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Adaptation of the Grasha Riechman Student Learning Style Survey and Teaching Style Inventory to assess individual teaching and learning styles in a quality improvement collaborative.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:NIATx200, a quality improvement collaborative, involved 201 substance abuse clinics. Each clinic was randomized to one of four implementation strategies: (a) interest circle calls, (b) learning sessions, (c) coach only or (d) a combination of all three. Each strategy was led by NIATx200 coaches who provided direct coaching or facilitated the interest circle and learning session interventions. METHODS:Eligibility was limited to NIATx200 coaches (N?=?18), and the executive sponsor/change leader of participating clinics (N?=?389). Participants were invited to complete a modified Grasha Riechmann Student Learning Style Survey and Teaching Style Inventory. Principal components analysis determined participants' preferred learning and teaching styles. RESULTS:Responses were received from 17 (94.4 %) of the coaches. Seventy-two individuals were excluded from the initial sample of change leaders and executive sponsors (N?=?389). Responses were received from 80 persons (25.2 %) of the contactable individuals. Six learning profiles for the executive sponsors and change leaders were identified: Collaborative/Competitive (N?=?28, 36.4 %); Collaborative/Participatory (N?=?19, 24.7 %); Collaborative only (N?=?17, 22.1 %); Collaborative/Dependent (N?=?6, 7.8 %); Independent (N?=?3, 5.2 %); and Avoidant/Dependent (N?=?3, 3.9 %). NIATx200 coaches relied primarily on one of four coaching profiles: Facilitator (N?=?7, 41.2 %), Facilitator/Delegator (N?=?6, 35.3 %), Facilitator/Personal Model (N?=?3, 17.6 %) and Delegator (N?=?1, 5.9 %). Coaches also supported their primary coaching profiles with one of eight different secondary coaching profiles. CONCLUSIONS:The study is one of the first to assess teaching and learning styles within a QIC. Results indicate that individual learners (change leaders and executive sponsors) and coaches utilize multiple approaches in the teaching and practice-based learning of quality improvement (QI) processes. Identification teaching profiles could be used to tailor the collaborative structure and content delivery. Efforts to accommodate learning styles would facilitate knowledge acquisition enhancing the effectiveness of a QI collaborative to improve organizational processes and outcomes. TRIAL REGISTRATION:ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00934141 Registered July 6, 2009. Retrospectively registered.

SUBMITTER: Ford JH

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5041280 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Adaptation of the Grasha Riechman Student Learning Style Survey and Teaching Style Inventory to assess individual teaching and learning styles in a quality improvement collaborative.

Ford James H JH Robinson James M JM Wise Meg E ME

BMC medical education 20160929 1

<h4>Background</h4>NIATx200, a quality improvement collaborative, involved 201 substance abuse clinics. Each clinic was randomized to one of four implementation strategies: (a) interest circle calls, (b) learning sessions, (c) coach only or (d) a combination of all three. Each strategy was led by NIATx200 coaches who provided direct coaching or facilitated the interest circle and learning session interventions.<h4>Methods</h4>Eligibility was limited to NIATx200 coaches (N = 18), and the executiv ...[more]

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