Initiating communities of practice for teaching and education scholarship in hospital settings: a multi-site case study.

This article was migrated. The article was marked as recommended. Numerous calls have been made for faculty development programming to better address faculty members' ongoing needs, to situate training strategies within the workplace and to utilize social learning perspectives, communities of practice in particular.

Clinical Instructors' Perspectives on the Clinical Education of Internationally Educated Physical Therapists: Diversity's Impact on the Experience.

The aim of this study was to understand the nature and extent of clinical instructors' (CIs') involvement in the clinical education of internationally educated physical therapists (IEPTs) while exploring CIs' perceptions of the similarities among and differences between IEPTs and Canadian-trained students. In this qualitative descriptive study, 13 semi-structured interviews were conducted with CIs who were involved in a bridging programme for IEPTs. Data were coded using NVivo version 10, and common themes emerged through qualitative thematic analysis.

Physiotherapists' perceptions of and experiences with the discharge planning process in acute-care general internal medicine units in ontario.

Purpose: To examine discharge planning of patients in general internal medicine units in Ontario acute-care hospitals from the perspective of physiotherapists.

Methods: A cross-sectional study using an online questionnaire was sent to participants in November 2011. Respondents' demographic characteristics and ranking of factors were analyzed using descriptive statistics; t-tests were performed to determine between-group differences (based on demographic characteristics).