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A MEMBER OF THE RUSSELL GROUP

A MEMBER OF THE RUSSELL GROUP. Qualitative analysis of student expectations and experience of their tutors. David Taylor and Liz Jump Liverpool School of Medicine. Two inseparable tasks. We have to ensure that our students acquire the necessary knowledge, skills and attitudes

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A MEMBER OF THE RUSSELL GROUP

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  1. A MEMBER OF THE RUSSELL GROUP

  2. Qualitative analysis of student expectations and experience of their tutors David Taylor and Liz Jump Liverpool School of Medicine

  3. Two inseparable tasks • We have to ensure that our students acquire the necessary knowledge, skills and attitudes • We also have to help them become part of our community of practice and start the process of becoming doctors.

  4. What we did • From the results of a series of interviews and Q-sorts we derived a 25 item questionnaire • Comparing how things are with how they should be • Part of a 16 year repeated • cross-sectional study

  5. Questions • Tutors should give advice on time management • Tutors should be able to listen to personal problems • Tutors should give us advice on year results • Tutors should be polite • Tutors should give us advice with careers • Tutors should advise students on settling in problems • Tutors should be accessible • Tutors should give advice on exam techniques • Tutors should be reliable • Tutors should be able to empathise...

  6. 2011 vs1996 Available Confidential

  7. 2011

  8. Concern 2011 Disagree Concern Agree

  9. Exam technique Year results Careers Time management Financial advice 2011

  10. First summary • Students want more help from their tutors about • Exam technique • Year results • Careers • Time management • Financial advice

  11. So • We asked our colleagues to be academic advisors to the students and cover those issues • 40% of those asked, refused

  12. Clearly there is a problem • But where does it lie? • Disenchantment with the role • Reward and recognition • Competing drives (service provision/research) • Stakeholding • Customer/provider

  13. What characteristics do the students expect of their tutors? • Tutors should be • Good listeners • Able to empathise • Able to make time available • Accessible • Reliable • Confidentiality is not an issue for the • 2011 cohort (but was for 1996, 1999, 2003)

  14. What characteristics do the students experience in their tutors? • Tutor is • Polite • Confidential • Non-judgemental • Good listener • informal

  15. What does that mean? • The characteristics expected of tutors mirror those expected of “professionals” • And the characteristics students expect of themselves as professionals • Which is good because it is part of the hidden curriculum

  16. Take home message • Most of our colleagues exhibit the traits expected of professionals! • Which is part of the hidden curriculum

  17. Take home message • We have a real issue concerning the impression the students have of (some of) us as teachers/ advisors. • Which is part of the hidden curriculum

  18. and • We have a real issue with the impression that (some) staff have of their role as teachers and mentors of the future generation. • Which is part of the hidden curriculum

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