title: Humor: a teaching strategy to promote learning.
abstract: Staff development educators strive to identify methods to facilitate learners' receptivity to information presented, willingness to explore new ideas, and ability to analyze relationships among concepts. This article focuses on the value of humor as a teaching strategy and suggests methods for its incorporation into educational offerings. A "Humor Profile" is provided to give nurse educators an indication of the degree to which they need to improve their use of humor as a teaching strategy.
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: White
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Lewis
mesh_terms: D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing; D006801:Humans; D009740:Nursing Staff / Q000193:education*; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods*; D014925:Wit and Humor as Topic