On the provider side, inflexible practice rules that are difficult for low-income patients to comply with, billing structures that discourage longer appointments, unwelcoming practice environments and a lack of familiarity with the social security system and relevant community-based resources were frequently named as contributing to sub-optimal care for this patient group.
The calmer environment and the greater degree of familiarity with nursing and other staff will be a welcome change from the hustle and bustle of the large hospital.
Clear and realistic learning objectives, preparation in terms of familiarity with the environment and staff roles, embedding the experience in the patient's journey/care pathways, faculty expectations being clearly communicated to clinical teaching staff and, perhaps above all, approachability of theatre staff are likely to improve the learning experience.
Many of these emotions stemmed from lack of familiarity in an environment and transitions to areas with less medical surveillance.
Factors contributing to this anxiety and distress can be the lack of familiarity with the environment and with the care providers.
We re-assessed participants after one year to reduce practice effect, although some degree of familiarity with test environment and administration may have had an impact on improvement.
Registrars who did not apply to UCT on the basis of being an alumnus were more than twice as likely to rate the service environment poorly, probably reflecting their lack of familiarity with the difficulties of working in a province where budgetary constraints impact the service platform.
This engagement meant a lot to us because it built a foundation of trust and friendship, which was a comforting sense of familiarity in an unfamiliar environment.
[ 25] Web-based learning is a maturing technology, and early studies may have suffered from poor program design and students' lack of familiarity with on-line environments, as shown in a study by Spooner.
Students' lack of familiarity in more self-regulated, active learning environment can hamper teachers' ability to facilitate a flipped lesson, and thus, need serious consideration.
In order to reduce social uncertainty in a new environment, people naturally seek peripheral cues that add to their sense of familiarity.
