Female Faculty Role Models and Student Outcomes: A Caveat about Aggregation

2014 ◽  
Vol 55 (7) ◽  
pp. 686-709 ◽  
Author(s):  
Iryna Y. Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Role Models ◽  
Student Outcomes ◽  
Female Faculty ◽  
Faculty Role

Student perception of faculty role models

1985 ◽  
Vol 49 (3) ◽  
pp. 159-161
Author(s):  
B Lange ◽  
R Friedman
Keyword(s):  
Role Models ◽  
Student Perception ◽  
Faculty Role

scholarly journals Integrating Diverse Disciplines to Enhance Interprofessional Competency in Healthcare Delivery

Healthcare ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 75 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tiffany Champagne-Langabeer ◽  
Lee Revere ◽  
Mariya Tankimovich ◽  
Erica Yu ◽  
Robert Spears ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Interprofessional Education ◽  
Role Models ◽  
Healthcare Delivery ◽  
Standardized Patients ◽  
Patient Centered ◽  
Faculty Role ◽  
Interprofessional Teamwork ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Clinical Simulations

Interprofessional education (IPE) typically involves clinical simulation exercises with students from medical and nursing schools. Yet, healthcare requires patient-centered teams that include diverse disciplines. Students from public health and informatics are rarely incorporated into IPE, signaling a gap in current educational practices. In this study, we integrated students from administrative and non-clinical disciplines into traditional clinical simulations and measured the effect on communication and teamwork. From July 2017–July 2018, 408 students from five schools (medicine, nursing, dentistry, public health, and informatics) participated in one of eight three-hour IPE clinical simulations with Standardized Patients and electronic health record technologies. Data were gathered using a pre-test–post-test interventional Interprofessional Collaborative Competency Attainment Survey (ICCAS) and through qualitative evaluations from Standardized Patients. Of the total 408 students, 386 (94.6%) had matched pre- and post-test results from the surveys. There was a 15.9% improvement in collaboration overall between the pre- and post-tests. ICCAS competencies showed improvements in teamwork, communication, collaboration, and conflict management, with an average change from 5.26 to 6.10 (t = 35.16; p < 0.001). We found by creating new clinical simulations with additional roles for non-clinical professionals, student learners were able to observe and learn interprofessional teamwork from each other and from faculty role models.

scholarly journals Retaining women students in science involves more than course selection.

1995 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 29-51
Author(s):  
E. L. Donaldson ◽  
E. A. Dixon
Keyword(s):  
Women Students ◽  
Support Groups ◽  
Role Models ◽  
First Year ◽  
Course Selection ◽  
Faculty Role ◽  
Chemistry Students ◽  
Decisions To Leave ◽  
Undergraduate Science ◽  
The University

Difficulties in retaining women students in undergraduate science courses are well known, but reasons for the attrition are less well understood. Data from a survey of first-year chemistry students suggests that gender differences with regard to pre-entry attributes and the transition to the university, the on- campus experience, perceived competencies in academic skills and science literacy, and undergraduate transitions to work may contribute to decisions to leave science, but not necessarily to leave the university. In one university, short-term intervention strategies such as curricula changes, the addition of female faculty role models, the introduction of promotional activities, and the formation of peer support groups are increasing retention. Follow-up data from Phase Two of this study should provide other indicators, but differences in course selection between young women and men enrolled in university appear to be influenced by their values, thus contributing to differing career choices.

scholarly journals The influence of involvement in a widening participation outreach program on student ambassadors’ retention and success

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 25-37
Author(s):  
Alison Green
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Student Involvement ◽  
Role Models ◽  
Student Outcomes ◽  
University Student ◽  
Outreach Program ◽  
Widening Participation ◽  
Mediating Mechanisms ◽  
Higher Education Participation ◽  
Education Participation

This article examines university student involvement in programs aimed at widening higher education participation. Studies have demonstrated that prospective students from low-socioeconomic backgrounds benefit from interaction with tertiary role models, while university student benefits include graduate capability development. This article contributes to understanding the benefits of university student involvement in widening participation programs by exploring their influence on retention and success. This is timely as the Australian higher education sector is increasingly focused on improving student outcomes. A survey of student ambassadors, based on Kahu and Nelson’s (2018) conceptual framework of ‘mediating mechanisms’ that influence student outcomes, indicates that the role positively influences students’ retention and success. This article also increases institutional understanding of university students’ perspectives and demonstrates the potential usefulness of Kahu and Nelson’s framework when examining the extent to which specific initiatives influence student outcomes.

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