Healing in Chisasibi

This is a wonderful Ph.D. documentary from a doctoral dissertation.  It is perfect for any cross-cultural and public health class on the health impact of colonization. Many of the stories have to do with addiction to alcohol and drugs. In each case healing involves recapturing a sense of Cree identity and spirituality. The short video clips 2-7 minutes …

Nursing student works in a simulation lab

The Implications of Teaching and Learning in a Practice: Paying Attention to Situated Thinking and Action in Practice – ARTICLE

  Patricia Benner, R.N., Ph.D., FAAN copyright June, 2015 What are the teaching and learning implications of teaching a practice? Practice, as defined here, follows the influential definition from Alasdair MacIntyre’s third edition of After Virtue (2007): A socially organized activity that has socially embedded knowledge, science, traditions,and practices, all with notions of what constitutes good practice that …

Learning Leadership in an Inner City, Homeless Health Care Center – ARTICLE

Students leave this setting, understanding the difference between managerialism and leadership, and the importance of being an effective change agent as a nurse leader Patricia Benner, R.N., Ph.D., FAAN, Copyright 2015 This month we present three new community health population-based videos and the excellent teaching of Dr. Ann Beckett, Professor at the Oregon Health Sciences School …

The Master Teacher Sparks Curiosity and Facilitates Transformative Learning – ARTICLE

By Patricia Benner, R.N., Ph.D. FAAN April  28, 2015, copyright 2015 Our EducatingNurses.com Team and I are reflecting on the many provocative and engaging conversations at the ATI Summit in San Diego April 19-22nd, 2015. Our Co-Producer, June Hagman, was asked, “What does being a ‘Master Teacher’ mean? Master Teacher, Dr. Hubert L. Dreyfus describes master …

Interpretive Phenomenology in Health Care Research: Studying Social Practice, Lifeworlds, and Embodiment

Interpretative phenomenological analysis aims to offer insights into how a person within a given context makes sense of a phenomenon. Usually, these phenomena relate to experiences of some personal significance, such as a major life event (acute or chronic illness, death of a loved one, change in economic status, etc.) or the development of an …