Stakeholder Groups' Unique Perspectives About the Attending Physician Preceptor Role: A Qualitative Study.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Attending physician preceptors are accountable to many stakeholder groups, yet stakeholders' views about what the preceptor role entails have not been sufficiently considered. OBJECTIVE:To explore stakeholder groups' unique perspectives of the preceptor role. DESIGN:Qualitative study with a constructivist orientation. PARTICIPANTS:Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 73 participants from two university teaching hospitals between October 2012 and March 2014. Participants included representatives from seven stakeholder groups: patients and their families, allied healthcare providers, bedside nurses, nurse managers, medical students, internal medicine residents, and preceptors. APPROACH:An inductive thematic analysis was conducted where researchers coded transcripts, abst

SUBMITTER: Lemaire JB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6614296 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature