How postgraduate trainees from different health professions experience the learning climate within an operating theater: a mixed-methods study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The learning climate within a learning environment is a key factor to determine the potential quality of learning. There are different groups of postgraduate trainees who study primarily in the operating theater (OT), which is a complex, high-stake environment. This study created and validated an interprofessional measure of the OT educational climate and explored how postgraduate trainees from different health professions experienced the learning climate within the operating theater.

Methods

An explanatory, sequential mixed-method design was used. The quantitative phase used and validated a newly developed questionnaire, the Operating Theater Educational Climate Test (OTECT), to evaluate the perceptions of anesthesia residents, surgical residents and student regi

SUBMITTER: Raksamani K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6588845 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature