Feeling the responsibility: Exploring the emotional experiences of final-year medical students when carrying out clinical tasks.

Purpose: The concept of Entrustable Professional Activities (EPA) is increasingly used to operationalize learning in the clinical workplace, yet little is known about the emotions of learners feeling the responsibility when carrying out professional tasks. Methods: We explored the emotional experien...

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Publicado en:Medical Teacher Vol. 47; no. 3; pp. 513 - 521
Autores principales: Alexander, Miriam, Behrend, Ronja, Franz, Anne, Peters, Harm
Formato: research tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: Taylor & Francis Ltd Mar2025
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          Alexander, Miriam
          Behrend, Ronja
          Franz, Anne
          Peters, Harm
        affil: Dieter Scheffner Center for Medical Education and Educational Research, Dean's Office of Study Affairs, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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          Accountability Evaluation
          Emotions Evaluation
          Students, Medical Psychosocial Factors
          Student Experiences Evaluation
          Student Attitudes Evaluation
          Students, Undergraduate Psychosocial Factors
          Education, Baccalaureate
          Education, Clinical
          Patient Care
          Task Performance and Analysis
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          Diaries
          Content Analysis
          Happiness
          Relaxation
          Anxiety
          Professional Autonomy
          Student Supervision
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      ab: Purpose: The concept of Entrustable Professional Activities (EPA) is increasingly used to operationalize learning in the clinical workplace, yet little is known about the emotions of learners feeling the responsibility when carrying out professional tasks. Methods: We explored the emotional experiences of medical students in their final clerkship year when performing clinical tasks. We used an online reflective diary. Text entries were analysed using inductive-deductive content analysis with reference to the EPA framework and the control-value theory of achievement emotions. Results: Students described a wide range of emotions related to carrying out various clinical tasks. They reported positive-activating emotions, ranging from enjoyment to relaxation, and negative-deactivating emotions, ranging from anxiety to boredom. Emotions varied across individual students and were related to the characteristics of a task, an increasing level of autonomy, the students' perceived ability to perform a task and the level of supervision provided. Discussion: Emotions are widely present and impact on the workplace learning of medical students which is related to key elements of the EPA framework. Supervisors play a key role in eliciting positive-activating emotions and the motivation to learn by providing a level of supervision and guidance appropriate to the students' perceived ability to perform the task.
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