Understanding students' and clinicians' experiences of informal interprofessional workplace learning: an Australian qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

While postgraduate studies have begun to shed light on informal interprofessional workplace learning, studies with preregistration learners have typically focused on formal and structured work-based learning. The current study investigated preregistration students' informal interprofessional workplace learning by exploring students' and clinicians' experiences of interprofessional student-clinician (IPSC) interactions.

Design

A qualitative interview study using narrative techniques was conducted.

Setting

Student placements across multiple clinical sites in Victoria, Australia.

Participants

Through maximum variation sampling, 61 participants (38 students and 23 clinicians) were recruited from six professions (medicine, midwifery, nursing, occupational

SUBMITTER: Rees CE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5905730 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature