Activity Theory as a Lens to Identify Challenges in Surgical Skills Training at Hospital Work Environment

Minna Silvennoinen; Maritta Pirhonen

doi:10.5220/0005497204550462

Activity Theory as a Lens to Identify Challenges in Surgical Skills Training at Hospital Work Environment

Minna Silvennoinen, Maritta Pirhonen

2015

Abstract

In this paper the concepts from activity theory (AT) are applied for identifying the challenges and contradictions emerging in surgical resident’s curriculum based training at hospital. AT is utilised as a lens to identify contradictions that cause disturbances, problems, ruptures, breakdowns, and clashes which emerge while surgical skills training is implemented in a new way at hospital. We especially aim at finding solutions for contradictions which emerge while the new and old working culture are confronted and the workers are required to balance themselves between the patient care demands and workplace learning requirements. We are using the conceptual theoretical approach to describe the phenomenon of surgical working.

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in Harvard Style

Silvennoinen M. and Pirhonen M. (2015). Activity Theory as a Lens to Identify Challenges in Surgical Skills Training at Hospital Work Environment . In Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 2: CSEDU, ISBN 978-989-758-108-3, pages 455-462. DOI: 10.5220/0005497204550462

in Bibtex Style

@conference{csedu15,
author={Minna Silvennoinen and Maritta Pirhonen},
title={Activity Theory as a Lens to Identify Challenges in Surgical Skills Training at Hospital Work Environment},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 2: CSEDU,},
year={2015},
pages={455-462},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0005497204550462},
isbn={978-989-758-108-3},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 2: CSEDU,
TI - Activity Theory as a Lens to Identify Challenges in Surgical Skills Training at Hospital Work Environment
SN - 978-989-758-108-3
AU - Silvennoinen M.
AU - Pirhonen M.
PY - 2015
SP - 455
EP - 462
DO - 10.5220/0005497204550462