Sara North, Roni Lafky, Bonnie Horgos, Cheri Friedrich
Collaboration in action: successful implementation of a learner-driven virtual interprofessional education curriculum in the clinical learning environment
Journal of interprofessional care
healthcare needs australian population changing providing opportunity dietitians embrace innovation entrepreneurship meet evolving demands study explored expectations experiences participants 12month mentoring circle designed provide entrepreneurship learning formal mentoring provisional accredited practising dietitians program qualitative study design employed new graduate dietitians 2 years participating entrepreneurial dietetics mentoring circle 2019 2020 2021 invited participate baseline demographic employment data collected via survey semistructured interviews conducted mentoring circle session 1 baseline final session completion exploring insights participant expectations experiences entrepreneurship thematic analysis using methods outlined braun clark conducted identify themes subthemes twentyeight dietitians participated 85 mentees participants mostly female 89 less 12 months postgraduation 75 registered provisional accredited practising dietitians 82 employed least parttime 55 forty five interviews conducted 28 baseline 18 completion themes developed 1 entrepreneurial career path deliberate choice 2 value prepared entrepreneurial careers 3 importance networks support entrepreneurship mentoring circle single university seen participants supporting transition entrepreneurial careers meeting requirement formally mentored provisional status future research could consider applicability mentoring circle model across wider graduate population support innovative practice