Different needs, motivations and identification for sessional health science educators

What is it about?

Comparing tenured faculty to healthcare professionals working in the field who also teach students. Do they have the same teaching skill needs, the same reasons to teach, the same identity as an educator?

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Why is it important?

Faculty development is most often designed for tenured faculty. However, sessional (casual, adjunct, non-tenured) faculty teach health science students a lot. How can we know they are developing as educators? If we compare their needs, motivations and identity, we may gain some insights as to what should be different about the faculty development designed for sessional faculty.

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