Frydén Hanna, Ponzer Sari, Heikkilä Kristiina, Kihlström Lars, Nordquist Jonas
Department of Medicine (Huddinge), Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Department of Clinical Science and Education, Södersjukhuset, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Postgrad Med J. 2015 Oct;91(1080):588-93. doi: 10.1136/postgradmedj-2015-133315. Epub 2015 Aug 28.
A programme director is often required to organise postgraduate medical education. This leadership role can include educational as well as managerial duties. Only a few published studies have explored programme directors' own perceptions of their role. There is a need to explore the use of theoretical frameworks to improve the understanding of educational roles.
To explore programme directors' own perceptions of their role in terms of tasks and functions, and to relate these roles to the theoretical framework developed by Bolman and Deal.
Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 17 programme directors between February and August 2013. The data were subjected to content analysis using a deductive approach.
The various roles and tasks included by participants in their perceptions of their work could be categorised within the framework of functions described by Bolman and Deal. These included: structuring the education (structural function); supporting individuals and handling relations (human resource function); negotiating between different interests (political function); and influencing the culture at the departmental level (symbolic function). The functions most often emphasised by participants were the structural and human resource functions. Some tasks involved several functions which varied over time.
Programme directors' own perceptions of their roles, tasks and functions varied widely. The theoretical framework of Bolman and Deal might be helpful when explaining and developing these roles.
项目主任通常需要组织研究生医学教育。这一领导角色可能包括教育职责和管理职责。仅有少数已发表的研究探讨了项目主任对自身角色的看法。有必要探索使用理论框架来增进对教育角色的理解。
从任务和职能方面探索项目主任对自身角色的看法，并将这些角色与博尔曼和迪尔所提出的理论框架联系起来。
2013年2月至8月期间，对17位项目主任进行了半结构化访谈。采用演绎法对数据进行内容分析。
参与者在对其工作的认知中所包含的各种角色和任务，可以归类到博尔曼和迪尔所描述的职能框架内。这些职能包括：构建教育体系（结构职能）；支持个人并处理人际关系（人力资源职能）；在不同利益之间进行协商（政治职能）；以及在部门层面影响文化（象征职能）。参与者最常强调的职能是结构职能和人力资源职能。一些任务涉及多种职能，且这些职能会随时间变化。
项目主任对自身角色、任务和职能的看法差异很大。博尔曼和迪尔的理论框架在解释和发展这些角色时可能会有所帮助。
