Identity conflicts of student affairs officers in a medical university

INTRODUCTION: Collaboration between student affairs officers and the faculty is important in dealing with the recent rapid changes in medical education, and mutual understanding is essential to ensure that participants become a cohesive social group. This study explores the identity conflicts of student affairs officers in medical universities using the figured worlds theory.

METHODS: An exploratory qualitative case study was conducted with 24 student affairs officers at a private medical university in Japan. Data were collected through face-to-face, semi-structured interviews and analysed using thematic analysis from the perspective of a social constructivism paradigm.

RESULTS: Qualitative analysis revealed the following three themes regarding the identity conflicts of student affairs officers: differences in the perception of medical students, difficulties in building trusting relationships with the faculty, and resistance to the medical university's traditional atmosphere. Student affairs officers tended to provide support from a student-centred perspective when interacting with medical students, while the faculty employed a teacher-centred perspective.

DISCUSSION: To promote understanding between professions, it is necessary to set aside certain professional views and welcome dialogue with other professionals with different values, while also understanding the multi-layered context of medical education, so that conflicts can be handled optimally and relationships can be professionalised for social cohesion.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:28

Enthalten in:

Medical education online - 28(2023), 1 vom: 10. Dez., Seite 2182216

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Hayashi, Mikio [VerfasserIn]
Breugelmans, Raoul [VerfasserIn]
Nishiya, Katsumi [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Collaboration
Figured worlds theory
Identity
Journal Article
Qualitative study
Student affairs officers

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Date Completed 28.02.2023

Date Revised 01.03.2023

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1080/10872981.2023.2182216

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM353470929