Belongingness during Work-Integrated Learning for Healthcare Students

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What helps students feel like they truly belong in professional learning environments? This episode showcases an open-access article about the BeWIL study, a survey of healthcare students engaged in work-integrated learing (WIL) in the United States and the United Kingdom to learn about their sense of belonging. The article is part of a special section, published in Teaching & Learning Inquiry in March, featuring multi-institutional SoTL from the Center’s 2022-2024 research seminar on WIL.

O’Connor, Deborah A., Leah M. Stade, Cassidy Johnson, Simone Regnier, and Molly A. Whitlow. 2026. “Exploring Belongingness during Work-Integrated Learning for Healthcare Students in International Settings: The BeWIL Study.” Teaching & Learning Inquiry 14: 1–19. https://doi.org/10.20343/teachlearninqu.14.13

This episode was hosted, edited, and produced by Jessie L. Moore, Director of the Center for Engaged Learning and Professor of Professional Writing & Rhetoric.

60-Second SoTL is produced by the Center for Engaged Learning at Elon University.

Music: “Cryptic” by AudioCoffee.