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MacSERG. Exploring how Surgeon Teachers Motivate Learners in the Operating Room. Deepak Dath Jen Hoogenes Edward Matsumoto David Szalay ASE 2012. MacSERG. RESEARCH OBJECTIVE. exploratory, qualitative study to find out what surgeon teachers do especially with regard to MOTIVATION.
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MacSERG Exploring howSurgeon Teachers Motivate Learners in the Operating Room Deepak Dath Jen Hoogenes Edward Matsumoto David Szalay ASE 2012
RESEARCH OBJECTIVE exploratory,qualitative study to find out what surgeon teachers do especially with regard to MOTIVATION
WHAT IS MOTIVATION? Process that initiates, guides and maintains goal-oriented behaviors What causes us to act Biological, emotional, social and cognitive (affects behavior) Describes why a person does something Kendra Cherry
MOTIVATION Reason Interest Enthusiasm Incentive ...
MOTIVATION Intrinsic Extrinsic
LITERATURE Selection: candidates with the appropriate motivational, cognitive, and motor skills to become competent surgeons Similarity: surgical residents will respond to positive and negative motivational influences as would anyone else (Chalabian & Bremner)
LITERATURE Necessary: widely acknowledged as being central to meaningful learning (Cook et al) Outcomes: assessment can be a strong motivating factor for learners — providing a visible result that motivates towards improvement (Dankelman)
METHODS Ethics Board Motivation as one factor of teaching Large qualitative study Asking Surgeon Teachers how they taught learners Note: this design explores Intention to Teach
METHODS Nine, 1h long Focus Groups 40 Surgeons, from 7 specialties Technique: Standardized Guide Field Notes Recordings Transcribed
METHODS • Analysis: • 3 surgeons read, coded • Themes agreed on by consensus • Processes for validity • member checking • data and investigator triangulation • field notes • audit trail
Method-Result Transition Slide Focus Groups I Motivation E Motivation Find Themes
examples from the surgeon teachers themselves...
“if we have to motivate someone, they should not, I repeat, they should not be there”.
“ I think the best motivator for them is when they do a case and they do it well.”
“When they’re juniors they’re very excited to do anything. When they’re chiefs, they’re afraid of having to practice on their own in 6 months, which is a great motivator. And the people in between are very hard to motivate. They’re sort of in the doldrums where things aren’t really exciting anymore. ”
“ if they know more about the patient, the problem, and [we] point out the interesting parts, I think we can really motivate them to take an interest in what they are doing...”
“All we have to do as instructors is take a little time to say “what are the characteristics of the student we are teaching? What teaching styles ... would be most appropriate to help the student along?” And I think if we all take a minute, I’d bet we’d become more adaptable.”
DISCUSSION Motivation is not an explicit process
DISCUSSION Good teachers motivate automatically
DISCUSSION Teachers and learners interact It’s a relationship
LIMITATIONS 7 different disciplines and 40 surgeon teachers But, a single institution Considers intention – can’t extrapolate to outcomes No measures of motivation to check or correlate
DISCUSSION Motivation as a technique is an important part of the teaching that surgeon teachers do in the operating room
MacSERG THANK YOUCOMMENTS & QUESTIONS