It has occured to me that perhaps the emphasis i have been placing on the skills that the new graduate comes with isnt there in the data.
I have gone through the transcripts and nothing popped out at me to suggest that the participants talked about the skills that new graduates bring. I see more in the data that suggests that its not what skills the new grad comes with that is important - its more about the attitude to work on and quickly learn the skills they need in the acute setting.
From the data - when ever the participants were prompted to talk about the skills required - they talked about that prioritisation, time management, managing the fast paced ward were important. Furthermore, they talked alot about how the acute setting was suitable for new grads to develop clinical reasoning skills and "core" OT skills.
Im thinking the skills they come with doesnt really infuence the fit into acute setting at all, and its the fact that there are lots of good opportunities to develop and learn the skills needed for acute settings. So therefore - i have removed "skills" from what the new grad comes in with...as i dont think the data supports that the skills influence the fit into acute care. Certainly they do influence how they cope and manage after transitioning into the setting, but not at first.
Participants did talk about looking at how they transfer skills from their placement but thats as far as it went and there was no specific detail in the data.
However - im still thinking that the knowledge they bring may fit in with what they come with - but im not sure if this fits in coming in with or with wanting to practice in an occupatinoal focused way....
Here is the information that i could put in the coming in with section under the subcategory of "having the knowledge"...
The second concept in coming in with was having knowledge. Participants indicated that prior experiences in the acute physical setting would speed up the transition as the new graduates would know the place and would only have to focus on learning and developing skills and knowledge. Participants spoke about the knowledge new graduates brought with them from their training, including the OT processes and models. However participants pointed out that the new graduates didn’t feel they had the skills and knowledge to practice in an acute setting.
They come to us with great knowledge of the OT processes and OT models (FG1: C65).
I think they come feeling that that don’t have skills and knowledge, that they just want to consolidate. (FG2: A2).
hmmmmmmmm - some thinking to be done
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Hi Jess
Lots of food for thought in this posting.
When you say "nothing pops out re skills that a new graduate brings in" - what are you meaning by the word skills?
Later in your posting you seem to be indicating that therapists like to see new graduates "coming in with" generic ???skills??? such as prioritisation, and good time management (am I interpreting correctly and then the questins is how strong is this in the data).
And discipline specific wise you have identified that new graduates bring from their training knowledge about the OT process and models - which (my interpretation perhaps and I don't know if your data supports this) is then built on/tweaked to enable them to apply this to the acute setting.
In thinking about your comment "skills they come with doesn't really influence the fit into acute care practise" this implies anyone could do the job (i.e. occ therapy training not needed) is that right? what impression are you getting from the data?
Look forward to hearing your thoughts.
jackie
Hi Jess
Lots of food for thought in this posting.
When you say "nothing pops out re skills that a new graduate brings in" - what are you meaning by the word skills?
Later in your posting you seem to be indicating that therapists like to see new graduates "coming in with" generic ???skills??? such as prioritisation, and good time management (am I interpreting correctly and then the questions is how strong is this in the data).
And discipline specific wise you have identified that new graduates bring from their training knowledge about the OT process and models - which (my interpretation perhaps and I don't know if your data supports this) is then built on/tweaked to enable them to apply this to the acute setting.
In thinking about your comment "skills they come with doesn't really influence the fit into acute care practice" this implies anyone could do the job (i.e. occ therapy training not needed) is that right? what impression are you getting from the data?
Look forward to hearing your thoughts.
Hi Jackie - posted this on here for you.
Ive pulled some data together...
Thinking about this more...my opinion has changed... and i guess thats a good thing.
I went back again after your prompting comments via email.
So this is what my impression is.
Participants identified that new graduates come with generalist skills, such as communication skills, and knowledge of the OT models and processes. However, it seems that their ability to transfer what they had learn into practice was influenced by the pace of the setting. Participants had hoped that they had learn the skills, such as priorisation during their student placements, however this was not always the case. Participants acknowledge that when they actuallly sat the new graduate down they could apply their skills and knowledge to practice, however the difficulty was doing this quickly. Participants emphasised that it wasnt important that they could apply these skills, or had all skills necesssary to practice. The important thing was that they were willing to and able to learn the skills required quickly.
Participants gave examples of the skills that they needed to perform quickly, including prioritisation communication, interviewing, and time management.
So il add this to the findings chapter - and will see how this goes.
Jess
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