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An evaluation of a student led career profiling project to support the exploration of a career in general practice and other specialties

Gyekye-Mensah, Hannah; Watkins, Arabella; Wenden, Joseph; Horn, Imongen; Beardwood, Jemimah; Jones, Melvyn; Metters, Emma; (2022) An evaluation of a student led career profiling project to support the exploration of a career in general practice and other specialties. BJGP Open , 6 (3) , Article BJGPO.2022.0002. 10.3399/bjgpo.2022.0002. Green open access

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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Choosing medical careers is complex but the undergraduate period is formative. St. George’s University of London (SGUL) students called for greater careers information. AIM: To develop & evaluate students’ careers resources. DESIGN & SETTING: A quality improvement student staff project at SGUL. METHOD: A “Plan, Do, Study, Act” (PDSA) cycle was completed. For the “Plan” element we surveyed students’ career intentions and information preferences. For the “Do” element, video interviews with clinicians and infographic posters were produced and published on SGUL’s virtual learning environment. For the “Study” element, feedback questionnaires were thematically analysed using Kirkpatrick’s framework. For the “Act” element the model was rolled out across SGUL programmes. RESULTS: (Plan) 79 students ranked interest in specialties, with GP second most popular. Students were unconfident how to pursue careers and wanted more information. (Do) 13 careers videos & infographics were created for 10 specialties. The (Study) questionnaire showed changes across 3 of Kirkpatrick’s levels. Level 1 (Response) students found resources helpful & accessible. Level 2 (Learning) students reported increased understanding of careers. Level 3 (Transfer) students planned using checklists and made career comparisons by specialty. Level 4 (Results) students’ career choices were not demonstrated but there were tentative proxy measures such as copying and modelling career routes and choices. (Act) involved rolling out and regularly updating resources. CONCLUSION: This PDSA model enabled development of resources by students mapped to students’ needs. We demonstrated changes in relation to students’ response, learning and transfer, with tentative suggestions of impact on career choice.

Type: Article
Title: An evaluation of a student led career profiling project to support the exploration of a career in general practice and other specialties
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.3399/bjgpo.2022.0002
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGPO.2022.0002
Language: English
Additional information: © 2022 The Authors. This article is Open Access: CC BY license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute of Epidemiology and Health > Primary Care and Population Health
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute of Epidemiology and Health
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10148170
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