Student feedback experiences in a cross-border medical education curriculum.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To determine non-Western situated health professional student experiences and preferences for feedback in workplace-based settings.

Methods

We conducted five focus groups with 27 students of Arab-origin enrolled in a Canadian-accredited cross-border pharmacy program in Qatar. Transcripts of recorded discussions were analyzed using the framework method.  Hofstede's and Hall's cultural dimension models were employed to understand described feedback encounters and behaviours.

Results

We identified three themes associated with cultural influences on student feedback experiences, namely: 1) collectivism; 2) power distance; and 3) context.  Trainees described clinical supervisors who inadequately recognized individual performance, rejected critique, and insuffici

SUBMITTER: Wilbur K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6766385 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature