Almoayad, F and Ledger, A (2018) They Treated us Like Employees Not Trainees: Patient Educator Interns’ Experiences of Epistemological Shock. Health Professions Education, 4 (3). pp. 218-224. ISSN 2452-3011
Abstract
Aim:
To explore Patient Educator Interns’ (PEIs’) experiences of learning when entering the working environment. Methods: Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 10 PEIs. Following a narrative type of analysis, case summaries were prepared, compared and interpreted.
Results:
At the beginning of their internship, PEIs held specific desires and expectations concerning the type of training and work they would experience. These included the expectation of explicit educational activities and specific types of work activities. PEIs’ expectations were frequently not met in reality.
Discussion:
The findings of the study suggest that new graduates face epistemological shock, which is the challenge of understanding the change from receiving formal instruction at university to learning through participation and engagement in the workplace. Conclusions: Universities could do more to explain to students the differences in learning between university and the workplace, so students better understand the value of participation for learning.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | (c) 2018 King Saud bin AbdulAziz University for Health Sciences. Production and Hosting by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). |
Keywords: | Patient educator; Transition; Epistemological shock; Internship; Workplace learning |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Medicine and Health (Leeds) > School of Medicine (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 10 Apr 2018 14:26 |
Last Modified: | 25 Jun 2023 21:18 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.hpe.2018.03.007 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:129457 |