College of Nursing and Health Sciences, Flinders University, Adelaide, SA, 5006, Australia.
School of Allied Health Science and Practice, University of Adelaide, Level 4, Helen Mayo South, Frome Road, Adelaide, SA, 5006, Australia.
Adv Health Sci Educ Theory Pract. 2022 Mar;27(1):87-106. doi: 10.1007/s10459-021-10073-8. Epub 2021 Sep 20.
The work-readiness skills and attributes that facilitate healthcare graduates to succeed in their new workplaces are not well defined. In particular, the perspectives of supervisors of graduates in the diverse hospital and community settings of healthcare practice are not well represented in research about work-readiness. Interview data from a case study of twenty-nine supervisors of speech-language pathology graduates was thematically analysed, using Boundary Critique Theory to interpret how the supervisors' understanding of graduate work-readiness was bounded within their understanding of their own system, needs and work environment. The four themes captured the skills that the supervisors perceived as critical for graduate work-readiness: Independence; Attitude; Teamwork; and Learning. A tension was identified within these themes, as supervisors' understanding of work-readiness was bounded by an expectation that graduates are able to moderate how they transfer and apply their graduate skills in their workplace according to the complexity of client needs and the workplace setting. This study increases the visibility of the supervisors' boundaries around what are and are not considered to be work-ready skills, attributes and expectations of a work ready speech-language pathology graduate. This knowledge can be used to facilitate speech-language pathology graduates to successfully transfer, apply and expand these skills as they transition to work, and may be useful for other health professions to explore.
使医学生在新工作场所取得成功的工作准备技能和素质尚未得到明确界定。特别是，在关于工作准备的研究中，没有充分代表医疗实践中多样化医院和社区环境中毕业生主管的观点。对 29 名言语病理学毕业生主管的案例研究的访谈数据进行了主题分析，使用边界批判理论来解释主管对毕业生工作准备情况的理解如何受到其对自身系统、需求和工作环境的理解的限制。四个主题捕捉到了主管认为对毕业生工作准备至关重要的技能：独立性；态度；团队合作；和学习。在这些主题中发现了一种紧张关系，因为主管对工作准备的理解受到一种期望的限制，即毕业生能够根据客户需求的复杂性和工作环境调整他们在工作场所转移和应用研究生技能的方式。这项研究增加了主管在哪些是和哪些不是被认为是具备工作准备技能、素质和期望的工作准备言语病理学毕业生方面的界限的可见性。这些知识可用于促进言语病理学毕业生在过渡到工作时成功地转移、应用和扩展这些技能，并可能对其他健康专业人员探索有用。
