Publications by authors named "Megan O'Shannessy"
Objective: This paper, using video-reflexive ethnography (VRE) as a case study, explores the prospects for and possibilities of observational research in workplace learning.
Methods: Focusing on VRE methodology and drawing on its principles of care, collaboration, exnovation (paying attention to existing strengths) and reflexivity, we elaborate the prospects for and scope of possibilities for observational research.
Results: VRE's flexibility and participatory nature enable researchers and participants to understand the complexities of learning in situ and the dynamic interactions between learning and work practice.
Objective: To explore the impact of COVID-19 pandemic disruptions on general practice trainees interdependent learning, from the perspectives of trainees and the whole of the practice team.
Setting: Four rural general practices in Queensland that continued to supervise registrars, junior doctors and medical students through the pandemic.
Participants: Twenty-three members of the general practice teams, including general practitioners, practice managers, receptionists, practice nurses, registrars, junior doctors and medical students.
Article Synopsis
- Medical trainees face challenges in accessing quality learning experiences, particularly worsened by the COVID-19 pandemic, which reduced in-person patient interactions and shifted to telehealth.
- Semi-structured interviews with medical teams in rural practices highlighted the importance of optimizing available learning opportunities to help trainees develop essential skills and mental models, even in remote settings.
- A proposed sequenced approach aims to improve remote clinical training experiences for trainees, promoting effective engagement while ensuring patient care and safety, despite potential implementation challenges.
Introduction: Fostering trainee psychological safety is increasingly being recognised as necessary for effective feedback conversations. Emerging literature has explored psychological safety in peer learning, formal feedback and simulation debrief. Yet, the conditions required for psychologically safe feedback conversations in clinical contexts, and the subsequent effects on feedback, have not been explored.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Little is known of the lifestyle behaviors and prevalence of chronic disease in the Australian agricultural workforce. This study aimed to assess behavioral risk factors and the prevalence of chronic disease among attendees of agricultural events in rural Queensland.
Methods: Data on lifestyle risk factors and prevalence of diabetes and cardiovascular diseases were collected from participants in four separate cross-sectional studies in rural southern Queensland.