Article 2008

Development of an instrument to measure the clinical learning environment in diagnostic radiology

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Bloomfield, Leah
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Subramaniam, Rathan M.
Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology
Journal · Vol. 52 · Issue 3 · pp. 262-268
Abstract

A clinical learning environment survey instrument was developed that provided insights into diagnostic radiology trainees' perceptions of the culture and context of the hospital-based training programme. The survey was completed by trainees allocated to 37 important training hospitals in Australia, New Zealand and Singapore in 2006. The main findings were that most obvious strengths of the diagnostic radiology programme are the wide variety of work-based learning opportunities and the social atmosphere. These were well regarded in all training sites. Work overload was seen as a significant problem in most hospitals and will probably remain a challenge. The areas that are most likely to repay efforts to bring about change are supervision and feedback. The study provides baseline data against which the influence of changes to the training programme may be evaluated. © 2008 The Authors.

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Professional education supervision Organizational culture workload

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learning female human male medical education Internship and Residency Article reliability Australia controlled study validity normal human Educational Measurement perception education program radiography Data collection New zealand Singapore health survey radiology Rating scale priority journal workload radiodiagnosis
Author Affiliations
UNSW Medicine, Kensington, NSW, Australia, UNSW Medicine, Kensington, NSW, Australia
Department of Radiology, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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No funding information
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