6: From student to staff: managing the transition

From l to r: Professor Penny Holliday, Professor Tim Jones, Professor Mark Power and Dr Stephen Jay

In this episode, Sam Pullan from Nursing and Professor Richard Fuller from Medicine discuss the challenges of starting a new role in the NHS and strategies that can help you to adjust.

Richard talked about research by Sue Kilminster and colleagues about critically intensive learning periods: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21916940/
and Michael Eraut’s work on tacit knowledge: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10765570/

This paper by Judy Duchscher explains a theoretical framework of transition shock: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19183235/

Other resources that may be helpful are:

Sam Pullan’s fantastic lecture of top tips for starting a new job https://padlet.com/vcthorn/n4jo7z6stp9w;

The ‘Class of Corona’ podcast http://classofcorona.podbean.com/;

BMJ Learning webinar “Prepare for practise: Student to doctor” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5ui5d5R-oA

Brené Brown’s podcast episode on “FFTs” https://brenebrown.com/podcast/brene-on-ffts/