Faculty and Student Perceptions of Unauthorized Collaborations

In this study, it was clear students do recognize the need for individual accountability and that their individual competence will be assessed, but they also recognize that they are encouraged to work with each other and that throughout their careers they will be working with colleagues in the clinical settings and for the rest of their lives. That gets at some of the tension, and we create some of that tension in the curriculum because we foster students working together in small groups and we embrace them supporting each other and helping each other learn. Then that comes up against the individual demonstration of competence. Circling back to the need to be clear about when it’s one circumstance and when it’s then a different circumstance, in terms of that sharing. Carrie Chen Some of the faculty we interviewed were pretty eloquent in saying that, “We were the ones who did this to the students.” One of the schools where we did the study was the Uniformed Services University. And so they are very clear with students when they put them in groups like, “This is your team.” And if you think about the military, the culture is no one left behind. So now, you have your team, you’ve been told that this is your team and you’re responsible for each other. So what do you do when the team member is struggling? We talked about in the study, you put students in the situation of they’re having to choose between altruism when helpi...
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