How faculty with critical care specialties learn in a university hospital: a qualitative phenomenological study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The study aims to explore the workplace learning experiences of medical faculty in critical care specialties at a university hospital, focusing on how they develop their professional identity and construct the meaning of their work.

Design

Qualitative, phenomenological study.

Setting

The current study was conducted at a university hospital in South Korea between November 2022 and October 2023.

Participants

Five faculty members (two males and three females) from critical care specialties (eg, emergency medicine) with over 15 years of experience, each having served as faculty at a university hospital for more than 5 years.

Results

Six key themes emerged: cultivating 'doctor-ishness' in the realm of critical care, beacon of inner drive: guiding p

SUBMITTER: Jeong H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11748926 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature