This interactive session will explore the guiding role human flourishing can play in informing the multifaceted roles of a health sciences educator to promote professional meaning, purpose, and fulfillment as an academician. Emphasis will be placed on three domains viewed as essential to the success of health sciences educators: personal development, curriculum development, and professional development. Following a brief overview of the concepts framing human flourishing and its role in education, reflective activities will guide participants to understand how the domains impact their formation as educators. The session will conclude by exploring the landscape of flourishing interventions and strategies aimed at enhancing educator roles and expanding influence to promote the flourishing of institutions and learners. 

Learning Outcomes

1. Apply a functional definition of flourishing to the context of educator formation and its role in academic flourishing.
2. Assess one’s current state of flourishing across the key educator domains of personal development, curriculum development, and professional development.
3. Identify practical strategies and goals to promote flourishing across the key educator domains of personal development, curriculum development, and professional development.