Self-Directed Learning Needs, Patterns, and Outcomes among General Surgeons

Autor/inn/en	Gagliardi, Anna R.; Wright, Frances C.; Victor, J. Charles; Brouwers, Melissa C.; Silver, Ivan L.
Titel	Self-Directed Learning Needs, Patterns, and Outcomes among General Surgeons
Quelle	In: Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions, 29 (2009) 4, S.269-275 (7 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0894-1912
Schlagwörter	Physicians; Cancer; Patients; Medical Services; Interviews; Statistical Significance; Independent Study; Information Retrieval; Outcomes of Education; Qualitative Research; Information Seeking; Internet; Referral; Guidance; Professional Development; Continuing Education + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Physician; Doctor; Arzt; Carcinoma; Karzinom; Krebs (med); Krebserkrankung; Patient; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Selbststudium; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Qualitative Forschung; Informationserschließung; Beratung; Weiterbildung
Abstract	Introduction: To explore the relationship between self-directed learning (SDL) needs, patterns, barriers, and outcomes among nonacademic general surgeons. Methods: Participants dictated details of SDL episodes associated with cancer patient management from October 2007 to March 2008. Transcripts were coded thematically. Frequencies were calculated for elements of each SDL stage. Statistical significance among subgroups was established with the use of the Pearson chi-square test, adjusted for clustering by surgeon. Participants were interviewed by telephone, and transcripts were analyzed by qualitative methods. Results: Of 21 consenting surgeons, 15 submitted 115 cases, and 108 were analyzed. Most involved breast (40.7%), colon (18.5%), or rectal cancer (13.0%); 2 or more clinical tasks (41.7%); and 2 or more questions (89.8%). Information was sought from the Internet (48.1%), colleagues (24.2%), or both (6.8%). Information was partially, or not relevant for 21.3% of cases. Evidence was new for 66.7%, and confirmed knowledge for 10.7% of cases. Learning helped surgeons formulate new (34.2%), or confirm original (16.5%) management plans, or determine that referral was appropriate (39.2%). Use of codified sources was associated with information retrieval (P less than 0.05), and identifying new evidence leading to a change in management from that initially proposed (P less than or equal to 0.001). Discussion: Numerous individual and systemic barriers may prevent practicing physicians from undertaking SDL, but provision of structured guidance prompted SDL and resulted in several beneficial outcomes. Further research is needed to validate these findings, and investigate who should support SDL, and how. (Contains 1 table and 1 figure.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10