Centring Human Connections in the Education of Health Professionals

Download or read book Centring Human Connections in the Education of Health Professionals written by Sherri Melrose and published by Athabasca University Press. This book was released on 2020-10-30 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many of today’s learning environments are dominated by technology or procedure-driven approaches that leave learners feeling alone and disconnected. The authors of Centring Human Connections in the Education of Health Professionals argue that educational processes in the health disciplines should model, integrate, and celebrate human connections because it is these connections that will foster the development of competent and caring health professionals. Centring Human Connections in the Education of Health Professionals equips educators working in clinical, classroom, and online settings with a variety of teaching strategies that facilitate essential human connections. Included is an overview of the educational theory that grounds the authors’ thinking, enabling the educators who employ the strategies included in the book to assess their fit within curriculum requirements and personal teaching philosophies and understand how and why they work.