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A needs assessment for enhancing workplace-based assessment: a grounded theory study
Vasiliki Andreou1, Sanne Peters2,3, Jan Eggermont4
1Academic Centre for General Practice, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium. vasiliki.andreou@kuleuven.be.
Objectives:
Workplace-based assessment (WBA) has been vigorously criticized for not fulfilling its educational purpose by medical educators. A comprehensive exploration of stakeholders' needs regarding WBA is essential to optimize its implementation in clinical practice.
Method:
Three homogeneous focus groups were conducted with three groups of stakeholders: General Practitioner (GP) trainees, GP trainers, and GP tutors. Due to COVID-19 measures, we opted for an online asynchronous form to enable participation. An constructivist grounded theory approach was used to employ this study and allow the identification of stakeholders' needs for using WBA.
Results:
Three core needs for WBA were identified in the analysis. Within GP Training, stakeholders found WBA essential, primarily, for establishing learning goals, secondarily, for assessment purposes, and, lastly, for providing or receiving feedback.
Conclusion:
All stakeholders perceive WBA as valuable when it fosters learning. The identified needs were notably influenced by agency, trust, availability, and mutual understanding. These were facilitating factors influencing needs for WBA. Embracing these insights can significantly illuminate the landscape of workplace learning culture for clinical educators and guide a successful implementation of WBA.
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