Group Process Skills Research Articles

The instructional designer-subject specialist relationship: Implications for professional training

The training of graduate students for instructional design positions in a business environment must go beyond a knowledge of traditional instructional development models. Based upon an analysis of the business environment, three areas for skill development—group process, communication, and problem-solving skills—are identified. Strategies for increasing graduate students’ contacts with subject specialists are discussed.

Health care team training in U.S. and Canadian medical schools.

This paper reports the results of a survey to determine the extent to which interdisciplinary health team concepts are being taught as part of the undergraduate curriculum in U.S. and Canadian medical schools. Less than a third (29 percent) of the respondents indicated the existence of a formal program or program component designed to teach health care team skills. Although the total number of reported programs is small, 53 percent of these programs were required for all students. Three overall categories of content taught within the programs included group process skills, role and function of the team and its members, and content related to the health care context. Although the team approach is a process orientation, fewer than half of the programs reported using direct application of the process, that is, building groups of students into teams.

A group experience to combat burnout and learn group process skills.

A group experience to combat burnout and learn group process skills.