title: Preparing health professions' educators via online certificate program: structure and strategies for quality.
abstract: Educating the faculty of today and tomorrow presents challenges in the health professions. In rapidly changing clinical and educational settings, faculty need to be prepared to maintain course quality and promote student learning outcomes. This article provides reflective analysis of an established online Health Professions Educator Certificate Program and shares quality teaching/learning structures and strategies that provide flexibility for diverse interprofessional learners. A systems model of structure, process, and outcomes organizes the analysis.
authors.affiliation: Author Affiliations: Associate Professor (Dr Bonnel), Clinical Associate Professor (Dr Tarnow), School of Nursing, University of Kansas, Kansas City.
authors.forename: Wanda
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Bonnel
authors.forename: Karen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tarnow
mesh_terms: D002568:Certification; D004506:Education, Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D005181:Faculty, Nursing; D006801:Humans; D017145:Models, Educational; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D009862:Online Systems; D058996:Quality Improvement / Q000458:organization & administration