What Are My Options? Introducing Health Professional Students to Subspecialties
N. Ali, T. A. Dhere, J. E. Bates, & J. Y. Lin
Training programs for health professionals provide students with the general skills of their field, but only some exposure to the career paths that they might pursue after graduation. Students are often not aware of all specialty choices, and educators from less represented fields must look for ways to become more visible. This dilemma is faced by radiation oncologists, who often lack face time with medical students. In this piece, we present some recommendations for radiation oncology educators, based on our experiences, that can be adapted for use by other health professional educators to increase the visibility of their areas of practice for students.
Applying Human Centered Design in a Nursing Doctoral Course
C. Coburn & S. Swanson
DOI: doi.org/10.59450/ZJDH8211 Learning to apply principles of Human Centered Design, a concept including patients/families as active participants in the co-design of their own care solution, can help learners involved in healthcare to optimize patient outcomes. Abstract Introduction: Students in healthcare professions may assume they understand the principles of person-centered care (PCC) yet discover that they […]