Acknowledging the value of friendships and relationships in supporting personal and professional development

Q2 Social Sciences
Sara Smith, Wiktoria Braszkiewicz, Carolina Goncalves Barbosa Neto, Bothyna Mohammed, Daniel McCulla, Martin Khechara
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ABSTRACT Covid-19 has driven a move away from face-to-face learning and time spent on campus for all university students. This study explores social restrictions through the lens of friendships and creation of meaningful relationships for students from a widening participation (WP) background embarking upon a Medicine with Foundation Year programme. Previous studies highlight the importance of meaningful interactions in facilitating students’ personal and professional development and highlight how students from WP backgrounds often struggle forming advantageous relationships at university, missing opportunities to increase their social capital during the crucial first few years at medical school. An exploratory approach was adopted for this collaborative study to understand the impact of upon students’ lived experiences and the development of advantageous relationships. Although this is a small cohort study, and too limited for generalisations, it provides valuable insight into the negative impact of restrictions on friendships and relationship building. It highlights the value of embedding opportunities for informal interactions, networking and social activities into university programmes to enable the nurturing of relationships and friendships. As we move into a post-COVID-19 era it calls for further research into the impact of behavioural changes on communities of practice and learning through formal and social interactions.
认识到友谊和人际关系在支持个人和职业发展方面的价值
摘要新冠肺炎迫使所有大学生放弃面对面学习和在校园里度过的时间。这项研究从友谊的角度探讨了社会限制,并为来自广泛参与(WP)背景的学生创造了有意义的关系,他们开始了医学基础年计划。先前的研究强调了有意义的互动在促进学生个人和职业发展方面的重要性,并强调了来自WP背景的学生如何在大学里难以建立有利的关系,在医学院关键的头几年错过了增加社会资本的机会。这项合作研究采用了探索性的方法,以了解对学生生活经历和发展有利关系的影响。尽管这是一项小规模的队列研究,而且过于局限,无法概括,但它为了解限制对友谊和关系建立的负面影响提供了宝贵的见解。它强调了将非正式互动、网络和社交活动的机会纳入大学课程的价值,以培养关系和友谊。随着我们进入后COVID-19时代,需要进一步研究行为变化通过正式和社会互动对实践和学习社区的影响。
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