Supervisors’ approaches to the early entrustment of clinical tasks: an observational study in general practice

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

At the very start of medical residency training, entrustment of clinical tasks may be a major challenge, on which current scientific knowledge is scarce. This study therefore aimed to gain insight into the process of supervisors’ decision making underlying the entrustment of clinical tasks at the start of one-on-one supervisor–trainee working relationships.

Setting

This study was performed in a general practice (GP) training department in the Netherlands.

Participants

For this study, we recruited supervisor–trainee pairs who were just about to start the first year of GP residency training. Of 10 eligible supervisor–trainee pairs, 4 participated.

Design

We used a qualitative, social-constructivist research approach. Data from naturalistic non-p

SUBMITTER: de Jonge L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9362795 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature