title: [Professional learning and collective knowledge. Learning environment in two Norwegian hospital departments].
abstract: Conditions for learning in two Norwegian hospital departments are explored in this article. 20 in-depth interviews with physicians working on the surgical and medical departments of a large general hospital were carried out in 1994. We focus on the social aspects of learning and apply access to learning situations as an analytical perspective to explain how possibilities for learning are created in the daily activities of the two departments. Access to learning situations is created in a "zone of possibility" between the formal organisation and the more informal interpersonal networks in the hospital. The division of the department into sections is used as an example of how organisational factors determine with which areas one becomes familiar. The notion of "the good apprentice" and the relationship between initiative and invitation illuminate the significance of interpersonal factors for access to learning situations. Finally, we illustrate how time is an important but scarce resource influencing the development of shared knowledge in the department.
authors.affiliation: Legeforeningens forskningsinstitutt, Sentrum, Oslo.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Akre
authors.forename: S R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Ludvigsen
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence; D004502:Education, Medical, Continuing; D006748:Hospital Departments / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D019359:Knowledge; D007858:Learning; D009664:Norway; D013503:Surgery Department, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
vernacular_title: Profesjonslaering og kollektiv kunnskap. Laeringsmiljø i to norske sykehusavdelinger.