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Durand F, Richard L, Beaudet N, Fortin-Pellerin L, Hudon AM, Tremblay MC. Healthcare professionals' longitudinal perceptions of group phenomena as determinants of self-assessed learning in organizational communities of practice. BMC MEDICAL EDUCATION 2022; 22:75. [PMID: 35114973 PMCID: PMC8815148 DOI: 10.1186/s12909-022-03137-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2021] [Accepted: 01/17/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Given the importance of continuous learning as a response to the increasing complexity of health care practice, there is a need to better understand what makes communities of practice in health effective at fostering learning. Despite the conceptual stance that communities of practice facilitate individual learning, the scientific literature does not offer much evidence for this. Known factors associated with the effectiveness of communities of practice - such as collaboration, psychological safety within the community, and commitment to the community - have been studied in cross-sectional qualitative designs. However, no studies to date have used a quantitative predictive design. The objective of this study is to assess how members of a community of practice perceive interactions among themselves and determine the extent to which these interactions predict self-assessed learning over time. METHODS Data was collected using validated questionnaires from six communities of practice (N = 83) in four waves of measures over the course of 36 months and was analysed by means of General Estimating Equations. This allowed to build a longitudinal model of the associations between perceptions of collaboration, psychological safety within the community, commitment to the community and self-assessed learning over time. RESULTS Perception of collaboration in the community of practice, a personal sense of psychological safety and a commitment to the community of practice are predictors longitudinally associated with self-assessed learning. CONCLUSIONS In terms of theory, conceptual links can be made between intensity of collaboration and learning over time in the context of a community of practice. Recent work on psychological safety suggests that it is still unclear whether psychological safety acts as a direct enhancer of learning or as a remover of barriers to learning. This study's longitudinal results suggest that psychological safety may enhance how and to what extent professionals feel they learn over time. Commitment towards the community of practice is a strong predictor of learning over time, which hints at differential effects of affective, normative and continuance commitment. Communities of practice can therefore apply these findings by making collaboration, psychological safety, commitment and learning regular reflexive topics of discussion.
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Affiliation(s)
- François Durand
- Montfort Research Chair in Organization of Health Services, Telfer School of Management, University of Ottawa, 55 Laurier Avenue East, Ottawa, Ontario K1N 6N5 Canada
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- Faculté des sciences infirmières, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Canada
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- Direction de santé publique de Montréal, Montréal, Canada
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- Département de médecine de famille et de médecine d’urgence, Université Laval, Quebec, Canada
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Kaslow NJ, Schwartz AC, Ayna DK, Fani N, Gard B, Goldsmith DR, Hampton-Anderson J, Holton J, Marshall-Lee ED, White D, Cattie JE. Integrating Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Into an Academic Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. FOCUS: JOURNAL OF LIFE LONG LEARNING IN PSYCHIATRY 2021; 19:61-65. [PMID: 34483770 DOI: 10.1176/appi.focus.20200024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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This article highlights one department's efforts to bolster diversity, equity, and inclusion as an exemplar for other academic departments. It offers an approach for building an infrastructure and leadership group and details accomplishments associated with strategic plan priorities related to visibility, values, stakeholder education, recruitment, retention, promotion, and community engagement. It also delineates challenges encountered in transforming a departmental culture to one that is more diverse, equitable, and inclusive and strategies for overcoming these challenges. Finally, it discusses next steps and recommendations for other academic departments.
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Affiliation(s)
- Nadine J Kaslow
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory School of Medicine, Atlanta (Kaslow, Schwartz, Fani, Gard, Goldsmith, Hampton-Anderson, Holton, Marshall-Lee, White, Cattie); Department of Psychiatry, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon (Ayna)
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory School of Medicine, Atlanta (Kaslow, Schwartz, Fani, Gard, Goldsmith, Hampton-Anderson, Holton, Marshall-Lee, White, Cattie); Department of Psychiatry, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon (Ayna)
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory School of Medicine, Atlanta (Kaslow, Schwartz, Fani, Gard, Goldsmith, Hampton-Anderson, Holton, Marshall-Lee, White, Cattie); Department of Psychiatry, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon (Ayna)
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory School of Medicine, Atlanta (Kaslow, Schwartz, Fani, Gard, Goldsmith, Hampton-Anderson, Holton, Marshall-Lee, White, Cattie); Department of Psychiatry, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon (Ayna)
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory School of Medicine, Atlanta (Kaslow, Schwartz, Fani, Gard, Goldsmith, Hampton-Anderson, Holton, Marshall-Lee, White, Cattie); Department of Psychiatry, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon (Ayna)
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory School of Medicine, Atlanta (Kaslow, Schwartz, Fani, Gard, Goldsmith, Hampton-Anderson, Holton, Marshall-Lee, White, Cattie); Department of Psychiatry, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon (Ayna)
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory School of Medicine, Atlanta (Kaslow, Schwartz, Fani, Gard, Goldsmith, Hampton-Anderson, Holton, Marshall-Lee, White, Cattie); Department of Psychiatry, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon (Ayna)
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory School of Medicine, Atlanta (Kaslow, Schwartz, Fani, Gard, Goldsmith, Hampton-Anderson, Holton, Marshall-Lee, White, Cattie); Department of Psychiatry, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon (Ayna)
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory School of Medicine, Atlanta (Kaslow, Schwartz, Fani, Gard, Goldsmith, Hampton-Anderson, Holton, Marshall-Lee, White, Cattie); Department of Psychiatry, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon (Ayna)
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory School of Medicine, Atlanta (Kaslow, Schwartz, Fani, Gard, Goldsmith, Hampton-Anderson, Holton, Marshall-Lee, White, Cattie); Department of Psychiatry, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon (Ayna)
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory School of Medicine, Atlanta (Kaslow, Schwartz, Fani, Gard, Goldsmith, Hampton-Anderson, Holton, Marshall-Lee, White, Cattie); Department of Psychiatry, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon (Ayna)
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