Professional and organizational learning: analysing the relationship with the development of practice

Professional and organizational learning: analysing the relationship with the development of practice Background. Organizational and professional learning are interrelated processes that underpin the contemporary drive for a quality evidence‐based delivery of health care in the United Kingdom (UK)....

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Published in:Journal of advanced nursing 2001-04, Vol.34 (2), p.264-272
Main Authors: Clarke, Charlotte L., Wilcockson, Jane
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
action research
Attitude of Health Personnel
Case studies
Data collection
Education, Nursing, Continuing - organization & administration
Evidence based medicine
Focus Groups
Health care
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Health Services Research
Humans
Knowledge
Learning
Models, Educational
Models, Nursing
Models, Organizational
Nurses - psychology
Nursing
Nursing Evaluation Research - organization & administration
nursing health care
Organizational Culture
Organizational learning
practice development
Professional Autonomy
Professional development
Professional learning
Professionals
Questionnaires
R&D
Research & development
Research Personnel - psychology
Staff Development - organization & administration
Surveys and Questionnaires
Systems Analysis
United Kingdom
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Summary:Professional and organizational learning: analysing the relationship with the development of practice Background. Organizational and professional learning are interrelated processes that underpin the contemporary drive for a quality evidence‐based delivery of health care in the United Kingdom (UK). Design. A soft systems methodology was used to explore the pervasiveness of practice developments. Three case study sites were identified using matrix sampling and data collected through 29 individual interviews and two focus group interviews, with the interviews augmented with a tool designed to maximize analysis of the processes of developing practice. Findings. The resultant model of developing health care practice includes three processes: using and creating knowledge, understanding and practice of patient care, and effecting development. The whole model was underpinned by professional and organizational learning in which `expert thinkers' engaged in double loop learning to reconceptualize care rather than just perpetuate existing patterns of care delivery.
ISSN:0309-2402
1365-2648
DOI:10.1046/j.1365-2648.2001.01753.x