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What motivates residents to teach? The Attitudes in Clinical Teaching study.

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Dotters-Katz, S; Hargett, CW; Zaas, AK; Criscione-Schreiber, LG
Published in: Med Educ
July 2016

CONTEXT: Graduate medical trainees have a critical role in the teaching of other trainees. Improving their teaching requires an understanding of their attitudes towards teaching and their motivation to teach. Both have been incompletely explored in this population. We aimed to better understand graduate medical trainees' attitudes towards teaching and motivation to teach in the clinical setting in order to inform modifications to resident-as-teacher (RAT) programmes and enhance teaching practices. METHODS: We applied Q methodology, an established sorting method, to identify and quantify the factors that have an impact on trainees' engagement in teaching. We invited house officers at our institution to rank-order 47 statements regarding their attitudes to and motivation for teaching. Respondents explained their Q-sort rankings in writing and completed a demographic questionnaire. By-person factor analysis yielded groups of individuals with similar attitudes. RESULTS: One hundred and seven trainees completed the Q-sort. We found three primary groups of attitudes towards teaching in the clinical setting: enthusiasm, reluctance and rewarded. Enthusiastic teachers are committed and make time to teach. Teaching increases their job satisfaction. Reluctant teachers have enthusiasm but are earlier in training and feel limited by clinical workload and unprepared. Rewarded teachers feel teaching is worthwhile and derive satisfaction from the rewards and recognition they receive for teaching. CONCLUSIONS: This improved understanding of common attitudes shared by groups of residents will help curriculum designers create RAT programmes to further reinforce and encourage attitudes that promote teaching as well as improve trainees' motivation to teach. Designing RAT programmes that acknowledge the attitudes to and motivations for teaching should help develop effective teachers to improve educational outcomes. Directed efforts to enhance motivation for reluctant teachers and encourage more positive attitudes in rewarded teachers may lead to improved teaching behaviours among residents.

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Med Educ

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EISSN

1365-2923

Publication Date

July 2016

Volume

50

Issue

7

Start / End Page

768 / 777

Location

England

Related Subject Headings

  • Teaching
  • Students, Medical
  • Personal Satisfaction
  • North Carolina
  • Motivation
  • Medical Informatics
  • Male
  • Internship and Residency
  • Humans
  • Female
 

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Dotters-Katz, S., Hargett, C. W., Zaas, A. K., & Criscione-Schreiber, L. G. (2016). What motivates residents to teach? The Attitudes in Clinical Teaching study. Med Educ, 50(7), 768–777. https://doi.org/10.1111/medu.13075
Dotters-Katz, Sarah, Charles W. Hargett, Aimee K. Zaas, and Lisa G. Criscione-Schreiber. “What motivates residents to teach? The Attitudes in Clinical Teaching study.Med Educ 50, no. 7 (July 2016): 768–77. https://doi.org/10.1111/medu.13075.
Dotters-Katz S, Hargett CW, Zaas AK, Criscione-Schreiber LG. What motivates residents to teach? The Attitudes in Clinical Teaching study. Med Educ. 2016 Jul;50(7):768–77.
Dotters-Katz, Sarah, et al. “What motivates residents to teach? The Attitudes in Clinical Teaching study.Med Educ, vol. 50, no. 7, July 2016, pp. 768–77. Pubmed, doi:10.1111/medu.13075.
Dotters-Katz S, Hargett CW, Zaas AK, Criscione-Schreiber LG. What motivates residents to teach? The Attitudes in Clinical Teaching study. Med Educ. 2016 Jul;50(7):768–777.
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Published In

Med Educ

DOI

EISSN

1365-2923

Publication Date

July 2016

Volume

50

Issue

7

Start / End Page

768 / 777

Location

England

Related Subject Headings

  • Teaching
  • Students, Medical
  • Personal Satisfaction
  • North Carolina
  • Motivation
  • Medical Informatics
  • Male
  • Internship and Residency
  • Humans
  • Female