Population study and sample
The research population consisted of all nursing faculty members affiliated with the universities of medical sciences in Kerman province in 2022 (N = 83). The nursing faculties in Kerman were 22, 6 in Zarand, 11 in Jiroft, 5 in Sirjan, 21 in Rafsanjan, and 18 in Bam. Due to the limited number of the research population, all faculty members were invited to participate in the study by census.Finally, sixty-nine nurse educators volunteered to participate in the study and were allocated to the intervention (n = 35) and control (n = 34) groups using a table of random numbers.The inclusion criteria included full-time nurse educators with academic ranks such as instructor and assistant professor who taught in the nursing education programs at baccalaureate, master, PhD degree levels. Educators who failed to complete the training program or the questionnaires for any reason were excluded. Finally, 65 nurse educators completed the questionnaires and four educators from the control group were excluded because of not completing questionnaires in the post-intervention phase (response rate = 94.20%) (Fig. 
Flow diagram of the study, representing data collection points for the intervention group and the comparison group