A strategy to enhance caring and community in the learning environment.
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.
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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*