title: Shared learning in general practice--facilitators and barriers.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Capacity for teaching in general practice clinics is limited. Shared learning sessions are one form of vertically integrated teaching that may ameliorate capacity constraints.
  
  
  METHODS
  This study sought to understand the perceptions of general practitioner supervisors, learners and practice staff of the facilitators of shared learning in general practice clinics. Using a grounded theory approach, semistructured interviews were conducted and analysed to generate a theory about the topic.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Thirty-five stakeholders from nine general practices participated. Facilitators of shared learning included enabling factors such as small group facilitation skills, space, administrative support and technological resources; reinforcing factors such as targeted funding, and predisposing factors such as participant attributes.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Views from multiple stakeholders suggest that the implementation of shared learning in general practice clinics would be supported by an ecological approach that addresses all these factors.
authors.affiliation: North Coast GP Training, Ballina, New South Wales, Australia.
authors.forename: Thea
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: van de Mortel
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Silberberg
authors.forename: Christine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ahern
mesh_terms: D003142:Communication; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D058006:General Practice / Q000193:education*; D006126:Group Processes; D006801:Humans; D007858:Learning; D009517:New South Wales; D013337:Students, Medical; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods*