Thesis (Ph.D.)--Pacific Graduate School of Psychology, 1994. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 55-11, Section: B, page: 5076. Adviser: Bruce Bongan.

Thesis (Psy.D.)--Fairleigh Dickinson University, 2005. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 65-11, Section: B, page: 6064. Chairperson: Judith Kaufman. Available also in print.

Magister Scientiae (Physiotherapy) - MSc(Physio) / Clinical education is considered a cornerstone of the healthcare professionals’ education including physiotherapists. Clinical education involves translation of theoretical knowledge into practical skills, facilitated by clinical educators whose roles vary from place to place. The clinical educators’ roles have a number of facilitators as well as barriers and these have been minimally evaluated globally and locally, including Uganda. Therefore, the aim of the study was to explore and describe the perception of the physiotherapists regarding their role as clinical educators and to identify the barriers to and facilitators for physiotherapy clinical education at the national and regional referral hospitals in Uganda. / 2022

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Only two years after graduating themselves, speech and language therapists are asked to act as placement educators and supervise student speech and language therapists. The role of the placement educator is to supervise, teach, support and assess the student in the clinical environment and as such is a complex and demanding role. Some previous research has suggested that the training and support provided to developing placement educators does not adequately prepare them for the role. However, the development of speech and language therapists as placement educators is a relatively under-researched area in the UK. This interpretive study explores how ten speech and language therapists feel they develop the necessary skills to be successful as placement educators, through the stories they tell about their experiences. This exploration of clinical education and professional development is set within a social constructivist perspective on learning. The participants talked at length of their own early experiences as students and described these as the starting point for their own enactment of the placement educator role. They also emphasised the importance of continuing to learn and develop their skills as they gained experience in the placement educator role itself. The themes of talk, collaboration, reflective practice and experiential learning were central to the stories told by the participants and underpin how these speech and language therapists learnt to be placement educators. It is suggested that in describing how she felt she learnt to be a placement educator each participant created a unique and dynamic map of that learning. This study contributes to the on-going discussion about the role of critical reflection in understanding and challenging established practice and reinforces the place of reflective practice as integral to both the clinical and placement educator aspects of the SLT’s role. The findings highlight the importance of peer support and shared opportunities for critical reflection with colleagues in ensuring that placement educators do not feel isolated or disillusioned.

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<p>Syftet med denna studie var att beskriva sjuksköterskestudenters uppfattningar om vilka faktorer som ingår i god handledning under verksamhetsförlagd utbildning (VFU).<em> </em>Data samlades in via nio intervjuer och tre skriftliga svar, med hjälp av en intervjuguide, från sjuksköterskestudenter i termin 6 på sjuksköterskeprogrammet i Uppsala. Data analyserades med hjälp av kvalitativ innehållsanalys. Två teman utkristalliserades från analysen; studentens lärande och handledningens innehåll. Studentens lärande innefattar tre kategorier; kommunikation, organisation och förhållningssätt och handledningens innehåll fyra kategorier; kommunikation, organisation, förhållningssätt och arbetsklimat. Resultatet visade att tid till handledning och en fungerande personkemi mellan handledare och student ansågs som det mest centrala för en bra placering. Merparten av sjuksköterskestudenterna upplevde att första intrycket av VFU- platsen hade betydelse för studentens lärande och att känslan av osäkerhet hos studenten var en viktig hindrande faktor. Osäkerheten bland studenterna kom sig av otrevligt bemötande, bristande kontinuitet i handledningen och rädslan av att göra något fel. Studenterna utvecklades genom att ta eget ansvar och att deras handledare visade förtroende för dem. Samtliga studenter ansåg att handledarrollen skulle vara frivillig. De efterfrågade även en individuellt anpassad handledning, mer tid hos handledaren till handledning och ett ökat studentinflytande.<em> </em>Slutsatsen som kan dras av denna studie är att en engagerad handledare, tid till en individanpassad handledning, en trygg tillåtande lärandemiljö med möjlighet till studentinflytande och ett tidigt eget patientansvar ökade studentens utveckling under VFU.</p> / <p>The aim of this study was to describe nursing students' perceptions of what factors are included in good supervision during clinical education. Data were collected through nine interviews and three written responses with the help of an interview guide from nursing students in semester six of the nursing program in Uppsala. Data were analyzed using qualitative content analysis. Two themes were crystallized from the analysis; the student’s learning and the content of the tutoring. The student’s learning contains of three categories; communication, organization and attitude, and the content of the tutoring four categories; communication, organization, attitude and working climate. The result showed that time for tutoring and a good relationship between mentor and student was considered essential for a successful clinical placement. Most of the nursing students felt that the first impression of the ward was important for student learning and that the feeling of uncertainty was an important hindering factor. The uncertainty among the students was a result of unpleasant attitudes against the students, lack of continuity in tutoring and the fear of doing something wrong. The students developed their learning by taking responsibility and that their supervisors relied on them. All the students thought that the role of a supervisor should be voluntary. The students also requested an individualized tutoring, more time for tutoring and increased student influence. The conclusion to be drawn from this study is that a dedicated supervisor, time for an individual tutoring, an assuring teaching environment with the student having a possibility to influence, and an early given responsibility of patients increased the student’s learning during clinical education.</p>

Syftet med denna studie var att beskriva sjuksköterskestudenters uppfattningar om vilka faktorer som ingår i god handledning under verksamhetsförlagd utbildning (VFU). Data samlades in via nio intervjuer och tre skriftliga svar, med hjälp av en intervjuguide, från sjuksköterskestudenter i termin 6 på sjuksköterskeprogrammet i Uppsala. Data analyserades med hjälp av kvalitativ innehållsanalys. Två teman utkristalliserades från analysen; studentens lärande och handledningens innehåll. Studentens lärande innefattar tre kategorier; kommunikation, organisation och förhållningssätt och handledningens innehåll fyra kategorier; kommunikation, organisation, förhållningssätt och arbetsklimat. Resultatet visade att tid till handledning och en fungerande personkemi mellan handledare och student ansågs som det mest centrala för en bra placering. Merparten av sjuksköterskestudenterna upplevde att första intrycket av VFU- platsen hade betydelse för studentens lärande och att känslan av osäkerhet hos studenten var en viktig hindrande faktor. Osäkerheten bland studenterna kom sig av otrevligt bemötande, bristande kontinuitet i handledningen och rädslan av att göra något fel. Studenterna utvecklades genom att ta eget ansvar och att deras handledare visade förtroende för dem. Samtliga studenter ansåg att handledarrollen skulle vara frivillig. De efterfrågade även en individuellt anpassad handledning, mer tid hos handledaren till handledning och ett ökat studentinflytande. Slutsatsen som kan dras av denna studie är att en engagerad handledare, tid till en individanpassad handledning, en trygg tillåtande lärandemiljö med möjlighet till studentinflytande och ett tidigt eget patientansvar ökade studentens utveckling under VFU. / The aim of this study was to describe nursing students' perceptions of what factors are included in good supervision during clinical education. Data were collected through nine interviews and three written responses with the help of an interview guide from nursing students in semester six of the nursing program in Uppsala. Data were analyzed using qualitative content analysis. Two themes were crystallized from the analysis; the student’s learning and the content of the tutoring. The student’s learning contains of three categories; communication, organization and attitude, and the content of the tutoring four categories; communication, organization, attitude and working climate. The result showed that time for tutoring and a good relationship between mentor and student was considered essential for a successful clinical placement. Most of the nursing students felt that the first impression of the ward was important for student learning and that the feeling of uncertainty was an important hindering factor. The uncertainty among the students was a result of unpleasant attitudes against the students, lack of continuity in tutoring and the fear of doing something wrong. The students developed their learning by taking responsibility and that their supervisors relied on them. All the students thought that the role of a supervisor should be voluntary. The students also requested an individualized tutoring, more time for tutoring and increased student influence. The conclusion to be drawn from this study is that a dedicated supervisor, time for an individual tutoring, an assuring teaching environment with the student having a possibility to influence, and an early given responsibility of patients increased the student’s learning during clinical education.

<p>Background: Practice knowledge exists as a complex relationship between questions and answers in a context of meaning that is often intuitive and hidden from the novice practitioner. Physiotherapy education, which aims to develop patterns of thinking, reflection and reasoning as part of practice knowledge, is often based on didactic teaching methods that emphasise the learning of facts without highlighting the relationships between them. In order to improve health outcomes for patients, clinical educators must&nbsp / consider redesigning the curriculum to take into account the changing and complex nature of physiotherapy education. There is some evidence that a blended approach to&nbsp / teaching and learning may facilitate the development of graduates who are more capable of reflection, reasoning and critical thinking, and who can adapt and respond to the&nbsp / complex clinical environment. The purpose of this study was to develop principles that could be used to guide the design of blended learning environments that aim to develop&nbsp / capability in undergraduate physiotherapy students. Method: The study took place in a university physiotherapy department in the Western Cape in South Africa, among&nbsp / undergraduate students. Design research was used as a framework to guide the study, and included a range of research methods as part of that process. The problem was&nbsp / identified using a systematic review of the literature and a survey of students. The design of the blended intervention that aimed to address the problem was informed by a&nbsp / narrative review of theoretical frameworks, two pilot studies that evaluated different aspects of blended learning, and a Delphi study. This process led to the development of a set&nbsp / of design principles which were used to inform the blended intervention, which was implemented and evaluated during 2012. Results: The final results showed that students had undergone a transformation in how they thought about the process and practice of learning as part of physiotherapy education, demonstrating critical approaches towards&nbsp / knowledge, the profession and authority. These changes were brought about by changing teaching and learning practices that were informed by the design principles in the&nbsp / preliminary phases of the project. These principles emphasised the use of technology to interact, articulate understanding, build relationships, embrace complexity, encourage&nbsp / creativity, stimulate reflection, acknowledge emotion, enhance flexibility and immerse students in the learning space. Discussion: While clinical education is a complex undertaking with many challenges, evidence presented in this study demonstrates that the development of clinical reasoning, critical thinking and reflection can be enhanced through the intentional use of technology as part of a blended approach to teaching and learning. The design principles offer clinical educators a framework upon which to construct learning environments where the affordances of technology can be mapped to the principles, which are based on a sound pedagogical foundation. In this way, the use of technology in the learning environment is constructed around principles that are informed by theory. However, clinical educators who are considering the integration of&nbsp / innovative strategies in the curriculum should be aware that students may initially be reluctant to engage in self-directed learning activities, and that resistance from colleagues&nbsp / may obstruct the process. Conclusion: The development of clinical reasoning, critical thinking and reflection in undergraduate physiotherapy students may be enhanced through&nbsp / the intentional use of appropriate technology that aims to fundamentally change teaching and learning practices. Design research offers a practical approach to conducting&nbsp / research in clinical education, leading to the development of principles of learning that are based on theory. <br /> iii</p>