Enriching medical trainees’ learning through practice: towards a focus on patient-centred care and interprofessional working

Start / end date: November 2019 - ongoing

Funding source: Toowoomba Hospital Foundation Research Grant and Rural Medical Education Australia

We know that much of the learning by medical trainees (i.e. registrars, junior doctors and students) arises through their experiences in clinical activities and interactions with other healthcare professionals. Also, it is broadly suggested that this learning can be improved by enhanced clinical teaching strategies. This study aims to explore in detail how clinicians engage in their teaching practices and offer ways in which they can engage collegiately to view and review their practices. Using a combination of interviews and video reflexive ethnography, rural medical practitioners, nursing and allied health will observe and evaluate how they have participated in and optimised their learning experiences. Overall, this study offers innovative approaches to developing healthcare professionals capabilities to appraise and reconstruct strategies for effective clinical teaching and learning.