About this Research Topic
Higher education, including undergraduate, graduate, and healthcare curricula, are facing an evolving set of challenges. For example, the national and global rising trend of mergers in higher education, the rapidly changing technological landscape, and the increased expectations in healthcare are demanding more innovative, collaborative and system-level pedagogical approaches to develop present and future learners.
Despite the documented beneficial effects of interdisciplinary practice (IDP),
interprofessional education (IPE), and interprofessional practice (IPP) on the student learning experience most of these studies focus on singular intervention or context. Currently, there are limited studies on the impact of unique collaborative interventions within higher education on learners' identities or behaviors. Furthermore, there is limited research on the impactful integration of governance, policy, teaching, and research in order to support both interdisciplinary and interprofessional learning.
In this Research Topic, we invite authors to describe how they create, implement, and
evaluate innovative education approaches that connect teaching, learning, and leadership in healthcare and higher education. We aim to highlight the collaborative interdisciplinary and interprofessional methodologies that are transforming today's educators, learners, and leaders to address tomorrow's challenges within the higher education and healthcare system. Specifically, we are looking for a collection of rigorous studies that illustrate novel solutions to the challenges experienced with developing and implementing interdisciplinary or interprofessional learning.
We welcome research submissions from local and international higher education programs to explain interdisciplinary and/or interprofessional approaches that empower teachers, learners, and leaders. Higher education leaders need to conduct more research into innovative approaches that can help local and global communities identify theories, processes, outcomes, and solutions that may be used to meet the challenges and opportunities they face in their context. Simultaneously, we look for innovative pedagogical approaches to meet the increasing demands of present and future learners.
We aim to publish research that advances knowledge, research, and practice in areas related to interdisciplinary or interprofessional learning. For these reasons, this Research Topic welcomes submissions regarding the application of different combinations of theories (instructional design, leadership, and/or active learning) on the theories, skills, perceptions, and behaviors of learners, teachers, leaders, and/or other stakeholders.
For this research note, we are hoping to publish articles in the Frontiers categories of:
Original Research (using quantitative, qualitative, or mixed methods), Systematic Review,
Mini Review, Hypothesis and Theory, Case Report, Community Case Study, Conceptual
Analysis, Methods, Curriculum-Instruction-and Pedagogy, Policy-Practice Revi
ews, and Policy Brief. For more information regarding these particular article types, please visit: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/education/for-authors/article-types
This Research Topic accepts submissions including a full range of interests represented in the multidisciplinary fields in Higher Education but not limited to: Healthcare, Business, Humanities, and Social Sciences to name a few examples with relevance to the topics below.
● Collaborative Curriculum Development
● Collaborative Experiences Impact on Knowledge, Skills, Identities, Perceptions,
and/or Social Behaviors
● Collaborative Approaches to Active Learning
● Team-based learning (TBL) approaches
● Problem-based Learning (PBL) approaches
● Collaborative Experiential Learning
● Collaborative Approaches to Distance, Online, Hybrid, and In-Person Learning
● Integration of governance, policy, teaching, and research to support interdisciplinary
and interprofessional learning
● Professional Development, Program Evaluation, and/or Quality Improvement of
Collaborative Experiences on Faculty, Administrators and Organizations.
● Development of useful processes, tools, and/or practices for multi-step collaboration
● Strategies for Collaborative Intra-Institution and Inter-Institution Partnership Management
● Unique combinations of partnerships within higher education across Healthcare, Business, Humanities, and/or Social Sciences
We look forward to your contribution!
Despite the documented beneficial effects of interdisciplinary practice (IDP),
interprofessional education (IPE), and interprofessional practice (IPP) on the student learning experience most of these studies focus on singular intervention or context. Currently, there are limited studies on the impact of unique collaborative interventions within higher education on learners' identities or behaviors. Furthermore, there is limited research on the impactful integration of governance, policy, teaching, and research in order to support both interdisciplinary and interprofessional learning.
In this Research Topic, we invite authors to describe how they create, implement, and
evaluate innovative education approaches that connect teaching, learning, and leadership in healthcare and higher education. We aim to highlight the collaborative interdisciplinary and interprofessional methodologies that are transforming today's educators, learners, and leaders to address tomorrow's challenges within the higher education and healthcare system. Specifically, we are looking for a collection of rigorous studies that illustrate novel solutions to the challenges experienced with developing and implementing interdisciplinary or interprofessional learning.
We welcome research submissions from local and international higher education programs to explain interdisciplinary and/or interprofessional approaches that empower teachers, learners, and leaders. Higher education leaders need to conduct more research into innovative approaches that can help local and global communities identify theories, processes, outcomes, and solutions that may be used to meet the challenges and opportunities they face in their context. Simultaneously, we look for innovative pedagogical approaches to meet the increasing demands of present and future learners.
We aim to publish research that advances knowledge, research, and practice in areas related to interdisciplinary or interprofessional learning. For these reasons, this Research Topic welcomes submissions regarding the application of different combinations of theories (instructional design, leadership, and/or active learning) on the theories, skills, perceptions, and behaviors of learners, teachers, leaders, and/or other stakeholders.
For this research note, we are hoping to publish articles in the Frontiers categories of:
Original Research (using quantitative, qualitative, or mixed methods), Systematic Review,
Mini Review, Hypothesis and Theory, Case Report, Community Case Study, Conceptual
Analysis, Methods, Curriculum-Instruction-and Pedagogy, Policy-Practice Revi
ews, and Policy Brief. For more information regarding these particular article types, please visit: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/education/for-authors/article-types
This Research Topic accepts submissions including a full range of interests represented in the multidisciplinary fields in Higher Education but not limited to: Healthcare, Business, Humanities, and Social Sciences to name a few examples with relevance to the topics below.
● Collaborative Curriculum Development
● Collaborative Experiences Impact on Knowledge, Skills, Identities, Perceptions,
and/or Social Behaviors
● Collaborative Approaches to Active Learning
● Team-based learning (TBL) approaches
● Problem-based Learning (PBL) approaches
● Collaborative Experiential Learning
● Collaborative Approaches to Distance, Online, Hybrid, and In-Person Learning
● Integration of governance, policy, teaching, and research to support interdisciplinary
and interprofessional learning
● Professional Development, Program Evaluation, and/or Quality Improvement of
Collaborative Experiences on Faculty, Administrators and Organizations.
● Development of useful processes, tools, and/or practices for multi-step collaboration
● Strategies for Collaborative Intra-Institution and Inter-Institution Partnership Management
● Unique combinations of partnerships within higher education across Healthcare, Business, Humanities, and/or Social Sciences
We look forward to your contribution!
Keywords: interdisciplinary, interprofessional education, interprofessional collaboration, healthcare education, higher education, teaching, research, leadership, pedagogic innovation, active learning, learning community, team-based learning (TBL), problem-based learning (PBL)
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