Intra- and interprofessional practices through fresh eyes: a qualitative analysis of medical students' early workplace experiences.
Kathleen E Leedham-GreenAlec KnightRick IedemaPublished in: BMC medical education (2019)
Students are being socialised into a complex, hierarchical, pressurised clinical workplace and experience wide variations in professional behaviours and practices. They articulate a need to find constructive ways forward in the interests of staff wellbeing and patient care. We present educational recommendations including providing safe reflective spaces, using students' lived experience as raw material for systems thinking and quality improvement, and closing the feedback loop with placement sites on behalf of students.