La relation professeur-étudiant en stage clinique et l'intérêt de l'étudiant

Abstract

Professor-student relationship during the clinical experience and the student's level of interest Many factors influence the level of interest of student nurses in their clinical experience and very few studies have been done on student perceptions of their clinical professors' interpersonal attitudes. This study proposes to demonstrate the connection between a professor's genuineness, consideration, empathy and compassion as perceived by the student, and the degree of the student's interest in the clinical experience. Data were compiled in a university nursing school from 71 second year students. The Geis semantic differentiator and the G. T. Barrett-Lennard relationship inventory were used as measurements. Analysis of the data revealed a highly significant link between the students' level of interest in their clinical experience and their perception of their professors' overall ability to relate to them. On the other hand, results relating each individual quality (setting aside the influence of the others) to interest level suggest that there is no significant connection between these variables. These observations are consistent with the author's theoretical stance. They lead us to believe that the choice of professors for clinical teaching should take into account not only their theoretical and practical nursing knowledge, but also their ability to relate to students. Also, it would be relevant to ascertain whether any change in a student's level of interest from the beginning to the end of the clinical experience is connected with that student's perception of the clinical professor's interpersonal qualities.