Building perceived self-efficacy in new tertiary healthcare students by teaching transferable skills: The Transition 2 University (T2U) Program

Allie Ford; Paula Todd; Damian Gleeson; Ian Rossiter; Myles Strous; Sebastian Borutta; Penny Presta; Cameron Fuller; Kerry Bedford; Sarah Jansen; Barbara Yazbeck; Lynette Pretorius

Building perceived self-efficacy in new tertiary healthcare students by teaching transferable skills: The Transition 2 University (T2U) Program

Allie Ford, Paula Todd, Damian Gleeson, Ian Rossiter, Myles Strous, Sebastian Borutta, Penny Presta, Cameron Fuller, Kerry Bedford, Sarah Jansen, Barbara Yazbeck, Lynette Pretorius

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Abstract

New university students not only need to learn a wide range of skills, but also have to gain the belief that they can succeed (perceived self-efficacy). This paper describes the evaluation of a transition program designed to teach transferable skills at the beginning of university study. Importantly, we show that this program improved students’ perceived self-efficacy during university transition through the provision of authentic mastery experiences and social persuasion. We also show that the improved perceived self-efficacy of program participants persisted until at least the end of the first semester of study. Finally, we demonstrate that participants felt the transition program improved their overall transition experience.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the Students, Transitions, Achievement, Retention and Success Conference
Subtitle of host publication	Melbourne, Vic, Australia; 1-4 July 2015
Place of Publication	Fairfield Gardens QLD Australia
Publisher	STARS
Pages	1-10
Number of pages	10
Publication status	Published - 2015
Event	Students, Transitions, Achievement, Retention and Success Conference 2015 - Crowne Conference Centre, Melbourne, Australia Duration: 1 Jul 2015 → 4 Jul 2015 http://unistars.org/papers/STARS2015.pdf

Conference

Conference	Students, Transitions, Achievement, Retention and Success Conference 2015
Abbreviated title	STARS 2015
Country/Territory	Australia
City	Melbourne
Period	1/07/15 → 4/07/15
Internet address	http://unistars.org/papers/STARS2015.pdf

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Ford, A., Todd, P., Gleeson, D., Rossiter, I., Strous, M., Borutta, S., Presta, P., Fuller, C., Bedford, K., Jansen, S., Yazbeck, B., & Pretorius, L. (2015). Building perceived self-efficacy in new tertiary healthcare students by teaching transferable skills: The Transition 2 University (T2U) Program. In Proceedings of the Students, Transitions, Achievement, Retention and Success Conference : Melbourne, Vic, Australia; 1-4 July 2015 (pp. 1-10). STARS.

Ford, Allie ; Todd, Paula ; Gleeson, Damian et al. / Building perceived self-efficacy in new tertiary healthcare students by teaching transferable skills : The Transition 2 University (T2U) Program. Proceedings of the Students, Transitions, Achievement, Retention and Success Conference : Melbourne, Vic, Australia; 1-4 July 2015. Fairfield Gardens QLD Australia : STARS, 2015. pp. 1-10

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Building perceived self-efficacy in new tertiary healthcare students by teaching transferable skills: The Transition 2 University (T2U) Program. / Ford, Allie; Todd, Paula; Gleeson, Damian et al.
Proceedings of the Students, Transitions, Achievement, Retention and Success Conference : Melbourne, Vic, Australia; 1-4 July 2015. Fairfield Gardens QLD Australia: STARS, 2015. p. 1-10.

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