Preceptors' perceptions of assessing clinical associate students at district hospital sites.
assessment
clinical associates
distributed health professionals training
preceptors
workplace based assessment
Journal
African journal of primary health care & family medicine
ISSN: 2071-2936
Titre abrégé: Afr J Prim Health Care Fam Med
Pays: South Africa
ID NLM: 101520860
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
12 Jul 2021
12 Jul 2021
Historique:
received:
17
02
2021
accepted:
29
04
2021
revised:
27
04
2021
entrez:
3
8
2021
pubmed:
4
8
2021
medline:
10
8
2021
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Preceptors are key stakeholders in distributed health professions' education. They supervise students in the clinical setting to enable them to have a practical experience with patients, and they assess students' skills at the highest tier of clinical assessment. The university where this study was done conducts a distributed Bachelor of Clinical Medical Practice course on a distributed platform which is dependent on preceptors at the training sites. Understanding the perceptions of preceptors, as major stakeholders, regarding the student assessment they do will assist the faculty to provide better support and development that might be needed and assist in maximising the benefits of distributed training. The aim of this study was to explore the perceptions of preceptors regarding assessing clinical associate students at district hospitals in the Bachelor of Clinical Medical Practice programme. The study was conducted at a rural university in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. This was a qualitative study involving nine preceptors who were purposively selected from three district hospital training sites based on their involvement in assessing clinical associate students. Semi-structured interviews were conducted, recorded, transcribed and thematically analysed. Four themes emerged from thematic analysis: assessment issues, preceptor issues, student issues and university support issues. Preceptors are committed and enthusiastic in training and assessing the clinical associate students but require input from the university in terms of training and ongoing support. Lack of training threatens the validity of preceptor assessment. Academic institutions should train and support preceptors to enable them better to fulfil their roles.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
BACKGROUND
Preceptors are key stakeholders in distributed health professions' education. They supervise students in the clinical setting to enable them to have a practical experience with patients, and they assess students' skills at the highest tier of clinical assessment. The university where this study was done conducts a distributed Bachelor of Clinical Medical Practice course on a distributed platform which is dependent on preceptors at the training sites. Understanding the perceptions of preceptors, as major stakeholders, regarding the student assessment they do will assist the faculty to provide better support and development that might be needed and assist in maximising the benefits of distributed training.
AIM
OBJECTIVE
The aim of this study was to explore the perceptions of preceptors regarding assessing clinical associate students at district hospitals in the Bachelor of Clinical Medical Practice programme.
SETTING
METHODS
The study was conducted at a rural university in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa.
METHODS
METHODS
This was a qualitative study involving nine preceptors who were purposively selected from three district hospital training sites based on their involvement in assessing clinical associate students. Semi-structured interviews were conducted, recorded, transcribed and thematically analysed.
RESULTS
RESULTS
Four themes emerged from thematic analysis: assessment issues, preceptor issues, student issues and university support issues. Preceptors are committed and enthusiastic in training and assessing the clinical associate students but require input from the university in terms of training and ongoing support.
CONCLUSION
CONCLUSIONS
Lack of training threatens the validity of preceptor assessment. Academic institutions should train and support preceptors to enable them better to fulfil their roles.
Identifiants
pubmed: 34342478
doi: 10.4102/phcfm.v13i1.2934
pmc: PMC8335760
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
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