Team Teaching in Nursing Education

Team teaching is used to describe a broad array of teaching configurations that offer benefits to students that cannot be duplicated by a single educator. Although articles and books have been written to describe team teaching in other fields, little has been written about team teaching in nursing. In a field with clinical application, team teaching offers more richness in perspective when there are two complimentary educators teaching the content. The opportunity to learn from a colleague, while guiding students, is an added benefit of team teaching. We are in an era of competition for employees and students, so institutions with a reputation for creating a commitment to learning have an advantage. Students who have the benefit of a strong team to guide their learning are more often positive ambassadors for their institution. The purpose of this article is to provide an overview of team teaching as experienced by two nurse educators. J Contin Educ Nurs. 2018;49(4):186-192.