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To explore how digital technologies feature in clinical educators' accounts of physical examination teaching across healthcare disciplines.

December 3, 2024Advances in Health Sciences EducationOpen Access

Digital technology in physical examination teaching: clinical educators’ perspectives and current practices

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JLJessica LeesThe University of Melbourne TRTorsten RisørUniversity of Copenhagen LSLinda SweetDeakin University

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Qualitative study reveals polarized adoption of digital tools in physical examination training among clinical educators, highlighting a lag between actual practice and pedagogical views.

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To explore how digital technologies feature in clinical educators' accounts of physical examination teaching across healthcare disciplines.
Qualitative interpretive study design.
Conducted in-depth interviews with N=18 clinical educators across medicine, physiotherapy, midwifery, and nursing.
Identified three primary themes: polarized perspectives on digital tools, active integration of technology into physical examination instruction, and the perceived invisibility of digital technologies in practice.
Demonstrated that although digital technologies are widely embedded in hands-on clinical teaching, educator perceptions have not evolved at the same pace to reconcile digital tools with physical touch.

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Lees et al. (2024) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a130f3686514ddae6c1124b https://doi.org/10.1007/s10459-024-10401-8

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Qualitative study reveals polarized adoption of digital tools in physical examination training among clinical educators, highlighting a lag between actual practice and pedagogical views.

Digital technology in physical examination teaching: clinical educators’ perspectives and current practices

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Digital technology in physical examination teaching: clinical educators’ perspectives and current practices

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