How Does a Group Reflection Intervention (Schwartz Rounds) Work within Healthcare Undergraduate Settings? A Realist Review.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Schwartz Rounds ("Rounds") are a confidential group reflection forum, increasingly adopted to support pre-registration healthcare students. This realist review aims to understand what the available literature and key informant interviews can tell us about Rounds in this setting, asking what works, for whom, in what circumstances, and why?

Methods

Published literature discussing Rounds in undergraduate settings were analysed using realist methods to describe how, for whom and in which contexts Rounds work. Four key informants were interviewed using realist methods, to further develop, test and refine a programme theory of Rounds in undergraduate settings.

Results

We identified five core features and five contextual adaptations.Core: Rounds provide a reflec

SUBMITTER: Hamilton D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10742148 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature