Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt.
Department of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, Gulf Medical University, Ajman, United Arab Emirates.
Med Teach. 2023 Sep;45(9):949-965. doi: 10.1080/0142159X.2022.2137018. Epub 2022 Oct 28.
This guide aims to support our colleagues to have comprehensive understanding of student engagement in health professions education. Despite the universal agreement about the significance of student engagement, there is lack of uniformity in conceptualizing and operationalizing this emerging construct. We review the theoretical basis explaining student engagement from three main perspectives: behavioral, psychological, and socio-cultural. In addition, we propose a contemporary and comprehensive framework for the student engagement in higher education, which is applicable to health professions education contexts. Drawing from this framework, we explain the conceptualization of the construct and its preceding factors, mediators, dimensions, spheres, and outcomes of student engagement. The proposed framework introduces student 'engagement through partnerships' as a novel component compared with the existing models of student engagement in higher education. This way, we are proposing a mixed model that not only considers the student as a 'customer' but also as a 'partner' in education. Engagement of students through partnerships include four areas: (1) provision of the education program, (2) scholarly research, (3) governance and quality assurance, and (4) community activities. This guide will provide practical applications on how to improve student engagement in health professions education. Finally, we highlight the current gaps in areas of research in the student engagement literature and suggested plans for future directions.[Box: see text].
本指南旨在帮助同仁全面了解学生参与健康专业教育。尽管普遍认同学生参与的重要性，但在概念化和操作这一新兴结构方面缺乏一致性。我们从行为、心理和社会文化三个主要视角回顾了解释学生参与的理论基础。此外，我们提出了一个适用于健康专业教育背景的当代综合高等教育学生参与框架。借鉴这一框架，我们解释了该结构的概念化及其前因、中介、维度、领域和学生参与的结果。与高等教育中现有的学生参与模型相比，所提出的框架引入了“通过伙伴关系进行的学生参与”作为一个新的组成部分。这样，我们提出了一个混合模型，不仅将学生视为教育的“客户”，也视为“伙伴”。通过伙伴关系使学生参与包括四个领域：（1）教育计划的提供，（2）学术研究，（3）治理和质量保证，以及（4）社区活动。本指南将提供如何提高健康专业教育中学生参与度的实际应用。最后，我们强调了学生参与文献中研究领域的当前差距，并为未来的方向提出了计划。[框：见正文]
