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- Title
Allied health work readiness capabilities: a qualitative comparison of graduates, supervisors, and managers' perspectives.
- Authors
Walker, Arlene; Nagarajan, Srivalli Vilapakkam; Orr, Poppy; Elphinston, Rachel; Dunne, Michael; McAllister, Lindy
- Abstract
Researchers have highlighted gaps in the work readiness (WR) of allied health (AH) graduates and the capabilities required to successfully work in an interprofessional collaborative practice healthcare environment. In the studies conducted, the focus has generally been on one AH discipline or on one participant group across disciplines, such as new graduates. We explored WR capability of new AH graduates across three participant groups (managers, supervisors, and graduates) and across several AH disciplines in the health sector. Focus groups using Critical Incident Technique (CIT) were conducted with 47 participants (14 new graduates, 13 supervisors, and 20 managers) from four public health organisations across Eastern Australia. CIT identified examples where new AH graduates had/did not have necessary WR capabilities to manage situations in the collaborative practice environment. Using thematic analysis, we found four main themes related to WR expectations of AH graduates (work skills and knowledge, working with others, personal attributes, and organisational knowledge), with several sub-themes. Some aspects of identified themes/sub-themes were unique to the AH interprofessional work context. Understanding of AH graduates' WR from multiple perspectives could support development of programs to enable graduate success in interprofessional working environments.
- Subjects
AUSTRALIA; ALLIED health education; INTERPROFESSIONAL relations; QUALITATIVE research; RESEARCH funding; PILOT projects; WORK environment; THEMATIC analysis; COMPARATIVE studies; PROFESSIONAL competence
- Publication
Journal of Interprofessional Care, 2024, Vol 38, Issue 6, p1026
- ISSN
1356-1820
- Publication type
Academic Journal
- DOI
10.1080/13561820.2024.2406476