Claire Shank

Stories From the Streets We didn’t start with a thesis. We started with a conversation. A few weeks ago, we sat down with two nursing students at a local university, both in the middle of clinical rotations at area hospitals. We asked each of them to walk us through what a typical clinical day looks like. What followed was about an hour of honest, specific storytelling. We’re sharing because we think these voices are worth hearing. “I haven’t gotten any feedback yet. None.” Both students are...

Healthcare Education Doesn’t Have a Competency Problem. It Has a Visibility Problem. Higher education is under pressure to prove it works. Employers question whether graduates are truly ready. Institutions are asked to justify outcomes. And across industries, there is a growing sense that something is not connecting. But what if the problem is not what education produces? What if the problem is what it fails to show? In his article, “The Demonstration Gap: Why Higher Education…” , Don...