Is Theory-Practice Gap Existe ?

Abstract

Healthcare profession is a fondamental type of job needed in any country and any Community. From birth to death, Humans need to be cared for by a professional health- care even in the absence of diseases. So, to form a competent healthcare workers,it is a necessity not an option. To achieve that, universities should guarantee a good quality of training for students. Moreover, in view of the specificities of the health professions as the alternance between theoritical part and practical part, working with human beings, students have the right to be benefited of a good quality of education. This study answers theory-practice gap in emergency and resuscitation medical techniciens’s education (new requirement). A quantitative study was conducted. We used two mesure tools. A questionnaire was distributed for 48 emergency and resuscitation medical technicians newly recruited. We utilized an observational grid with five emergencies and resuscitation medical technicians newly recruited. Data base was analysed with SPSS.We found that, participants have a good level of knowledge in critical care but there are some fundamental questions to which they cannot respond correctly. According to our participant’s observation, although the participants have answered correctly they did not do or poorly did some techniques. This study proved that there is a theory-practice gap. A similar result from the study by Bouchleghem and Mansouri et al (2018). This reality can be explained by the pedagogy used, the quality of the supervision on clinical area, a curriculum not adapted to the specificities of profession.

Keywords: theory-practice gap, knowledge, academic training, critical care

DOI: 10.7176/JHMN/112-05

Publication date: December 31^st 2023