Guiding medical trainees' workplace learning for interprofessional collaboration-Looking to physicians or seeing nurses?

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Effective healthcare practice requires interprofessional collaboration (IPC) between all members of the healthcare team. Preparing healthcare trainees for IPC has proven to be difficult. Research suggests that workplace learning has a vital role in acquiring IPC competencies. However, guidance is required for trainees to make optimal use of IPC workplace learning opportunities. This study asks (1) To what extent is guidance provided to medical trainees when learning to collaborate interprofessionally?; and (2) Who provides this guidance and how?

Methods

We conducted a constructivist, qualitative study using iterative cycles of semi-structured interviews and reflexive thematic analysis. A purposive sample of medical trainees (N = 11), nurses (N = 9), advance prac

SUBMITTER: Stalmeijer RE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12355634 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature