title: 'I beg your pardon?' Nurses' experiences in facilitating doctors' learning process--an interview study.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Working alongside specialized palliative care nurses brings about learning opportunities for general practitioners. The views of these nurses toward their role as facilitator of learning is unknown. The aim of this study is to clarify the views and preferences of these nurses toward their role as facilitator of physicians' learning.
  
  
  METHODS
  Qualitative study based on semi-structured interviews. We interviewed 21 palliative care nurses in Belgium who were trained in the role of learning facilitator. Data were analyzed using Grounded Theory principles.
  
  
  RESULTS
  First all interviewees shared the conviction that patient care is their core business. Secondly two core themes were defined: nurses' preferences toward sharing knowledge and their balancing between patient care and team care. Combining these themes yielded a typology of nurses' behavioral style: the clinical expert-style, the buddy-style, the coach-style and the mediator-style.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Palliative care nurses' interpretation of the role as facilitator of general practitioners' learning diverges according to personal characteristics and preferences.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Asking clinical expert nurses to become a facilitator of other professional's learning requires personal mentoring during this transition. Nurses' preferences toward practice behavior should be taken into account.
authors.affiliation: Ghent University Department of Family Medicine and Primary Health Care, Gent, Belgium. Electronic address: peter.pype@ugent.be.
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pype
authors.affiliation: Ghent University Department of Family Medicine and Primary Health Care, Gent, Belgium.
authors.forename: Fien
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Mertens
authors.affiliation: Ghent University Department of Family Medicine and Primary Health Care, Gent, Belgium.
authors.forename: Myriam
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Deveugele
authors.affiliation: University of Antwerp, Belgium Institute for Education and Information Sciences, Belgium.
authors.forename: Ann
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Stes
authors.affiliation: University of Antwerp, Primary and Interdisciplinary Care, Antwerp, Belgium.
authors.forename: Bart
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Van den Eynden
authors.affiliation: University of Antwerp, Primary and Interdisciplinary Care, Antwerp, Belgium.
authors.forename: Johan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wens
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001530:Belgium; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D005260:Female; D066296:Grounded Theory; D006801:Humans; D007318:Inservice Training / Q000458:organization & administration*; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009726:Nurses / Q000523:psychology*; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000379:methods*; D010348:Patient Care Team; D010821:Physicians, Family / Q000193:education*; D024382:Professional Role; D036301:Qualitative Research
keywords: Interprofessional relations; Palliative care; Primary health care; Professional role; Workplace learning