How a Pandemic-Inspired Video-Based Assignment Made Me a Better Teacher

Abstract

I wrote this reflection in response to the whirlwind of stress and emotion I felt as I started a new teaching job and simultaneously rode the waves of clinical and academic turmoil at the beginning stages of the pandemic. Writing the initial reflection was a way for me to process what I was experiencing; bringing my insights to the literature base allowed me to see a more universal version of my ideas. Finally, consolidating my experiences into the more aspirational notion that what was happening within the health care system was ultimately a crucible for change was transformative for me as an educator and a person.