Is it worth it? A comparison study of medical students' aspirations for gaining the Health Care Certificate following employment as Healthcare Assistants.

• Tác giả: Elizabeth S Anderson, Simon Gay, Richard Holland, Anna Kendrick, Kishan Patel
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 133.422 Satanism (Devil worship)
• Thông tin xuất bản: England : Medical teacher , 2025
• Bộ sưu tập: NCBI
• ID: 752018

Tóm tắt

 BACKGROUND: Medical students seek early patient contact but their curriculum starts with scientific knowledge. We integrated the Healthcare Assistant (HCA) course into semester one for early patient-facing clinical contact. This study compares students' aspirations for this learning with the realities of employed work as HCAs. METHODS: This sequential mixed-methods study used pre-post-scored questionnaire data, followed by post-course focus groups, and interviews a year later. The quantitative data were analysed using SPSS and the qualitative data using thematic analysis. RESULTS: The learning was highly valued with early perceptions challenged. The learning both accelerated and advanced their medical skills. Their CONCLUSIONS: HCA training offers a practical patient-facing set of competencies on which to build medical capability. Student text-book scientific knowledge was validated through their experiences with recognition of the importance of empathetic patient-centred care. They quickly learnt and absorbed ward function
  experienced good and poor teamworking
  highly valued the nursing role
  and experienced the every-day stresses of being a front-line practitioner.