Faculty development participants' experiences of working with change in clinical settings.
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| Title: | Faculty development participants' experiences of working with change in clinical settings. |
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| Authors: | Elmberger, Agnes, Blitz, Julia, Björck, Erik, Nieminen, Juha, Bolander Laksov, Klara |
| Source: | Medical Education. Jul2023, Vol. 57 Issue 7, p679-688. 10p. 2 Diagrams, 3 Charts. |
| Subjects: | Work environment, Academic medical centers, Evaluation of human services programs, Work, Attitude (Psychology), Change, Job descriptions, College teacher attitudes, Interviewing, Experiential learning, Case studies, Research funding, Teacher development, Clinical education, Educational outcomes |
| Geographic Terms: | Sweden, South Africa |
| Abstract: | Objectives: Many universities offer faculty development to support teachers in developing and improving clinical education in the health professions. Although research shows outcomes on individual levels after faculty development, little is known about its contribution to change within the organisation. To advance current faculty development and ensure that it can support wider educational change in healthcare organisations, a better understanding of educational change practices in these settings is needed. This study therefore explores the experiences of working with educational change in clinical workplaces from the perspective of clinical educators that have undergone faculty development training. The study adopts perspectives on change as influenced by context to include the impact from clinical workplaces on individuals' change work. Methods: A collective case study design with a multi‐institutional approach was applied and individual interviews with 14 clinical educators from two universities, one in Sweden and one in South Africa, were conducted. Data were analysed separately before a cross‐case analysis was performed, synthesising the findings from both sites. Findings: Participants shared experiences of having limited opportunities to work with educational change beyond their own individual teaching practices within their clinical workplaces. Also, participants appeared to refrain from leading change and rather pursued change on their own or relied on indirect approaches to change. They described several workplace aspects influencing their work, including the organisation and management of teaching, the resources and incentives for teaching and the attitudes and beliefs about teaching within the clinical community. Conclusions: The study shows that clinical educators are part of communities and contexts that shape their approaches to educational change and influence which changes are feasible and which ones are not. It thus adds to the understanding of change as contextual and dynamic and contributes with implications for how to advance faculty development to better support change in practice. Elmberger et al. find that faculty development has limited impact beyond the individual participants, with educators from different settings having similar difficulties enabling change in their clinical workplaces. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| Abstract: | Objectives: Many universities offer faculty development to support teachers in developing and improving clinical education in the health professions. Although research shows outcomes on individual levels after faculty development, little is known about its contribution to change within the organisation. To advance current faculty development and ensure that it can support wider educational change in healthcare organisations, a better understanding of educational change practices in these settings is needed. This study therefore explores the experiences of working with educational change in clinical workplaces from the perspective of clinical educators that have undergone faculty development training. The study adopts perspectives on change as influenced by context to include the impact from clinical workplaces on individuals' change work. Methods: A collective case study design with a multi‐institutional approach was applied and individual interviews with 14 clinical educators from two universities, one in Sweden and one in South Africa, were conducted. Data were analysed separately before a cross‐case analysis was performed, synthesising the findings from both sites. Findings: Participants shared experiences of having limited opportunities to work with educational change beyond their own individual teaching practices within their clinical workplaces. Also, participants appeared to refrain from leading change and rather pursued change on their own or relied on indirect approaches to change. They described several workplace aspects influencing their work, including the organisation and management of teaching, the resources and incentives for teaching and the attitudes and beliefs about teaching within the clinical community. Conclusions: The study shows that clinical educators are part of communities and contexts that shape their approaches to educational change and influence which changes are feasible and which ones are not. It thus adds to the understanding of change as contextual and dynamic and contributes with implications for how to advance faculty development to better support change in practice. Elmberger et al. find that faculty development has limited impact beyond the individual participants, with educators from different settings having similar difficulties enabling change in their clinical workplaces. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| ISSN: | 03080110 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/medu.14992 |
