Learning machines or the key to care: a qualitative study exploring the impact of the hidden curriculum on medical students' longitudinal experiences in primary care.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Longitudinal learning often faces implementation challenges within UK medical schools. Some have suggested that the hidden curriculum may be implicated, but there is little evidence regarding how the hidden curriculum influences student experiences of, and engagement with longitudinal learning. Given this, our objective was to explore the impact of the hidden curriculum on student experiences of a longitudinal curriculum based in primary care at a research-intensive medical school.

Design

We conducted a longitudinal qualitative study. Students participated in three serial, in-depth semistructured interviews. We conducted a longitudinal thematic analysis.

Setting

One research-intensive medical school based in the UK. Data collection occurred in 2021-2022.

SUBMITTER: Brown MEL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10514660 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature