Using Learning Circles to Develop Intersubjectivity

Intersubjectivity or the ability to understand and work with others is essential in healthcare. Intersubjective processes include workplace relationships where clinicians seek to make sense of and identify stakeholders’ interests. Students may develop intersubjectivity through group work, structured around classroom activities. However, less well established is how the types of skills required for the temporary, fleeting and partial everyday healthcare collaborations amongst nurses, patients, families, doctors and allied health professionals are developed. The study discussed here aimed to evaluate the feasibility of, and learning experienced by students who participated in, learning circles conducted in health workplaces.