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Gen Y learners: just how concerned should we be?
1Faculty of Education, Monash University Victoria, Australia Southern Health, Victoria, Australia. geoff.white@monash.edu
The Clinical Teacher
|November 17, 2011
Summary
Concerns about Generation Y in health professions education are often based on flawed marketing research. Effective teaching emphasizes strong learner-teacher relationships, not generational stereotypes.
Area of Science:
- Health Professions Education
- Sociology
- Educational Psychology
Background:
- Concerns exist regarding curriculum redesign for Generation Y in health professions.
- Claims about Generation Y's unique characteristics are prevalent in media and among educators.
- This article addresses the research basis of these concerns and proposes educator responses.
Purpose of the Study:
- To critically evaluate research claims about Generation Y.
- To provide evidence-based guidance for health professions educators.
- To address concerns about teaching Generation Y.
Main Methods:
- A narrative review of existing literature and research.
- Discussion of marketing influences on generational perceptions.
- Critique of extreme claims regarding Generation Y.
Main Results:
- Generation Y characteristics are often based on limited, poorly designed studies, frequently from marketing firms.
- Extreme claims of Generation Y's uniqueness are not well-supported by research.
- Research highlights the importance of relational learner-teacher interactions.
Conclusions:
- Claims of Generation Y's uniqueness are largely unsubstantiated by rigorous research.
- Marketing companies significantly influence perceptions of Generation Y.
- Quality teaching in health professions education values the learner-teacher relationship.
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