Oona Janssens, Vasiliki Andreou, Mieke Embo, Martin Valcke, Olivia De Ruyck, Marieke Robbrecht, Leen Haerens
The identification of requirements for competency development during work-integrated learning in healthcare education
BMC medical education
healthcare professionals important role advocating adoption brainhealthy lifestyle optimal multiple sclerosis ms care nonetheless studies date mainly focussed consumer perspective herein aimed explore current practices healthcare professionals support protective lifestylerelated behaviour changes optimise brain health among people living ms plwms perspectives professional roles australian healthcare professionals recruited via study advertisements purposive snowball sampling participate online semistructured audiorecorded interview clinicians eligible minimum tertiary bachelors degree 12months experience working plwms access internet sufficient time participant inductive datadriven form reflexive thematic analysis undertaken thematic categorisation quotes transcripts data analysis guided methods braun clark studys underpinnings drew constructs social cognitive theory sct six physicians 10 ms nurses 18 allied health professionals one exercise therapist one alternative therapist interviewed three primary themes encompassing perceived role healthcare professionals supporting brainhealthy lifestyle identified 1 empowering role 2 collaborative role 3 communicative role external factorsforces including time constraints professional expertise training skill set power dynamics consumer readiness health literacy selfefficacy motivation play affect howwhen healthcare professionals may support behaviour change optimise lifelong brain health plwms healthcare professionals recognise critical role encouraging supporting adoption brainhealthy lifestyle optimise lifelong brain health plwms however discord evident underestimate complexity translating knowledge lifestylerelated behaviour changes action greater awareness must made recognising addressing bidirectionality external factors sct may influence behaviour change occurs healthcare professionals volunteered interviewed part data collection phase study