Making decisions "in the dark": Learning through uncertainty in clinical practice during Covid-19.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The purpose of this study was to explore how decision making and informal and incidental learning (IIL) emerged in the clinical learning environment (CLE) during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic. The authors' specific interest was to better understand the IIL that took place among frontline physicians who had to navigate a CLE replete with uncertainty and complexity with the future goal of creating experiences for medical students that would simulate IIL and use uncertainty as a catalyst for learning.

Method

Using a modified constructivist, grounded theory approach, we describe physicians' IIL while working during times of heightened uncertainty. Using the critical incident technique, we conducted 45-min virtual interviews with seven emergency department (ED) and

SUBMITTER: Vaid U 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10543116 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature