Factors that affect transition into practice for novice health professionals

What is it about?

The nature of a new health professional’s transition from student to health professional is a signicant determinant of the ease or diculty of the journey to professional competence. The integrative review will explore the extent of literature on the factors that impact the transition of new health professionals into practice, identify possible gaps and synthesise ndings which will inform further research. The aim was to identify research conducted in the last two decades on the barriers, facilitators and coping strategies employed by new health professionals during their transition into practice.

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Photo by Ani Kolleshi on Unsplash

Why is it important?

A scoping review will be relevant to explore the availability and the extent of literature on transition of new health professionals into practice, identify possible gaps in this research area, and synthesise findings which will inform a larger study to be conducted in Ghana on the factors that impact transition of new health graduates into independent practice. This scoping review aimed to identify existing literature on the barriers, facilitators and coping strategies that influences new health professionals’ transition to practice. The findings of the scoping review may assist new health professionals, clinical supervisors, educators and policy makers in their preparation to make or support the transition. It may further inform curriculum development to better prepare students for practice, as well as identify future research development areas pertaining to transition into practice among new health practitioners.