Feeling the responsibility: Exploring the emotional experiences of final-year medical students when carrying out clinical tasks.
Med Teach
; : 1-8, 2024 May 21.
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ABSTRACT
PURPOSE:
The concept of Entrustable Professional Activities (EPA) is increasingly used to operationalize learning in the clinical workplace, yet little is known about the emotions of learners feeling the responsibility when carrying out professional tasks.METHODS:
We explored the emotional experiences of medical students in their final clerkship year when performing clinical tasks. We used an online reflective diary. Text entries were analysed using inductive-deductive content analysis with reference to the EPA framework and the control-value theory of achievement emotions.RESULTS:
Students described a wide range of emotions related to carrying out various clinical tasks. They reported positive-activating emotions, ranging from enjoyment to relaxation, and negative-deactivating emotions, ranging from anxiety to boredom. Emotions varied across individual students and were related to the characteristics of a task, an increasing level of autonomy, the students' perceived ability to perform a task and the level of supervision provided.DISCUSSION:
Emotions are widely present and impact on the workplace learning of medical students which is related to key elements of the EPA framework. Supervisors play a key role in eliciting positive-activating emotions and the motivation to learn by providing a level of supervision and guidance appropriate to the students' perceived ability to perform the task.
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Med Teach
Año:
2024
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Alemania
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Reino Unido