What is it like to organize a large-scale educational event for fellow students? A qualitative exploration of student participation in curriculum design.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although students are increasingly involved in curriculum design, empirical research on practices of actual student participation is sparse. The purpose of this study is to explore the experiences of students who collaborated in the organizing committee of a large-scale educational event, the Radboud Student Conference (RSC), for fellow students.

Methods

We conducted three focus group interviews, in which 17 (bio) medical students of three different organizing teams shared their experiences regarding the organization of the large-scale teaching event. The analysis was conducted using thematic content analysis, in which the codes and codebook were constructed on the basis of the data.

Results

The following four themes were derived from the data. 1) Collabora

SUBMITTER: Olthuis G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8841077 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature