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Journal article
Exploring the Experience of Student Researchers and Family Partners Working as an Interdisciplinary Team
Sage Open Nursing, Vol.10, pp.1-11
2024
Abstract
Introduction
Many institutions seek to engage postsecondary students in research to grow future researchers. Despite this common goal, the means to achieve that end is often unknown creating difficulties for students as they seek out research opportunities.
Objective
This article will share first-hand reports on the experiences of graduate students, undergraduate students, and family partners following their engagement as an interdisciplinary research team.
Methods
This is a qualitative study using individual open-ended interviews with undergraduate students, graduate students, and patient family partners. The research was conducted using a Patient-Oriented Research approach. The transcripts were analyzed inductively by using Braun and Clarke's six phases of reflexive thematic analysis.
Results
Two themes were developed from the analysis. The theme of Benefits & Facilitators was developed based on the many positive thoughts, feelings, resiliency, and learning expressed by the students and family partners. The undergraduate students found the experience of “doing” research fulfilling and a great tool for learning how to better use research in practice. Within the second theme Perceived Hierarchy, undergraduate students described themselves as helpers, not responsible, and they did not have the power to make decisions.
Conclusion
Given the challenges identified in this study, future efforts in this approach should carefully consider the culture and how to best engage graduate students, undergraduate students, and family partners in research teams.
Details
- Title
- Exploring the Experience of Student Researchers and Family Partners Working as an Interdisciplinary Team
- Authors
- Karsten Berg (Author) - University of SaskatchewanMariana dos Santos Ribeiro (Author) - University of SaskatchewanHadiya Huijer (Author) - University of SaskatchewanSandi Whitford (Author) - University of SaskatchewanSchroder Sattar (Author) - University of SaskatchewanRoslyn Compton (Corresponding Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Health
- Publication details
- Sage Open Nursing, Vol.10, pp.1-11
- Publisher
- Sage Publications, Inc.
- Date published
- 2024
- DOI
- 10.1177/23779608241274222
- ISSN
- 2377-9608
- Copyright note
- This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) which permits any use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access page (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage).
- Grant note
- This work was supported by the Saskatchewan Health Research Foundation, (grant number SHRF Align Grant 6423).
- Organisation Unit
- School of Health
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 991064797902621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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