Oct. 14, 2025  |  7 p.m. CDT

This course prepares nurse anesthesia educators to intentionally integrate growth mindset principles into competency-based education (CBE). A growth mindset not only frames challenges as opportunities for growth but also cultivates resilience, adaptability, and confidence in both educators and students. By fostering the belief that clinical judgment, procedural skills, and cognitive abilities can be strengthened through deliberate practice, constructive feedback, and reflection, educators help students see their potential as dynamic and evolving.

When applied to nurse anesthesia education, growth mindset transforms how teaching and learning occur. It encourages educators to design learning experiences that emphasize effort, persistence, and problem-solving over perfection. It supports the development of technical and critical thinking skills while normalizing the role of mistakes and remediation as integral parts of mastery. Students taught within this framework are more likely to take academic and clinical risks, recover from setbacks, and build confidence in their abilities—qualities essential for high-stakes anesthesia practice.

Learning Objectives

By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

• Explain the core principles of growth mindset and their relevance to competency-based education in nurse anesthesia.
• Apply evidence-based strategies to foster growth mindset in learners during clinical instruction, simulation, and assessment.
• Design learning experiences and feedback approaches that promote skill development, resilience, and self-efficacy in a CBE framework.

The event is 1 hour in length. Registration required.

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Host:

Hallie Evans, DNP, CRNA, APRN, CNE, FAANA
Hallie Evans is the Program Director for the Doctorate of Nurse Anesthesia Completion Program and Nurse Anesthesia Educator Program at Middle Tennessee School of Anesthesia. Her expertise includes a wide range of topics including Evidence-Based Practice, Artificial Intelligence for Classroom Engagement, Faculty Strategies to Incorporate AI, Health and Wellness, Grant Writing and Educating future Nurse Anesthesia Educators in the clinical, didactic and simulation settings, as well as curriculum planning and mapping. She serves as a professor for both the Doctorate Completion Program and Nurse Educator Track. She displays her commitment to the next generation of CRNAs through innovative teaching methods and rigorous curriculum development.

Dr. Evans began her career in education as a clinical preceptor and upon earning her Post-Master’s Doctorate began working as faculty at Florida International university. She has taught across the anesthesia curriculum and joined the faculty at MTSA in 2020 before becoming the Program Director. She is passionate about incorporating health and wellness into curriculums for students and using evidence-based techniques to educate. She created a Micro-credential for Nurse Educators on Health and Wellness techniques to incorporate into curriculums. In addition, she believes service-based learning and giving back is a vital component to both education and wellness.