Bridging the Millennial Generation Expectation Gap: Perspectives and Strategies for Physician and Interprofessional Faculty.
Assigning attributes to a birth cohort is one way we identify society-wide, shared life experiences within a group collectively called a "generation." Such assigned attributes influence society's adoption of generation-based expectations held by and about people from a particular birth cohort. Census data and generational attributes inform perspectives on millennial generation birth cohort experiences and engagement as students. The eldest living generation in U.S. society has given way to 3 subsequent generations, the youngest of which is called the millennial generation. What generational attributes influence the effectiveness of teaching and learning between millennial learners and faculty members from other generations? Understanding the role of life cycle effects, period effects and cohort effects can offer medical and health professions educators' insights into different strategies for learner engagement. Discussion includes specific strategies and teaching tactics faculty members can use to engage millennials across a continuum of learning to bridge the "expectation gap."
Academic Affairs and Faculty Development, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Electronic address: valerie-williams@ouhsc.edu.
Valerie N
VN
Williams
Department of Family Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
Jose
J
Medina
Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
Andria
A
Medina
Department of Health Sciences Library and Information Management (SC), Robert M. Bird Sciences Library, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
Shari
S
Clifton
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D004501:Education, Medical; D005178:Faculty; D006801:Humans; D016901:Intergenerational Relations; D007858:Learning; D008875:Middle Aged; D010820:Physicians; D012649:Self Concept; D013663:Teaching; D055815:Young Adult
Education; Intergenerational relations; Interprofessional relations; Medical; Teaching