Team & Culture
Belonging in the In-Between: Cultivating Third Places for Patients and Providers
Learn how third places strengthen community health and resilience and how to prototype these spaces to foster belonging for patients and providers.
Belonging in the In-Between: Cultivating Third Places for Patients and Providers
Health care environments are often designed for efficiency, but healing and resilience also depend on connection and belonging. “Third places” — spaces outside of home and work where people gather and connect — can strengthen both patient and provider well-being.
In this microlearning, you’ll explore what third places are and how they support community health and health care resilience. You’ll learn how thoughtful partnerships and space design can expand capacity during emergencies, reduce stress and isolation and foster a deeper sense of belonging.
You’ll also gain practical insight into how nurse leaders can begin prototyping third-place concepts in and around their organizations to support healing and human connection.
NCPD Credit:
Upon completion of the microlearning and evaluation, learners are eligible to earn 0.2 Nursing Continuing Professional Development (NCPD) credits. AONL is accredited as a provider of NCPD by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
Disclosure:
The content planners do not have any conflicts of interest or relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Your Instructor
Elizabeth Johnson, PhD, MS-CRM, RN
Dr. Elizabeth Johnson is an Assistant Professor at Montana State University’s College of Nursing and a nationally recognized leader in health care design and clinical research. Her work focuses on digital health innovation, clinical system design, and technology-driven safety improvements, supported by funding from NIH, NSF, and industry partners. She serves in multiple national leadership roles advancing health care innovation at the intersection of nursing, research, and technology.
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