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- Title
AN ASSESSMENT OF THE CLINICAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENT FROM RESPIRATORY CARE STUDENTS DURING INTERNSHIP ROTATIONS: A PILOT STUDY.
- Authors
Russian, Christopher; Armstead, Sharon; Gonzales, Joshua; Collins, Kevin; Alejandre, Maritza; D'Abadie, Danielle; Kowalski, Mariah; Ledezma, Myha
- Abstract
Background: Respiratory Care internship rotations represent the final clinical requirement prior to graduation. Intern students generally work independently from the program faculty as they interact with healthcare personnel in a variety of areas. Since program faculty are not present during these internship experiences, the student perception of the clinical environment is especially important to assess. The Clinical Learning Environment, Supervision and Teacher (CLES+T) survey evaluates student perception of the hospital environment. Our research question was, what are the perceptions of the clinical environment among respiratory care senior students following completion of internship rotation? Methods: Thirty-four senior Respiratory Care students were recruited to participate in the research study. Each student received a CLES+T survey at the end of their adult ICU internship and a second survey at the end of their specialty internship. The survey consists of 6 sub-dimensions and 38 total items. Once surveys were submitted, data was entered into Excel. Data was assessed using descriptive statistics. Cronbach's alpha and Spearman Correlation. An alpha level of 0.05 was used to determine statistical significance. IRB approval was obtained for this research project prior to recruitment of subjects. Results: Twenty-eight students returned completed surveys. The descriptive analysis of survey items demonstrated most of the items had a mean value greater than 4.0. Cronbach's alpha was 0.857. A Spearman's correlation was run to determine the relationship between all items and sub-dimensions of the CLES+T. There was a very strong, positive correlation (Rho=0.4 to .75) between the sub-dimensions of the CLES+T. Conclusions: The mean values for the survey indicate respiratory care students completing internship rotations have a positive perception of the clinical learning environment when assessed using the CLES+T survey. There appears to be a high internal consistency with the survey when distributed to the respiratory care seniors recruited for this project. Correlation results demonstrated a strong, positive relationship between sub-dimensions and many of the individual items. Additional research is needed on respiratory care student perceptions of the clinical environment. Disclosures: The authors have no conflicts of interest to disclose and nor do they have any relationships with industry related to this project.
- Subjects
SCHOOL environment; CLINICAL medicine; HEALTH occupations students; INTERNSHIP programs; RESPIRATORY therapy; EDUCATION
- Publication
Respiratory Care, 2016, Vol 61, Issue 10, pOF49
- ISSN
0020-1324
- Publication type
Article