How Do Postgraduate Trainees Prepare for New Clinical Learning Environments.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Transitioning to a new clinical learning environment (CLE) requires learning new skills, roles, teams, workflows, and culture. We previously identified activities and questions to guide orientation in the categories of who, what, where, when, why, and how. There is limited literature about how learners plan for this transition.

Objective

Describe how postgraduate trainees prepare for a clinical rotation, based on qualitative analysis of narrative responses within a simulated orientation experience.

Methods

In June 2018, incoming residents and fellows in multiple specialties at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center completed an online simulated orientation that asked how they intended to prepare for their first rotation. We used directed content a

SUBMITTER: Gifford KA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10150812 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature