Transfer of training from an internal medicine boot camp to the workplace: enhancing and hindering factors.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The transfer of training to the workplace is the aim of training interventions. Three primary factors influence transfer: trainee characteristics, training design and work environment influences. Within medical education, the work environment factors influencing transfer of training remain underexplored. Burke and Hutchins' review of training transfer outlined five work environment influences: opportunity to perform, supervisor/peer support, strategic link, transfer climate and accountability. This study aimed to explore the ways in which work environment factors influence the transfer of training for medical trainees.

Methods

Internal Medicine Training in Scotland includes a three-day boot camp involving simulation-based mastery learning of procedural skills, imm

SUBMITTER: Kerins J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8428956 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature