THE KNN LEARNING CONSORTIUM IS NOW LIVE
The KNN FOREST is a learning ecosystem, home to relational learning through virtual and in-person experiences — webinars, workshops, courses, and more — with a focus on deeply grounding participants in the KNN Framework and creating a strong foundation for embracing, embodying, and embedding its elements.
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Introduction to the KNN Framework
Webinar | April 7 at 11 am CT (recurring)
Discover how the KNN Framework for Flourishing can guide efforts to transform health professions education and practice. In this 50-minute session, we’ll examine the powerful roles of character, caring and practical wisdom in flourishing and how integrating those interdependent concepts encourages a sense of wholeness, meaning and purpose. Join us to explore the foundations of flourishing and ways you can incorporate essential elements into your daily work and life.
Bridging in Action: Exploring Bridging Differences Within Student Services and the Learning Environment
Webinar | April 8 at 1 pm CT
See the KNN’s Bridging Across Differences initiative in action through the story of the Duke University School of Medicine. Hear from Jane Gagliardi, MD and Melanie Bonner, PhD, as they describe their efforts to implement a bridging across differences initiative within the Office of Learning Environment and Well-being (Le Well) as contributors in the KNN’s National Bridging Demonstration Project.
In this webinar, the KNN team will share a brief overview of the National Bridging Demonstration Project, followed by a presentation from Dr. Gagliardi and Dr. Bonner, where they will discuss their unique purpose and approach for implementing bridging within their office that centralizes support services to students and others involved in the healthcare learning environment. In this session, you will gain practical insights and ideas you can consider applying in your own setting.
Framework in Action: Flourishing-Centered Professional Identity Formation
Webinar | April 14 at 11 am CT
See the KNN Framework for Flourishing in action through the work of the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. In this webinar, faculty leaders share how they developed a professional identity formation (PIF) curriculum grounded in role models, relationships, and reflective practice. They will also introduce a KNN-informed assessment tool designed to measure the connection between professional identity formation and flourishing.
Sabrina Taldone, MD, Zeina Hannoush, MD, and Xiaoqing Zhang, PhD will demonstrate how the KNN Framework serves as the foundation for their curriculum design and evaluation strategy and they'll describe their collaborative approach and their outcomes thus far. In this session you will gain practical insights, lessons learned, and ideas you can apply in your own setting.