The lecturer-tutor in undergraduate medical education; navigating complexity as "a recruiter, a timetabler, an administrator, a counsellor".

ABSTRACT:

Background

Tutors play an important role in the delivery of effective undergraduate medical education (UGME). These roles commonly involve competing clinical, educational and research commitments. We sought to obtain a rich description of these posts from doctors working in them.

Methods

We used a pragmatist, sequential explanatory mixed-methods design with a sampling frame of clinical lecturer/tutors in 5 Irish medical schools. Purposive sampling was used for recruitment. Quantitative data collected from a validated online questionnaire were used to inform a semi-structured interview question guide. Thematic analysis was conducted independently by each of the study researchers, using a coding frame derived in part from the findings of the online questionnaire. Quantitative

SUBMITTER: O'Connor E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10428569 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature