As the next generation of health professional student applicants flood our admissions software, we (administration, faculty, and staff) must acknowledge the fact that a new generation has arrived and we must be ready to adapt. For the most part, millennials have successfully matriculated and we are now faced with the next generation. Researchers have coined this new generation iGen or GenZ. Current data indicate that learning styles and curricular strategies that may have been useful for the millennials might not be effective for iGen learners. Due to generational differences, experienced educators might struggle to grasp characteristics unique to this generation; we must re-examine our curricula as what is intuitive to us may not be intuitive to them. In this session, we will develop effective strategies for adapting to these changing times.

 

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