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Stoffels M, Broeksma LA, Barry M, van der Burgt SME, Daelmans HEM, Peerdeman SM, Kusurkar RA. Bridging School and Practice? Barriers to the Integration of 'Boundary Objects' for Learning and Assessment in Clinical Nursing Education. PERSPECTIVES ON MEDICAL EDUCATION 2024; 13:392-405. [PMID: 39006554 PMCID: PMC11243767 DOI: 10.5334/pme.1103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2023] [Accepted: 06/21/2024] [Indexed: 07/16/2024]
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Introduction In clinical health professions education, portfolios, assignments and assessment standards are used to enhance learning. When these tools fulfill a bridging function between school and practice, they can be considered 'boundary objects'. In the clinical setting, these tools may be experienced as time-consuming and lacking value. This study aimed to investigate the barriers to the integration of boundary objects for learning and assessment from a Cultural-Historical Activity Theory (CHAT) perspective in clinical nursing education. Methods Nineteen interviews and five observations were conducted with team leads, clinical educators, supervisors, students, and teachers to obtain insight into intentions and use of boundary objects for learning and assessment. Boundary objects (assessment standards, assignments, feedback/reflection/patient care/development plan templates) were collected. The data collection and thematic analysis were guided by CHAT. Results Barriers to the integration of boundary objects included: a) conflicting requirements in clinical competency monitoring and assessment, b) different application of analytical skills, and c) incomplete integration of boundary objects for self-regulated learning into supervision practice. These barriers were amplified by the simultaneous use of boundary objects for learning and assessment. Underlying contradictions included different objectives between school and practice, and tensions between the distribution of labor in the clinical setting and school's rules. Discussion School and practice have both convergent and divergent priorities around students' clinical learning. Boundary objects can promote continuity in learning and increase students' understanding of clinical practice. However, effective integration requires for flexible rules that allow for collaborative learning around patient care.
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- Malou Stoffels
- Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Faculty of Medicine, Research in Education, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Amsterdam UMC, VUmc Amstel Academy, Institute for Education and Training, The Netherlands
- LEARN! research institute for learning and education, Faculty of Psychology and Education, VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Faculty of Medicine, Research in Education, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- RadboudUmc Health Academy, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Amsterdam UMC location University of Amsterdam, Teaching and Learning Center (TLC), Amsterdam, the Netherlands
- Amsterdam Public Health, Quality of Care, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Faculty of Medicine, Research in Education, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Faculty of Medicine, Department of skills training, The Netherlands
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- Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Faculty of Medicine, Research in Education, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Research institute: Amsterdam Public Health (APH), program Quality of Care, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Faculty of Medicine, Research in Education, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- LEARN! research institute for learning and education, Faculty of Psychology and Education, VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Amsterdam Public Health, Quality of Care, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Reilly JB, Kim JG, Cooney R, DeWaters AL, Holmboe ES, Mazotti L, Gonzalo JD. Breaking Down Silos Between Medical Education and Health Systems: Creating an Integrated Multilevel Data Model to Advance the Systems-Based Practice Competency. ACADEMIC MEDICINE : JOURNAL OF THE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN MEDICAL COLLEGES 2024; 99:146-152. [PMID: 37289829 DOI: 10.1097/acm.0000000000005294] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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ABSTRACT The complexity of improving health in the United States and the rising call for outcomes-based physician training present unique challenges and opportunities for both graduate medical education (GME) and health systems. GME programs have been particularly challenged to implement systems-based practice (SBP) as a core physician competency and educational outcome. Disparate definitions and educational approaches to SBP, as well as limited understanding of the complex interactions between GME trainees, programs, and their health system settings, contribute to current suboptimal educational outcomes elated to SBP. To advance SBP competence at individual, program, and institutional levels, the authors present the rationale for an integrated multilevel systems approach to assess and evaluate SBP, propose a conceptual multilevel data model that integrates health system and educational SBP performance, and explore the opportunities and challenges of using multilevel data to promote an empirically driven approach to residency education. The development, study, and adoption of multilevel analytic approaches to GME are imperative to the successful operationalization of SBP and thereby imperative to GME's social accountability in meeting societal needs for improved health. The authors call for the continued collaboration of national leaders toward producing integrated and multilevel datasets that link health systems and their GME-sponsoring institutions to evolve SBP.
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McOwen KS, Varpio L, Konopasky AW. The figured world of medical education senior leaders: Making meaning and enacting agency. MEDICAL EDUCATION 2024; 58:225-234. [PMID: 37495259 DOI: 10.1111/medu.15164] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2022] [Revised: 06/13/2023] [Accepted: 06/15/2023] [Indexed: 07/28/2023]
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INTRODUCTION The field of medical education is relatively new, and its boundaries are not firmly established. If we had a better understanding of the intricacies of the domain, we might be better equipped to navigate the ever-changing demands we must address. To that end, we explore medical education as a world wherein leaders harness agency, improvisation, discourse, positionality and power to act. METHODS Using the constructivist theory of figured worlds (FW), we conducted a narrative analysis of the stories medical education senior leaders tell about their roles and experiences in the world of medical education (n = 9). RESULTS We identified four foundational premises about the world of medical education: (i) medical education stands at the intersection of three interrelated worlds of clinical medicine, hospital administration and university administration; (ii) medical education is shaped by and shapes the clinical learning environment at the local level; (iii) medical education experiences ubiquitous change which is a source of power; and (iv) medical education is energised by relationships between individuals. DISCUSSION Focusing on the FW theory's notions of agency, improvisation, discourse, positionality and power enabled us to describe the world of medical education as a complex domain existing in a space of conflicting power hierarchies, identities and discourses. Using FW allowed us to see the powerful affordances offered to medical education due to its position between worlds amid unceasing change.
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- Katherine S McOwen
- Academic Affairs, Association of American Medical Colleges, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
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- Emergency Pediatric Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Medical Education, Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine, Hanover, New Hampshire, USA
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Przymuszała P, Fabianowska S, Zielińska-Tomczak Ł, Cerbin-Koczorowska M, Marciniak R. Factors influencing behavioral intentions of graduating pharmacy students regarding interprofessional collaboration - a theory-driven qualitative study. BMC Health Serv Res 2023; 23:1207. [PMID: 37926826 PMCID: PMC10626734 DOI: 10.1186/s12913-023-10224-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2023] [Accepted: 10/27/2023] [Indexed: 11/07/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Interprofessional collaboration enhances the use of competencies of different medical team members. Additionally, pharmacists' involvement in patient care has been shown to improve their outcomes and seems particularly valuable in chronic diseases. Therefore, due to the aging of society and the increasing prevalence of chronic diseases, efforts are needed to involve pharmacists more broadly in patient care. However, there is a limited understanding of what factors could influence their willingness to participate in an interprofessional care team, especially among pharmacy students only entering the profession. This study aimed to fill these knowledge gaps by exploring graduating pharmacy students' intentions in this regard guided by the theory of planned behavior. METHODS We conducted seventeen semi-structured interviews with graduating pharmacy students of Poznan University of Medical Sciences, which were then thematically analyzed by two researchers. RESULTS Positive attitudes of respondents, who mentioned the possibility of acquiring new knowledge, skills, and competencies, increased prestige and appreciation of the pharmacist's profession, a better quality of patient care, and the support and relief offered to other team members as a result of collaboration, seem to strengthen their intentions. However, they also expressed their worries about potential errors and knowledge gaps, which constituted an example of some existing negative feelings. The identified sources of generally mixed social pressure toward the behavior included other pharmacists and pharmacy students, physicians, patients, their relatives and friends, and the decision and policymakers. Finally, their intentions may also be weakened by the mentioned perceived behavioral control aspects, like their level of pharmaceutical and clinical knowledge, skills, and experience, their knowledge of representatives of other professions and collaboration, the atmosphere at their future place of work, co-workers' potential reluctance to collaborate with them, finding time for collaboration, the existence of incentives and gratification system, and existing legal regulations. CONCLUSIONS The attitudes of graduating pharmacy students toward interprofessional collaboration seem mostly positive, but their intentions might be weakened by the mixed sense of social pressure and factors decreasing their perceived behavioral control.
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- Piotr Przymuszała
- Department of Medical Education, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, 7 Rokietnicka St, Poznan, 60-806, Poland.
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- Students' Scientific Club of Medical Education, Department of Medical Education, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland
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- Department of Medical Education, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, 7 Rokietnicka St, Poznan, 60-806, Poland
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- Department of Medical Education, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, 7 Rokietnicka St, Poznan, 60-806, Poland
- Edinburgh Medical School: Medical Education, Chancellor's Building, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
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- Department of Medical Education, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, 7 Rokietnicka St, Poznan, 60-806, Poland
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Shah AP, Walker KA, Walker KG, Cleland J. Context matters in curriculum reform: An analysis of change in surgical training. MEDICAL EDUCATION 2023; 57:741-752. [PMID: 36869257 DOI: 10.1111/medu.15071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2022] [Revised: 02/16/2023] [Accepted: 02/24/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Education and training reforms are typically devised by accreditation bodies and rolled out nationally. This top-down approach is positioned as contextually independent, yet context is highly influential in shaping the impact of change. Given this, it is critical to consider how curriculum reform plays out as it meets local settings. We have therefore used a national-level curriculum reform process of surgical training, Improving Surgical Training (IST), to examine the influence of context in IST implementation across two UK countries. METHODS Adopting a case study approach, we used document data for contextualisation purposes and semi-structured interviews with key stakeholders across multiple organisations (n = 17, plus four follow-up interviews) as our main source of data. Initial data coding and analysis were inductive. We followed this with a secondary analysis using Engeström's second-generation activity theory nested within an overarching framework of complexity theory to help tease out some key elements of IST development and implementation. RESULTS The introduction of IST into the surgical training system was historically situated within a landscape of previous reforms. IST's aims collided with existing practices and rules, thus creating tensions. In one country, the systems of IST and surgical training came together to some extent, mostly due to processes of social networks, negotiation and leverage nested in a relatively cohesive setting. These processes were not apparent in the other country, and instead of transformative change, the system contracted. Change was not integrated, and the reform was halted. CONCLUSIONS Our use of a case study approach and complexity theory deepens understanding of how history, systems and contexts interact to facilitate or inhibit change within one area of medical education. Our study paves the way for further empirical work examining the influence of context in curriculum reform, and thus determining how best to bring about change in practice.
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- Adarsh P Shah
- Centre for Healthcare Education Research and Innovation (CHERI), University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK
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- Centre for Healthcare Education Research and Innovation (CHERI), University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK
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- NHS Education for Scotland, Centre for Health Science, Inverness, UK
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- Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University Singapore, Singapore
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Shah AP, Walker KA, Hawick L, Walker KG, Cleland J. Scratching beneath the surface: How organisational culture influences curricular reform. MEDICAL EDUCATION 2023; 57:668-678. [PMID: 36458943 DOI: 10.1111/medu.14994] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2022] [Revised: 11/23/2022] [Accepted: 11/28/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Curricular reform is often proposed as the means to improve medical education and training. However, reform itself may not lead to noticeable change, possibly because the influence of organisational culture on change is given insufficient attention. We used a national reform of early-years surgical training as a natural opportunity to examine the interplay between organisational culture and change in surgical education. Our specific research question was: in what ways did organisational culture influence the implementation of Improving Surgical Training (IST)? METHODS This is a qualitative study underpinned by social constructivism. Interviews were conducted with core surgical trainees (n = 46) and their supervising consultants (n = 25) across Scotland in 2020-2021. Data coding and analysis were initially inductive. The themes indicated the importance of many cultural factors as barriers or enablers to IST implementation. We therefore carried out a deductive, secondary data analysis using Johnson's (1988) cultural web model to identify and examine the different elements of organisational culture and their impact on IST. RESULTS The cultural web enabled a detailed understanding of how organisational culture influenced IST implementation as per Johnson's six elements-Rituals and Routines (e.g. departmental rotas), Stories (e.g. historical training norms and culture), Symbols (e.g. feedback mechanisms, visibility and value placed on education), Power Structures (e.g. who has the power in local contexts), Organisational Structures (e.g. relationships and accountability) and the Control System (e.g. consultant job plans and service targets)-and how these interact. However, it did not shed light on the influence of exogenous events on change. CONCLUSION Our data reveal cultural reasons why this curricular reform met with varying degrees of success across different hospital sites, reinforcing that curricular reform is not simply about putting recommendations into practice. Many different aspects of context must be considered when planning and evaluating change in medical education and training.
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- Adarsh P Shah
- Centre for Healthcare Education Research and Innovation (CHERI), University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK
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- Centre for Healthcare Education Research and Innovation (CHERI), University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK
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- Centre for Healthcare Education Research and Innovation (CHERI), University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK
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- NHS Education for Scotland, Centre for Health Science, Inverness, UK
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- Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University Singapore, Singapore
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Chen LYC, Quach TTT, Dayan R, Giustini D, Teunissen PW. Academic half days, noon conferences and classroom-based education in postgraduate medical education: a scoping review. CMAJ Open 2023; 11:E411-E425. [PMID: 37160324 PMCID: PMC10174266 DOI: 10.9778/cmajo.20210203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/11/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Classroom-based education (CBE) is ubiquitous in postgraduate medical education (PGME), but to date no studies have synthesized the literature on the topic. We conducted a scoping review focusing on academic half days and noon conferences. METHODS We searched 4 databases (MEDLINE [OVID], Embase [OVID], ERIC [EBSCO] and Web of Science) from inception to December 2021, performed reference and citation harvesting, and applied predetermined inclusion and exclusion criteria to our screening. We used 2 frameworks for the analysis: "experiences, trajectories and reifications" and "description, justification and clarification." RESULTS We included 90 studies, of which 55 focused on resident experiences, 29 on trajectories and 6 on reification. We classified 44 studies as "description," 38 as "justification" and 8 as "clarification." In the description studies, 12 compared academic half days with noon conferences, 23 described specific teaching topics, and 9 focused on resources needed for CBE. Justification studies examined the effects of CBE on outcomes, such as examination scores (17) and use of teaching strategies in team-based learning, principles of adult learning and e-learning (15). Of the 8 clarification studies, topics included the role of CBE in PGME, stakeholder perspectives and transfer of knowledge between classroom and workplace. INTERPRETATION Much of the existing literature is either a description of various aspects of CBE or justification of particular teaching strategies. Few studies exist on how and why CBE works; future studies should aim to clarify how CBE facilitates resident learning within the sociocultural framework of PGME.
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- Luke Y C Chen
- Centre for Health Education Scholarship (Chen, Quach); Division of Hematology (Chen); Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (Dayan); Biomedical Branch Library (Giustini), University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC; School of Health Professions Education, Faculty of Health Medicine and Life Sciences (Teunissen), Maastricht University; Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Teunissen), Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, Netherlands
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- Centre for Health Education Scholarship (Chen, Quach); Division of Hematology (Chen); Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (Dayan); Biomedical Branch Library (Giustini), University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC; School of Health Professions Education, Faculty of Health Medicine and Life Sciences (Teunissen), Maastricht University; Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Teunissen), Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, Netherlands
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- Centre for Health Education Scholarship (Chen, Quach); Division of Hematology (Chen); Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (Dayan); Biomedical Branch Library (Giustini), University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC; School of Health Professions Education, Faculty of Health Medicine and Life Sciences (Teunissen), Maastricht University; Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Teunissen), Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, Netherlands
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- Centre for Health Education Scholarship (Chen, Quach); Division of Hematology (Chen); Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (Dayan); Biomedical Branch Library (Giustini), University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC; School of Health Professions Education, Faculty of Health Medicine and Life Sciences (Teunissen), Maastricht University; Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Teunissen), Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, Netherlands
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- Centre for Health Education Scholarship (Chen, Quach); Division of Hematology (Chen); Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (Dayan); Biomedical Branch Library (Giustini), University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC; School of Health Professions Education, Faculty of Health Medicine and Life Sciences (Teunissen), Maastricht University; Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Teunissen), Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, Netherlands
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Przymuszała P, Szmelter J, Zielińska-Tomczak Ł, Cerbin-Koczorowska M, Marciniak R. Future physicians' behavioral intentions towards collaborative practice - a qualitative study on polish final-year medical students guided by the theory of planned behavior. BMC MEDICAL EDUCATION 2023; 23:151. [PMID: 36882729 PMCID: PMC9990973 DOI: 10.1186/s12909-023-04136-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2023] [Accepted: 03/03/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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BACKGROUND Interprofessional collaboration constitutes a vital part of modern patient care, and many of its benefits for patients, medical staff, and the healthcare system have been described. However, little is known about factors influencing medical students' intentions to work in a collaborative practice after graduation. Therefore, with the theory of planned behavior by Ajzen as a framework, this study aimed to evaluate their intentions and identify factors that influence their attitudes, subjective norms, and perceived behavioral control. METHODS For this purpose, eighteen semi-structured interviews were conducted with medical students following a thematic guide developed according to the theory. They were thematically analyzed by two independent researchers. RESULTS The results showed that their attitudes contained positive (better patient care, comfort and safety of work, learning and development opportunities) and negative examples like the fear of conflicts, losing authority and mistreatment. Sources of social pressure regarding the behavior (subjective norms) involved their peers, other physicians, representatives of other medical professions, patients, and managing bodies. Finally, perceived behavioral control included limited occasions for contacts and interprofessional learning during the studies, existing stereotypes and prejudices, legal regulations and systemic solutions, organizational aspects, and existing relations at the ward. CONCLUSIONS Analysis showed that Polish medical students generally seem to hold positive views on interprofessional collaboration and feel positive social pressure to get involved in interprofessional teams. However, factors listed in perceived behavioral control may act as barriers in the process.
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- Piotr Przymuszała
- Department of Medical Education, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, 7 Rokietnicka St, 60-806, Poznan, Poland.
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- Students' Scientific Club of Medical Education, Department of Medical Education, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland
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- Department of Medical Education, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, 7 Rokietnicka St, 60-806, Poznan, Poland
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- Department of Medical Education, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, 7 Rokietnicka St, 60-806, Poznan, Poland
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- Department of Medical Education, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, 7 Rokietnicka St, 60-806, Poznan, Poland
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Hugo-Van Dyk L, Botma Y, Ndhlovu M, Nyoni CN. A concept analysis on the transfer climate in health sciences education. Heliyon 2023; 9:e14299. [PMID: 36967964 PMCID: PMC10036515 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e14299] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2022] [Revised: 01/18/2023] [Accepted: 03/01/2023] [Indexed: 03/09/2023] Open
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The transfer of learning is complex, with factors such as transfer climate influencing students' transfer of learning. This transfer climate will shape a student's experiences during work-integrated learning and can be modified to enhance the transfer of learning. However, studies on transfer climate are mainly reported from a human resource development context and the outcomes may not be transferable to health sciences education. Furthermore, there is no uniformity in defining and measuring transfer climate. Rodgers' evolutionary concept analysis approach was used to describe the antecedents, attributes, and consequences of a positive transfer climate. An information specialist assisted in developing a Boolean search string and searched 15 databases to identify relevant sources. In total, 156 relevant articles were selected from 1448 sources. Data were charted and thematically analyzed. Antecedents comprise interpersonal relationships and theory-practice correlation. The presence of student support, training programs, student characteristics, clinical facilitator characteristics and a well-resourced clinical environment are the attributes of a positive transfer climate and act as learning transfer mediators. Transfer climate consequently influences student, educational, and organizational performance. A conceptual definition for transfer climate was then proposed. It was subsequently concluded that developing competent healthcare professionals and providing support to students depend on the synergy and good working relationship between health services and educational institutions. The insights into modifiable elements to enhance transfer climate could benefit health sciences educators in reconsidering their clinical training models to ensure sufficient support during students' clinical placements to meet the demands for a better-qualified healthcare workforce.
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Caon J, Eva KW. Technology and clinician-learner interaction: how clinicians expect introduction of a new electronic health record to affect educational practice. BMC MEDICAL EDUCATION 2023; 23:14. [PMID: 36627605 PMCID: PMC9830692 DOI: 10.1186/s12909-022-03925-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2022] [Accepted: 11/28/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Electronic health records (EHRs) are increasingly common platforms used in medical settings to capture and store patient information, but their implementation can have unintended consequences. One particular risk is damaging clinician-learner-interactions, but very little has been published about how EHR implementation affects educational practice. Given the importance of stakeholder engagement in change management, this research sought to explore how EHR implementation is anticipated to affect clinician-learner interactions, educational priorities and outcomes. METHODS Semi-structured interviews were conducted with a group of practicing oncologists who work in outpatient clinics while also providing education to medical student and resident trainees. Data regarding perceived impact on the teaching dynamic between clinicians and learners were collected prior to implementation of an EHR and analyzed thematically. RESULTS Physician educators expected EHR implementation to negatively influence their engagement in teaching and the learning they themselves normally gain through teaching interactions. Additionally, EHR implementation was expected to influence learners by changing what is taught and the students' role in clinical care and the educational dynamic. Potential benefits included harnessing learners' technological aptitude, modeling adaptive behaviour, and creating new ways for students to be involved in patient care. CONCLUSION Anticipating the concerns clinicians have about EHR implementation offers both potential to manage change to minimize disruptions caused by implementation and a foundation from which to assess actual educational impacts.
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- Centre for Health Education Scholarship and Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
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Shinkaruk K, Carr E, Lockyer JM, Hecker KG. Exploring the development of interprofessional competence and professional identity: A Situated Learning Theory study. J Interprof Care 2022; 37:613-622. [DOI: 10.1080/13561820.2022.2140129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/05/2022]
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- Kelly Shinkaruk
- Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative, and Pain Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, T2N 4Z6, Calgary, AB, Canada
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- Faculty of Nursing, PF3238 Professional Faculties Building, 2500 University Drive NW, University of Calgary, T2N 1N4, Calgary, AB, Canada
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- Department of Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, 3280 Hospital Dr NW, T2N 4Z6, Calgary, AB, Canada
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- Department of Veterinary Clinical and Diagnostic Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, 3280 Hospital Drive NW, T2N 4Z6, Calgary, AB, CANADA
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Rajendran L. Balancing service and education for the medical trainee: how can we do better? CANADIAN MEDICAL EDUCATION JOURNAL 2022; 13:75-76. [PMID: 35875455 PMCID: PMC9297238 DOI: 10.36834/cmej.74236] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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- L Rajendran
- Division of General Surgery, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Ho JSS, Leclair R, Braund H, Bunn J, Kouzmina E, Bruzzese S, Awad S, Mann S, Appireddy R, Zevin B. Transitioning to virtual ambulatory care during the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative study of faculty and resident physician perspectives. CMAJ Open 2022; 10:E762-E771. [PMID: 35973711 PMCID: PMC9388217 DOI: 10.9778/cmajo.20210199] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in a rapid shift from in-person to virtual care delivery for many medical specialties across Canada. The purpose of this study was to explore the lived experiences of resident physicians and faculty related to teaching, learning and assessment during ambulatory virtual care encounters within the competency-based medical education model. METHODS In this qualitative phenomenological study, we recruited resident physicians (postgraduate year [PGY] 1-5 trainees) and faculty from the Departments of Surgery and Medicine at Queen's University, Ontario, via purposive sampling. Participants were not required to have exposure to virtual care. Interviews were conducted from September 2020 to March 2021 by 1 researcher, and 2 researchers conducted focus groups via Zoom to explore participants' experiences with the transition to virtual care. These were audio-recorded and transcribed verbatim; qualitative data were analyzed thematically. RESULTS There were 18 male and 19 female participants; 20 were resident physicians and 17 were faculty; 19 were from the Department of Surgery and 18 from the Department of Medicine. All faculty participants had participated in virtual care during ambulatory care; 2 PGY-1 residents in surgery had not actively participated in virtual care, although they had participated in clinics where faculty were using virtual care. The mean age of faculty participants was 38 (standard deviation [SD] 8.6) years, and the mean age of resident physicians was 29 (SD 5.4) years. Overall, 28 interviews and 4 focus groups (range 2-3 participants per group) were conducted, and 4 themes emerged: teaching and learning, assessment, logistical considerations, and suggestions. Barriers to teaching included the lack of direct observations and teaching time, and barriers to assessment included an absence of specific Entrustable Professional Activities (EPAs) and feedback focused on virtual care-related competencies. Logistical challenges included lack of technological infrastructure, insufficient private office space and administrative burdens. Both resident physicians and faculty did not foresee virtual care limiting resident physicians' ability to progress within competency-based medical education. Benefits of virtual care included increased accessibility to patients for follow-up visits, for disclosing patients' results and for out-of-town visits. Suggestions included faculty development, improved access to technology and space, educational guidelines for conducting virtual care encounters, and development of virtual care-specific competencies and EPAs. INTERPRETATION In the postgraduate program we studied, virtual care imposed substantial barriers on teaching, learning and assessment during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. Adapting to new circumstances such as virtual care with suggestions from resident physicians and faculty may help to ensure the continuity of postgraduate medical education throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.
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- Jessica S S Ho
- School of Medicine (Ho, Leclair, Kouzmina, Bruzzese, Awad, Mann, Appireddy, Zevin); Faculty of Health Sciences (Braund); Faculty of Education (Braund); Division of General Surgery, Department of Surgery (Bunn, Zevin); Division of Internal Medicine (Bruzzese), Department of Medicine; Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism (Awad), Department of Medicine; Division of Orthopaedic Surgery (Mann), Department of Surgery; Division of Neurology (Appireddy), Department of Medicine, Queen's University, Kingston, Ont
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- School of Medicine (Ho, Leclair, Kouzmina, Bruzzese, Awad, Mann, Appireddy, Zevin); Faculty of Health Sciences (Braund); Faculty of Education (Braund); Division of General Surgery, Department of Surgery (Bunn, Zevin); Division of Internal Medicine (Bruzzese), Department of Medicine; Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism (Awad), Department of Medicine; Division of Orthopaedic Surgery (Mann), Department of Surgery; Division of Neurology (Appireddy), Department of Medicine, Queen's University, Kingston, Ont
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- School of Medicine (Ho, Leclair, Kouzmina, Bruzzese, Awad, Mann, Appireddy, Zevin); Faculty of Health Sciences (Braund); Faculty of Education (Braund); Division of General Surgery, Department of Surgery (Bunn, Zevin); Division of Internal Medicine (Bruzzese), Department of Medicine; Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism (Awad), Department of Medicine; Division of Orthopaedic Surgery (Mann), Department of Surgery; Division of Neurology (Appireddy), Department of Medicine, Queen's University, Kingston, Ont
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- School of Medicine (Ho, Leclair, Kouzmina, Bruzzese, Awad, Mann, Appireddy, Zevin); Faculty of Health Sciences (Braund); Faculty of Education (Braund); Division of General Surgery, Department of Surgery (Bunn, Zevin); Division of Internal Medicine (Bruzzese), Department of Medicine; Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism (Awad), Department of Medicine; Division of Orthopaedic Surgery (Mann), Department of Surgery; Division of Neurology (Appireddy), Department of Medicine, Queen's University, Kingston, Ont
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- School of Medicine (Ho, Leclair, Kouzmina, Bruzzese, Awad, Mann, Appireddy, Zevin); Faculty of Health Sciences (Braund); Faculty of Education (Braund); Division of General Surgery, Department of Surgery (Bunn, Zevin); Division of Internal Medicine (Bruzzese), Department of Medicine; Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism (Awad), Department of Medicine; Division of Orthopaedic Surgery (Mann), Department of Surgery; Division of Neurology (Appireddy), Department of Medicine, Queen's University, Kingston, Ont
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- School of Medicine (Ho, Leclair, Kouzmina, Bruzzese, Awad, Mann, Appireddy, Zevin); Faculty of Health Sciences (Braund); Faculty of Education (Braund); Division of General Surgery, Department of Surgery (Bunn, Zevin); Division of Internal Medicine (Bruzzese), Department of Medicine; Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism (Awad), Department of Medicine; Division of Orthopaedic Surgery (Mann), Department of Surgery; Division of Neurology (Appireddy), Department of Medicine, Queen's University, Kingston, Ont
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- School of Medicine (Ho, Leclair, Kouzmina, Bruzzese, Awad, Mann, Appireddy, Zevin); Faculty of Health Sciences (Braund); Faculty of Education (Braund); Division of General Surgery, Department of Surgery (Bunn, Zevin); Division of Internal Medicine (Bruzzese), Department of Medicine; Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism (Awad), Department of Medicine; Division of Orthopaedic Surgery (Mann), Department of Surgery; Division of Neurology (Appireddy), Department of Medicine, Queen's University, Kingston, Ont
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- School of Medicine (Ho, Leclair, Kouzmina, Bruzzese, Awad, Mann, Appireddy, Zevin); Faculty of Health Sciences (Braund); Faculty of Education (Braund); Division of General Surgery, Department of Surgery (Bunn, Zevin); Division of Internal Medicine (Bruzzese), Department of Medicine; Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism (Awad), Department of Medicine; Division of Orthopaedic Surgery (Mann), Department of Surgery; Division of Neurology (Appireddy), Department of Medicine, Queen's University, Kingston, Ont
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- School of Medicine (Ho, Leclair, Kouzmina, Bruzzese, Awad, Mann, Appireddy, Zevin); Faculty of Health Sciences (Braund); Faculty of Education (Braund); Division of General Surgery, Department of Surgery (Bunn, Zevin); Division of Internal Medicine (Bruzzese), Department of Medicine; Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism (Awad), Department of Medicine; Division of Orthopaedic Surgery (Mann), Department of Surgery; Division of Neurology (Appireddy), Department of Medicine, Queen's University, Kingston, Ont
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- School of Medicine (Ho, Leclair, Kouzmina, Bruzzese, Awad, Mann, Appireddy, Zevin); Faculty of Health Sciences (Braund); Faculty of Education (Braund); Division of General Surgery, Department of Surgery (Bunn, Zevin); Division of Internal Medicine (Bruzzese), Department of Medicine; Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism (Awad), Department of Medicine; Division of Orthopaedic Surgery (Mann), Department of Surgery; Division of Neurology (Appireddy), Department of Medicine, Queen's University, Kingston, Ont.
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Hu WCY, Nguyen VAT, Nguyen NT, Stalmeijer RE. Becoming Agents of Change: Contextual Influences on Medical Educator Professionalization and Practice in a LMIC Context. TEACHING AND LEARNING IN MEDICINE 2022:1-12. [PMID: 35465797 DOI: 10.1080/10401334.2022.2056743] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2021] [Accepted: 03/09/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Medical educators are particularly needed in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMIC), where medical schools have grown rapidly in size, number, and global outlook in response to persistent health workforce shortages and increased expectations of quality care. Educator development is thus the focus of many LMIC programs initiated by universities and governments of high income countries. While signs of medical educator professionalization such as postgraduate qualifications, specialized units, and professional associations have emerged in LMIC, whether these relate to programs originating from outside LMIC contexts is unknown. This study investigated the contextual influences on the long-term impact of an international faculty development program a decade after its delivery in a LMIC context - Vietnam. Ten years after an international aid program to develop clinical skills teaching expertise in Vietnam, we conducted in-depth qualitative interviews with eight medical educators from all eight participating medical schools. Selected for their leadership potential, each participant had completed the Maastricht Masters in Health Professions Education during the program. Interview transcripts underwent thematic analysis, using the Theory of Practice Architectures as a conceptual lens to highlight the contextual influences on professional practice. Four themes were identified: Careers and Practices before, during, and after the program, Unrecognized and Unseen practice, Structural Restraints on individual advancement and collective activity, and the Cultivation of Connections through social traditions. Participants reported being in well-established teaching delivery roles. However, the absence of professionalizing discourses and material resources meant that practice was restricted and determined by institutional leadership and individuals' adaptations. Informed by the theory of practice architectures, we found that change in medical education practice will falter in contexts that lack supporting discursive, material-economic, and socio-political arrangements. While there were emerging signs of individual agency, the momentum of change was not sustained and perhaps unapparent to Western framings of educational leadership. Practice architectures offers a framework for identifying the contextual features which influence practice, from which to design and deliver sustainable and impactful interventions, and to advance context-relevant evaluation and research. Our findings suggest that faculty development delivered across diverse contexts, such as in distributed or transnational medical programs, may have more effect if informed by a practice architectures analysis of each context.
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- Wendy Chung-Ya Hu
- Medical Education Unit, School of Medicine, Western Sydney University, Campbelltown, Australia
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- Department of Medical Education and Skills Laboratory, Hanoi Medical University, Hanoi, Vietnam
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- Learning Futures, Western Sydney University, Parramatta, Australia
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- Department of Educational Development and Research, Faculty of Health Medicine and Life Sciences, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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de Groot JM, Kassam A, Swystun D, Topps M. Residents' transformational changes through self-regulated, experiential learning for professionalism. CANADIAN MEDICAL EDUCATION JOURNAL 2022; 13:5-16. [PMID: 35291457 PMCID: PMC8909828 DOI: 10.36834/cmej.70234] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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PURPOSE Postgraduate trainees ('residents") are required to convey professional behaviours as they navigate complex clinical environments. However, little is known about experiential learning for professionalism. Thus, we asked residents about professionalism challenges within the clinical learning environment: 1) how challenges were identified, 2) what supported successfully addressing challenges and 3) the impact of addressing challenges to further inform resident education. METHOD From 2015-2016, twenty-five residents across specialties and multiple university affiliated teaching hospitals participated in appreciative inquiry informed audio-taped semi-structured interviews. Transcripts were categorized deductively for the 2015 CanMEDS Professional Role element addressed (commitment to patients, society, the profession, and physician health). A pragmatic research paradigm focussed descriptive data analysis on actions and outcomes. RESULTS Residents actively identify opportunities for experiential learning of professionalism within the clinical workplace- addressing conflicting priorities with interprofessional clinicians to ensure excellent patient care, providing informal feedback regarding peers' and other healthcare clinicians' professionalism lapses and by gaining self-awareness and maintaining wellness. There were no descriptions of commitment to society. Values, relationships, and reflection supported professional behaviours. Many described transformative personal and professional growth as an outcome of addressing professionalism challenges. CONCLUSIONS Residents self-regulated experiential learning for professionalism often results in transformational changes personally and professionally. Elucidation of how residents successfully navigate power dynamics and conflict to provide excellent patient care and feedback for professional regulatory behaviour will support professionalism education. An interprofessional research lens will be valuable to explore how best to incorporate commitment to society within clinical environments.
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- Janet M de Groot
- Departments of Psychiatry, Oncology, and Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Radius Child and Youth Services, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Family Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
- Medical Council of Canada, Ontario, Canada
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Bhat C, LaDonna KA, Dewhirst S, Halman S, Scowcroft K, Bhat S, Cheung WJ. Unobserved Observers: Nurses' Perspectives About Sharing Feedback on the Performance of Resident Physicians. ACADEMIC MEDICINE : JOURNAL OF THE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN MEDICAL COLLEGES 2022; 97:271-277. [PMID: 34647919 DOI: 10.1097/acm.0000000000004450] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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PURPOSE Postgraduate training programs are incorporating feedback from registered nurses (RNs) to facilitate holistic assessments of resident performance. RNs are a potentially rich source of feedback because they often observe trainees during clinical encounters when physician supervisors are not present. However, RN perspectives about sharing feedback have not been deeply explored. This study investigated RN perspectives about providing feedback and explored the facilitators and barriers influencing their engagement. METHOD Constructivist grounded theory methodology was used in interviewing 11 emergency medicine and 8 internal medicine RNs at 2 campuses of a tertiary care academic medical center in Ontario, Canada, between July 2019 and March 2020. Interviews explored RN experiences working with and observing residents in clinical practice. Data collection and analysis were conducted iteratively. Themes were identified using constant comparative analysis. RESULTS RNs felt they could observe authentic day-to-day behaviors of residents often unwitnessed by supervising physicians and offer unique feedback related to patient advocacy, communication, leadership, collaboration, and professionalism. Despite a strong desire to contribute to resident education, RNs were apprehensive about sharing feedback and reported barriers related to hierarchy, power differentials, and a fear of overstepping professional boundaries. Although infrequent, a key stimulus that enabled RNs to feel safe in sharing feedback was an invitation from the supervising physician to provide input. CONCLUSIONS Perceived hierarchy in academic medicine is a critical barrier to engaging RNs in feedback for residents. Accessing RN feedback on authentic resident behaviors requires dismantling the negative effects of hierarchy and fostering a collaborative interprofessional working environment. A critical step toward this goal may require supervising physicians to model feedback-seeking behavior by inviting RNs to share feedback. Until a workplace culture is established that validates nurses' input and creates safe opportunities for them to contribute to resident education, the voices of nurses will remain unheard.
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- Chirag Bhat
- C. Bhat is a resident physician, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3198-6450
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- K.A. LaDonna is assistant professor, Department of Innovation in Medical Education, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- S. Dewhirst is a lecturer, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1996-6692
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- S. Halman is assistant professor, Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa and the Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5474-9696
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- K. Scowcroft is a research assistant, Department of Innovation in Medical Education, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- S. Bhat is a registered nurse, Department of Emergency Medicine, the Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- W.J. Cheung is associate professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2730-8190
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Jarvis L, McConville K, Devereux S, O’Riordan J. Let's talk about sex(ual) wellbeing! Staff perceptions of implementing a novel service for people with Multiple Sclerosis. Mult Scler J Exp Transl Clin 2022; 8:20552173211072285. [PMID: 35024165 PMCID: PMC8744164 DOI: 10.1177/20552173211072285] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2021] [Accepted: 12/17/2021] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND In people with multiple sclerosis (PwMS), a complex interplay of neurological dysfunction, polypharmacy and psychological issues, contrive to impair their sexual and reproductive wellbeing. Realising an unmet need, the Tayside MS service in collaboration with a sexual health clinician (LJ), established a 'Pelvic Health Clinic' to improve quality of life for PwMS. OBJECTIVE To explore clinician's perceptions of implementing an MS Pelvic Health service with a view to establishing future outcomes for health care professionals about the utility in such a service. METHOD In this small-scale qualitative case study, we explored clinician's perceptions of such a clinic adjunct. Semi-structured interviews were conducted, transcribed, and thematically analysed in a reflexive manner. RESULTS Five participants consented. Ten sub-themes emerged, which were organised into three main themes: service tensions, patient needs and practitioner feelings. CONCLUSION Clinicians highly valued the new MS 'pelvic health clinic'. Knowing that there was a service available empowered clinicians to ask patients about sexual health needs. Specific referral criteria may help further develop the service and improve patient care. Staff welcome training and support in this area or the option to signpost onwards; either mechanism lends itself to enhancing MS patient needs.
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- Laura Jarvis
- Neurology Department, University of Dundee, Dundee, UK
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Scott SA, Van Eyk N, Eva K. Using Individual Residents' Learning Trajectories to Better Understand the Impact of Gaps in Practice. ACADEMIC MEDICINE : JOURNAL OF THE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN MEDICAL COLLEGES 2021; 96:S158-S163. [PMID: 34348388 DOI: 10.1097/acm.0000000000004264] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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PURPOSE To optimize learning, health professional training programs need to achieve the right balance between depth of practice (gaining more experience with particular skills) and breadth of practice (spreading experience across an array of activities). Better understanding how training for a particular skill set is impacted by periods of focus on a different skill set would allow improved curriculum and assessment design, thereby enhancing the efficiency of training and effectiveness of care. To this end, learning curves were used to compare performance in surgery after prolonged periods of practice to performance after gaps in surgical training. METHOD Daily operative assessments from the Dalhousie obstetrics and gynecology program were analyzed retrospectively and learning curves were generated. In addition to examining the variability in learning trajectories, the impact of gaps was systematically assessed by comparing resident scores after 2 successive months in which they were not assessed operatively to those collected after 2 successive months in which they were assessed at least once. RESULTS Four thousand four hundred sixteen scores for 33 residents over a 10-year period were analyzed. Trajectories and peak performances were identified. Residents performed better during their third sequential month of being assessed (mean = 4.40, 95% CI = 4.33-4.46) relative to during months following a period of being away from the operating room for at least 2 months (mean = 4.21, 95% CI = 4.13-4.29; P < .01; d = 0.7). However, maximum performance achieved was more strongly related to the number of times residents experienced a gap in training (r = 0.50) than to the number of times residents experienced 3 consecutive months of training (r = 0.25). CONCLUSIONS Distinct patterns of development exist for individual residents. Time away from surgical practice and assessment negatively impacted short-term performance, but may improve long-term learning trajectories. This speaks to the value of spaced education and is important for the design of longitudinal skills-based training programs.
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- Stephanie A Scott
- S.A. Scott is assistant professor and surgical skills coordinator, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Clinical Gynecologic Oncologist, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
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- N. Van Eyk is associate professor and clinical obstetrician and gynecologist, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
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- K. Eva is associate director, Centre for Health Education Scholarship, and professor and director of educational research and scholarship, Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Daly Guris RJ, Miller CR, Schiavi A, Toy S. Examining novice anaesthesia trainee simulation performance: a tale of two clusters. BMJ SIMULATION & TECHNOLOGY ENHANCED LEARNING 2021; 7:548-554. [DOI: 10.1136/bmjstel-2020-000812] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 05/28/2021] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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IntroductionUnderstanding performance differences between learners may provide useful context for optimising medical education. This pilot study aimed to explore a technique to contextualise performance differences through retrospective secondary analyses of two randomised controlled simulation studies. One study focused on speaking up (non-technical skill); the other focused on oxygen desaturation management (technical skill).MethodsWe retrospectively analysed data from two independent simulation studies conducted in 2017 and 2018. We used multivariate hierarchical cluster analysis to explore whether participants in each study formed homogenous performance clusters. We then used mixed-design analyses of variance and χ2 analyses to examine whether reported task load differences or demographic variables were associated with cluster membership.ResultsIn both instances, a two-cluster solution emerged; one cluster represented trainees exhibiting higher performance relative to peers in the second cluster. Cluster membership was independent of experimental allocation in each of the original studies. There were no discernible demographic differences between cluster members. Performance differences between clusters persisted for at least 8 months for the non-technical skill but quickly disappeared following simulation training for the technical skill. High performers in speaking up initially reported lower task load than standard performers, a difference that disappeared over time. There was no association between performance and task load during desaturation management.ConclusionThis pilot study suggests that cluster analysis can be used to objectively identify high-performing trainees for both a technical and a non-technical skill as observed in a simulated clinical setting. Non-technical skills may be more difficult to teach and retain than purely technical ones, and there may be an association between task load and initial non-technical performance. Further study is needed to understand what factors may confer inherent performance advantages, whether these advantages translate to clinical performance and how curricula can best be designed to drive targeted improvement for individual trainees.
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Torres-Calixto MG. Trends and challenges of medical education. REVISTA DE LA FACULTAD DE MEDICINA 2021. [DOI: 10.15446/revfacmed.v69n3.84330] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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The aim of this article is to reflect on the contextual factors that influence medical education, in order to provide some recommendations about the challenges that physicians face.
A literature review was conducted to write this reflection paper, and it was found that the education of health professionals has undergone significant changes that are based on the development of biomedical sciences, technology, and pedagogy, and are influenced by the needs of the general population, the requirements of the health systems of each country, and scientific progress.
These changes have given rise to challenges inherent to the special characteristics of each country and related to the quantity, quality, and relevance of the training of physicians. In this regard, it has been suggested that, in the face of such changes, it is necessary to design curricula that integrate all aspects of health care, consider the supply and demand of medical services, emphasize professionalism, take into account the pedagogical training of health sciences teachers, comply with quality standards, assist students in selecting undergraduate programs adequately (in this case Medicine), and ensure relevant clinical practice scenarios.
It should also be noted that medical education has not adapted adequately to the aforementioned changes in many countries and, therefore, the development of teaching and learning strategies has lagged behind and physicians in such countries do not have the capacity to provide the health care required by the general population in a proper manner.
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Wilbur K, Teunissen PW, Scheele F, Driessen EW. Team member expectations of trainee communicator and collaborator competencies - so shines a good deed in a weary world? MEDICAL TEACHER 2021; 43:531-537. [PMID: 33476215 DOI: 10.1080/0142159x.2021.1874325] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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BACKGROUND Workplace-based assessment may be further optimized by drawing upon the perspectives of multiple assessors, including those outside the trainee's discipline. Interprofessional competencies like communication and collaboration are often considered suitable for team input. AIM We sought to characterize multidisciplinary expectations of communicator and collaborator competency roles. METHODS We adopted a constructivist grounded theory approach to explore perspectives of multidisciplinary team members on a clinical teaching unit. In semi-structured interviews, participants described expectations for competent collaboration and communication of trainees outside their own discipline. Data were analyzed to identify recurring themes, underlying concepts and their interactions using constant comparison. RESULTS Three main underlying perspectives influenced interprofessional characterization of competent communication and collaboration: (1) general expectations of best practice; (2) specific expectations of supportive practice; and (3) perceived commitment to teaching practice. However, participants seemingly judged trainees outside their discipline according to how competencies were exercised to advance their own professional patient care decision-making, with minimal attention to the trainee's specific skillset demonstrated. CONCLUSION While team members expressed commitment to supporting interprofessional competency development of trainees outside their discipline, service-oriented judgement of performance loomed large. The potential impact on the credibility of multidisciplinary sources for workplace-based assessment requires consideration.
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- Kerry Wilbur
- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
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- School of Health Professions Education, Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands
- Department of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Maastricht University Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Health Systems Innovation and Education, Amsterdam UMC and the Athena Institute of the VU University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- School of Health Professions Education, Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands
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Sonnenberg L. Digital health, learner competence, and a pandemic: The storm I had been waiting for. ARCHIVES OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES 2021. [DOI: 10.4103/amhs.amhs_107_21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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Nisbet G, McAllister S, Morris C, Jennings M. Moving beyond solutionism: Re-imagining placements through an activity systems lens. MEDICAL EDUCATION 2021; 55:45-54. [PMID: 32777085 DOI: 10.1111/medu.14345] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2020] [Revised: 07/28/2020] [Accepted: 08/03/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Clinical placements are central to the process of preparing future health professionals for practice. Health care environments are increasingly complex and demanding with clinical placements often being perceived as a burden on busy health professionals giving rise to a service-education tension. This tension creates a situation ripe for simplistic solutionist approaches. For example, characterising the problem of clinical placements as students negatively impacting on service productivity results in a reductionist solution such as universities compensating health services for student education. Challenges faced by placement seekers and placement providers are multifaceted and complex requiring a more sophisticated understanding and response to the challenges of involving students in the workplace to prepare them for the future workforce. RE-CONCEPTUALISATION We argue that the health and education systems have become de-coupled. Learning and working are seen as distinct activities that are at odds with one another. Re-imagining the purposes and practices of clinical placements for the mutual benefit of patients, health services and students may fruitfully address this disconnect. WORKED EXAMPLE We present a worked example using the conceptual and analytical tools of cultural-historical activity theory to articulate what we have learnt about this health-education disconnect. Our worked example draws on research involving a series of clinical education case studies within acute care contexts. CONCLUSION Through the lens of cultural-historical activity theory, we highlight that solutionist approaches are entrenched in a de-coupling of health from education where the shared object of preparing the future workforce is fragmented. Successful re-coupling requires a partnership that is founded on a shared commitment to preparing the future workforce; recognises that learning and practice are inseparable; and understands that both activity systems are fluid and that collaboration to stay focused on the shared object of preparing the future workforce is complex, challenging and ongoing work.
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- Gillian Nisbet
- Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Barts and The London School of Medicine, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK
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- Liverpool Hospital, Southwest Sydney Local Health District, Liverpool, NSW, Australia
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Skipper M, Nøhr SB, Engeström Y. The change laboratory in medical education: Two examples of tackling contradictory challenges. MEDICAL EDUCATION 2021; 55:93-100. [PMID: 32722852 DOI: 10.1111/medu.14298] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2020] [Revised: 07/08/2020] [Accepted: 07/20/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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CONTEXT Medical education and workplace learning is bound to develop through tensions between providing high quality patient care and providing training of the future specialist healthcare workforce. This paper on the Change Laboratory and the theoretical framework supporting it, shows examples on how to explore inherent and contradictory tensions in medical education and healthcare and use them as a driving force for change. We argue that the traditional tools and theories for change and fixing tensions are inadequate and therefore suggest an alternative strategy found in Cultural-Historical Activity Theory (CHAT) and the Change Laboratory method. METHODS The Change Laboratory intervention method builds on the theoretical framework of CHAT and specifically the theory of expansive learning. The Change Laboratory intervention method uses well-defined steps for participants in collaboration with researchers/facilitators to co-construct and develop new ways of going about their work practice. RESULTS Drawing on our own research on implementing the Change Laboratory intervention method we present two case examples of interventions in respectively a Finnish surgical unit and a Danish paediatric outpatient clinic. CONCLUSIONS The Change Laboratory intervention offers ways to systematically leverage tensions in medical education and thus could be effective in developing and designing organisational and professional change. It is not a quick fix solution as participators must be motivated and engaged in uncovering inherent contradictions in their activity systems (workplace) and get familiar with the concepts and theory underlying the intervention and its procedures. Profound knowledge and transformative agency emerges when participants and facilitators/researchers are given the time and opportunity to analyse both historical practice, current data on practice, and organisational issues collaboratively in order to envision and redesign their practice and learning environment.
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- Mads Skipper
- Ringgold Standard Institution, Centre for Health Sciences Education, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
- Postgraduate Medical Education Region North, Viborg, Denmark
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- Ringgold Standard Institution, Centre for Health Sciences Education, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
- Department for Postgraduate Education, Ringgold Standard Institution, Aalborg University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark
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- Faculty of Educational Sciences, Ringgold Standard Institution, CRADLE, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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Gordon L, Cleland JA. Change is never easy: How management theories can help operationalise change in medical education. MEDICAL EDUCATION 2021; 55:55-64. [PMID: 32698243 DOI: 10.1111/medu.14297] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2020] [Revised: 07/12/2020] [Accepted: 07/16/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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CONTEXT Medical education is neither simple nor stable, and is highly contextualised. Hence, ways of perceiving multiple connections and complexity are fundamental when seeking to describe, understand and address concerns and questions related to change. PROPOSAL In response to calls in the literature, we introduce three examples of contemporary organisational theory which can be used to understand and operationalise change within medical education. These theories, institutional logics, paradox theory and complexity leadership theory, respectively, are relatively unknown in medical education. However, they provide a way of making sense of the complexity of change creatively. Specifically, they cross-cut different levels of analysis and allow us to 'zoom in' to micro levels, as well as to 'zoom out' and connect what is happening at the individual level (the micro level) to what happens at a wider institutional and even national or international level (the macro level), thereby providing a means of understanding the interactions among individuals, teams, organisations and systems. We highlight the potential value of these theories, provide a brief discussion of the few studies that have used them in medical education, and then briefly critique each theory. CONCLUSIONS We hope that by drawing the attention of readers to the potential of these management theories, we can unlock some of the complexity of change in medical education, support new ways of thinking and open new avenues for research.
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- Lisi Gordon
- Centre for Medical Education, University of Dundee, Dundee, UK
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- Medical Education Research and Scholarship Unit (MERSU), Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore
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Cleland J, McKimm J, Fuller R, Taylor D, Janczukowicz J, Gibbs T. Adapting to the impact of COVID-19: Sharing stories, sharing practice. MEDICAL TEACHER 2020; 42:772-775. [PMID: 32401079 DOI: 10.1080/0142159x.2020.1757635] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Health Professions' Educators (HPEs) and their learners have to adapt their educational provision to rapidly changing and uncertain circumstances linked to the COVID-19 pandemic. This paper reports on an AMEE-hosted webinar: Adapting to the impact of COVID-19: Sharing stories, sharing practice. Attended by over 500 colleagues from five continents, this webinar focused on the impact of the virus across the continuum of education and training. Short formal presentations on teaching and learning, assessment, selection and postgraduate training generated wide-ranging questions via the Chatbox. A thematic analysis of the Chatbox thread indicated the most pressing concerns and challenges educators were experiencing in having to adapt programmes and learning across the continuum of medical education and training. The main areas of concern were: campus-based teaching and learning; clinical teaching; selection and assessment, and educator needs. While there is clearly no one simple solution to the unprecedented issues medical education and training face currently, there were two over-arching messages. First, this is a time for colleagues across the globe to help and support each other. Second, many local responses and innovations could have the potential to change the shape of medical education and training in the future.
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- Jennifer Cleland
- Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
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- Medical School, Swansea University, Swansea, UK
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- School of Medicine, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
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- School of Medicine, Gulf Medical University, Ajman, United Arab Emirates
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- Association for Medical Education in Europe, Dundee, UK
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Gawne S, Fish R, Machin L. Developing a Workplace-Based Learning Culture in the NHS: Aspirations and Challenges. JOURNAL OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND CURRICULAR DEVELOPMENT 2020; 7:2382120520947063. [PMID: 32821850 PMCID: PMC7412889 DOI: 10.1177/2382120520947063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2020] [Accepted: 07/07/2020] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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BACKGROUND The delivery of patient care in the United Kingdom is under increasing financial pressure. The need to continuously improve service delivery while making financial savings is challenging. Alongside this, National Health Service (NHS) Trusts must provide a suitable educational environment that meets the needs of all learners while meeting performance standards and targets set by external regulating authorities. This research addresses the gap in literature concerning educational culture in the NHS. METHODS This case study examines the delivery of postgraduate medical education in the workplace. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 6 lead educators in the Medical Division of a North West NHS Trust to glean their insights into what works and what needs to change. RESULTS A thematic analysis of the transcripts revealed a number of factors that facilitated and hindered educational opportunities for doctors in training, including the role of leadership, the demands of external regulatory authorities, and the pressures on frontline staff to deliver safe, personal, and effective care. CONCLUSION Opportunities for developing a collaborative approach between educational and clinical leaders and the individuals delivering education in the workplace to enhance the educational environment are discussed. Finally, an evaluatory toolkit based on the themes emerging from the data is proposed, as a resource for other health care organisations to help improve the delivery of workplace-based medical education.
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- Lancaster Medical School, Lancaster University, UK
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- Lancaster Medical School, Lancaster University, UK
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Dolmans DHJM. How theory and design-based research can mature PBL practice and research. ADVANCES IN HEALTH SCIENCES EDUCATION : THEORY AND PRACTICE 2019; 24:879-891. [PMID: 31720879 PMCID: PMC6908548 DOI: 10.1007/s10459-019-09940-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2019] [Accepted: 10/25/2019] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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Many educational institutions in higher education switched to problem-based learning (PBL) in the last 5 decades. Despite its' successful implementation worldwide, many institutions still encounter problems in their daily teaching practices that limit deep learning in students. This raises the question: How else can we look at PBL practice and research? The main argument of this reflective paper is to better align PBL practice with the theories or principles of contextual, constructive, self-directed and collaborative learning. This paper explains what these principles or theories are. In addition, it discusses a new way to bridge theory and practice: design-based research (DBR), which combines redesigning theory-based teaching practices with investigating these practices in close collaboration with various stakeholders. There is no one-size-fits-all solution to address the problems encountered in PBL. We should be very careful in drawing conclusions about which PBL approach works best. No single solution works optimally under all conditions. At most, DBR can help us gain better insight into why PBL with certain characteristics, preferably based on theory, might work in a specific context with particular goals in mind.
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- Diana H J M Dolmans
- Maastricht University, School of Health Professions Education (SHE), Maastricht, The Netherlands.
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Rutz M, Turner J, Pettit K, Palmer MM, Perkins A, Cooper DD. Factors that Contribute to Resident Teaching Effectiveness. Cureus 2019; 11:e4290. [PMID: 31183271 PMCID: PMC6538232 DOI: 10.7759/cureus.4290] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Background One of the key components of residency training is to become an educator. Resident physicians teach students, advanced practice providers, nurses, and even faculty on a daily basis. Objective The goal of this study was to identify the objective characteristics of residents, which correlate with perceived overall teaching effectiveness. Methods We conducted a one-year, retrospective study to identify factors that were associated with higher resident teaching evaluations. Senior emergency medicine (EM) teaching residents are evaluated by medical students following clinical teaching shifts. Eighteen factors pertaining to resident teaching effectiveness were chosen. Two items from the medical students' evaluations were analyzed against each factor: teaching effectiveness was measured on a five-point Likert scale and an overall teaching score (1-75). Results A total of 46 EM residents and 843 medical student evaluations were analyzed. The ACGME milestones for systems-based practice (p = 0.02) and accountability (p = 0.05) showed a statistically significant association with a rating of “five” on the Likert scale for teaching effectiveness. Three other ACGME milestones, systems-based practice (p = 0.01), task switching (p = 0.04), and team management (p = 0.03) also showed a statically significant association of receiving a score of 70 or greater on the overall teaching score. Conclusion Residents with higher performance associated with system management and accountability were perceived as highly effective teachers. USMLE and in-service exams were not predictive of higher teaching evaluations. Our data also suggest that effective teachers are working in both academic and community settings, providing a potential resource to academic departments and institutions.
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- Matt Rutz
- Emergency Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, USA
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- Emergency Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, USA
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- Emergency Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, USA
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- Emergency Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, USA
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- Biostatistics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, USA
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- Emergency Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, USA
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Browne J. Living comfortably in liminal spaces: Trickster and the medical educator. MEDICAL EDUCATION 2019; 53:6-8. [PMID: 30549097 DOI: 10.1111/medu.13753] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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- Julie Browne
- Centre for Medical Education, College of Biomedical and Life Sciences, Cardiff University School of Medicine, Cardiff, UK
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