1. A Framework to Guide the Implementation of Best Practice Clinical Learning Environments in Community General Practice: Australia
- Author
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Rebecca Kippen, Donna Cohen, Glen Wallace, Phil Cohen, Helen Hickson, and Belinda O'Sullivan
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Knowledge management ,workforce ,guide ,physicians ,Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis ,Best practice ,General Practice ,Participatory action research ,lcsh:Medicine ,Article ,Terminology ,03 medical and health sciences ,primary care ,0302 clinical medicine ,framework ,general practitioners ,learn ,Humans ,Learning ,Relevance (information retrieval) ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Community Health Services ,Project plan ,Uncategorized ,doctors ,education ,business.industry ,030503 health policy & services ,lcsh:R ,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health ,Australia ,Benchmarking ,Focus group ,health workers ,quality ,Workforce ,0305 other medical science ,Psychology ,business ,Family Practice ,environment - Abstract
Clinical education/training is increasingly being expanded to community general practice settings (primary care clinics led by doctors). This plays an important role in developing a skilled “primary-care ready” workforce. However, there is limited information to guide the implementation of high-quality learning environments suitable for the range of general practices and clinical learners they oversee. We aimed to develop a consensus-based framework to address this. A co-design participatory action research method involved working with stakeholders to agree a project plan, collect and interpret data and endorse a final framework. As a starting point, an initial draft framework was adapted from an existing framework, the Best Practice Clinical Learning Environment (BPCLE) Framework. We gathered feedback about this from a national GP Supervisor Liaison Officer Network (SLON) (experienced GP clinical supervisors) during a 90-minute face-to-face focus group. They rated their agreement with the relevance of objectives and elements, advising on clear terminology and rationale for including/excluding various components. The resulting framework was refined and re-tested with the SLON and wider GP educational stakeholders until a final graphically designed version was endorsed. The resulting “GP Clinical Learning Environment” (GPCLE) Framework is applicable for planning and benchmarking best practice learning environments in general practice.
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- 2021