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Newly qualified doctors’ perceptions of informal learning from nurses : implications for interprofessional education and practice
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Burford, Bryan, Morrow, Gill, Morrison, Jill, Baldauf, Beate, Spencer, John, Johnson, Neil, Rothwell, Charlotte, Peile, Ed, Davies, Carol, Allen, Maggie E. and Illing, Jan (2013) Newly qualified doctors’ perceptions of informal learning from nurses : implications for interprofessional education and practice. Journal of Interprofessional Care, Volume 27 (Number 5). pp. 394-400. doi:10.3109/13561820.2013.783558 ISSN 1356-1820.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/13561820.2013.783558
Abstract
Newly qualified doctors spend much of their time with nurses, but little research has considered informal learning during that formative contact. This article reports findings from a multiple case study that explored what newly qualified doctors felt they learned from nurses in the workplace. Analysis of interviews conducted with UK doctors in their first year of practice identified four overarching themes: attitudes towards working with nurses, learning about roles, professional hierarchies and learning skills. Informal learning was found to contribute to the newly qualified doctors’ knowledge of their own and others’ roles. A dynamic hierarchy was identified: one in which a “pragmatic hierarchy” recognising nurses’ expertise was superseded by a “normative structural hierarchy” that reinforced the notion of medical dominance. Alongside the implicit learning of roles, nurses contributed to the explicit learning of skills and captured doctors’ errors, with implications for patient safety. The findings are discussed in relation to professional socialisation. Issues of power between the professions are also considered. It is concluded that increasing both medical and nursing professions’ awareness of informal workplace learning may improve the efficiency of education in restricted working hours. A culture in which informal learning is embedded may also have benefits for patient safety.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Institute for Employment Research Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School |
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Journal or Publication Title: | Journal of Interprofessional Care | ||||
Publisher: | Informa Healthcare | ||||
ISSN: | 1356-1820 | ||||
Official Date: | September 2013 | ||||
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Volume: | Volume 27 | ||||
Number: | Number 5 | ||||
Number of Pages: | 6 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 394-400 | ||||
DOI: | 10.3109/13561820.2013.783558 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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