Do quality improvement collaboratives' educational components match the dominant learning style preferences of the participants?

ABSTRACT:

Background

Quality improvement collaboratives are used to improve healthcare by various organizations. Despite their popularity literature shows mixed results on their effectiveness. A quality improvement collaborative can be seen as a temporary learning organization in which knowledge about improvement themes and methods is exchanged. In this research we studied: Does the learning approach of a quality improvement collaborative match the learning styles preferences of the individual participants and how does that affect the learning process of participants?

Methods

This research used a mixed methods design combining a validated learning style questionnaire with data collected in the tradition of action research methodology to study two Dutch quality improvement collaborativ

SUBMITTER: Weggelaar-Jansen AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4473844 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature