Launching Your Career as an Instructional Designer in Health Professions Education

• In Event: EDHP- Innovate! Launching Your Career

Short Description

Over the past decade, health professions education has embraced the value of instructional design and technology (IDT) leading to increasing numbers of exciting employment opportunities for instructional designers today. This joint session is a collaboration among the Education in the Health Professions (EDHP) SIG, Design & Development (D&D) division, and the Graduate Student Assembly (GSA). Join us to learn about instructional design opportunities in the health professions sector. Panelists will discuss IDT careers and pathways; typical areas of practice in health professions education; necessary qualifications, knowledge, skills, and experience; resources for focusing your resume/CV and searching for a position; and various professional networking opportunities, within AECT and beyond.

Authors

• Presenter: Susie Gronseth, University of Houston

• Presenter: Beth E. Jordan, University of South Florida

• Presenter: Dina Kurzweil, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences

• Presenter: Max C Anderson, University of Illinois

• Presenter: Okan Arslan, Texas Tech University

• Presenter: Oma Singh, Education in the Health Professions (EDHP)