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Characteristics Of An Appropriate Instructor-Student Relationship In Allied Health, Julie K. Morbach
Characteristics Of An Appropriate Instructor-Student Relationship In Allied Health, Julie K. Morbach
Department of Educational Administration: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research
In most allied health educational programs, the instructors are individuals who are experts in their field, but do not have a certificate in teaching. Furthermore, these individuals may feel a sense of loneliness when transitioning from working in a department with co-workers to being the sole instructor of a discipline-specific program. Because of this sense of isolation and the amount of time spent with the same students, instructors may begin to perceive students more as friends and confidants. The purpose of this phenomenological study was to explore the perceptions of educators regarding the instructor-student relationship in allied health programs in …