which neglect the impact of work-based social support relative to the emerging Generation Z (Gen Z) workers' distinct work behaviours and the changing landscape of hospitality work, which has prompted businesses to attract interns into their…

Long portrayed as a virtuous profession, teaching has always been embedded in notions of trust and trustworthiness. Alongside expectations of epistemic cultivation and development, is an implicit handing over of discretionary powers to 'the trusted teacher'. At the height of #blacklivesmatter protests in 2020, however, high school learners all…

Occupational therapists' supervision of students remains a critical component during occupational therapy education. This study aimed to examine supervision practice, motivation, and competency among community-based occupational therapists in Norway, exploring organizational and personal factors associated with formal and perceived supervision…

Mentoring (healthcare) research from low-to-middle-income countries is critical for developing evidence-based healthcare solutions. This paper presents findings from a study of the mentoring and supervisory relationships embedded in a South African fellowship program for early career healthcare researchers. The findings demonstrate how, rather…