Exploring the Use of Self-Assessment to Facilitate Health Students' Generic Skills Development

Autor/inn/en	Sarkar, Mahbub; Gibson, Simone; Karim, Nazmul; Rhys-Jones, Dakota; Ilic, Dragan
Titel	Exploring the Use of Self-Assessment to Facilitate Health Students' Generic Skills Development
Quelle	In: Journal of Teaching and Learning for Graduate Employability, 12 (2021) 2, S.65-81 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1838-3815
Schlagwörter	Self Evaluation (Individuals); Skill Development; Job Skills; Soft Skills; Thinking Skills; Technological Literacy; Professionalism; Social Responsibility; Self Management; Employment Potential; Graduate Students; Undergraduate Students; Value Judgment; Health Sciences; Public Health; Nutrition Instruction; Dietetics; Foreign Countries; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kompetenzentwicklung; Qualifikationsentwicklung; Produktive Fertigkeit; Denkfähigkeit; Technisches Wissen; Professionalität; Soziale Verantwortung; Selbstmanagement; Arbeitsmarktbezogene Qualifikation; Beschäftigungsfähigkeit; Graduate Study; Student; Students; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Studentin; Werturteil; Gesundheitswesen; Nutrition education; Ernährungserziehung; Ernährungslehre; Ausland; Australien
Abstract	Employability skills for health graduates, and many disciplines within higher education, are considered vital to maximising their capacity to cope with the rapidly changing, uncertain and highly competitive labour market. Despite the increasing importance of developing generic skills for employability, there is a dearth of knowledge about how to support health students to develop generic skills as part of their formal education. The main objective of this two-phase study was to engage health students in the process of self-assessment of their generic skills and explore the potential of this process to facilitate their generic skills development. The first phase of this study engaged students in completing a self- assessment questionnaire, incorporating a validated set of industry-demanded skills with associated behaviours. In the second phase a subsection of respondents participated in focus group interviews that explored their perception of the self-assessment process in generic skills development. Students viewed themselves as having some capabilities to perform the generic skills, as well as their university studies contributing to the development of these skills. The qualitative data found that the self-assessment process prompted students to reflect on their abilities and further engage with developing these skills. This study supports the evidence for contextualising and embedding a process of self-assessment of generic skills into the formal curricula to help better prepare health students for their future work. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Journal of Teaching and Learning for Graduate Employability. Deakin University, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 3125. Web site: https://ojs.deakin.edu.au/index.php/jtlge/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01