Barriers and facilitators to fulfilling the teaching assistant role from nursing students' perspective: a qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Employing postgraduate students as Teaching Assistants (TA) has become a common practice in many higher education institutions and is part of a growing international trend for professional practice.

Objective

This study aimed to determine the barriers and facilitators to fulfilling the teaching assistant role from nursing students' perspective.

Methodology

This qualitative-descriptive study was conducted in 2022 on teaching assistants in the Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery of Tehran University of Medical Sciences. 13 teaching assistants were selected by targeted sampling method with maximum variation. The inclusion criteria were 2nd-semester postgraduate nursing students and above, having experience as a teaching assistant, and willing to participate in th

SUBMITTER: Pashaeypoor S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10785395 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature