Facilitating educational experiences in a paediatric handover: A qualitative case study
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Aaron Ooi1,2, Stephen Bradley1,3, Shuvayon Mukherjee3
1Department of Paediatrics, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.
Aim:
Handovers have been established as a valuable educational tool; nevertheless, a paucity of literature exists evaluating contributors to the educational experience. Our study aimed to investigate participants' educational experiences based on a paediatric handover, and the facilitators and barriers towards teaching and learning during this process.
Methods:
A case study was conducted using semi-structured interviews. Data were collected exploring participants' perspectives of their educational experiences within a handover. An inductive, thematic content analysis was performed to identify key themes, assisted by nVivo software.
Results:
Four key themes contributing to the educational experience within a handover were identified related to the organisation of a handover, team dynamics, teaching and learning moments and tensions between the clinical tasks and education. A model is proposed aimed at optimising education within this context.
Conclusions:
Our study identified contributing factors towards the educational experiences at handovers and provides strategies to optimise these.
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