title: A strategy to enhance caring and community in the learning environment.
abstract: The authors describe the implementation and evaluation of faculty-facilitated small groups that encourage dialogue between nursing faculty members and students about teaching/learning concerns and events. These groups promoted student perceptions of caring behaviors from their faculty and peers and developed students' sense of cohesiveness within the learning community.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Schaffer
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Juarez
mesh_terms: D003479:Curriculum; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004645:Empathy; D005181:Faculty, Nursing; D017144:Focus Groups / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D015279:Organizational Culture; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology*