Perceptions Of Medical Students Research Articles

Teaching and learning of ethics in Ophthalmology: The perceptions of undergraduate medical students

Purpose of Study: This study was aimed to uncover the perceptions of undergraduate students specifically pertaining to their experiences of ethics teaching and their opinions of the value of such teaching. Methodology: We used a mixed methods design involving 148 students through a sequential exploratory strategy. Three ethics sessions revolved around the teaching of ethics in Ophthalmology after which the participants were interviewed using open-ended questions. The data was analysed by coding, categorisation and the subsequent derivation of themes. The quantitative analysis was done through a questionnaire survey to further explore the students’ preference on teaching methodologies. Results: Majority students perceive the objective of ethics teaching is to help them to become a better doctor, to better equip them to deal with ethical dilemmas in the future, to improve their social skills, and to help them to avoid legal complications. The preferred formats of learning ethics as expressed by participants was scenario based discussion (29%), debate (25%), self-directed learning (24%) & lectures (22%). Conclusion: The common theme emerged from the qualitative analysis was that students wanted to learn ethics in order to help to make them better doctors. Scenario based discussion was the indicated preferred teaching method expressed by students. Keyword: Ethics, Teaching, Students, Perception.

From Student to Teacher: Medical Student Perceptions of Teaching Children and a Novel Application of the One Minute Preceptor

Background: As students progress through medical school, the student assumes teaching roles, but without formal training regarding how to teach.
 Methods: We administered surveys to 1st, 2nd and 4th year medical students asking about perceptions of teaching. The surveys were completed in the Fall (2019) and again in late Spring (2020). In the interim, students were given the opportunity to teach 5th graders during an outreach program. We gave the medical student volunteers a brief interactive session about the One Minute Preceptor (OMP) as a tool to teach the children. In the Spring survey, medical students who used the OMP were also asked about its utility in the pediatric setting.
 Results: Seventy-four students completed survey 1 and, of these, 51 completed the follow-up survey. Mean age was 24-27; 57% were female. Across both surveys, ≥70% were comfortable with and felt they understood their role as a teacher of trainees, peers and patients. However, <50% felt they knew any teaching method or had a plan for improving teaching skills. All felt that teaching was an important medical skill. Six students completed OMP training and the outreach program. All felt the OMP was useful to teach key points, provide feedback, and involve the learner. They also all felt the OMP should be taught in medical school.
 Conclusion: Medical students believe it is important to learn teaching skills. The OMP may be a useful addition to the medical school curriculum to help medical students teach in doctor-patient settings across ages and group sizes.

Perception of interprofessional education and educational needs of students in South Korea: A comparative study.

Due to the recent emphasis on the importance of interprofessional education (IPE) in healthcare fields, interest in IPE introduction is increasing in South Korea. The purpose of this study was to examine the differences in perceptions of medical, nursing, and pharmacy students regarding IPE. Also, the study aimed at identifying the priority rankings of educational needs by analyzing the differences between students’ perceptions of the importance level and the present level for each interprofessional competency. A cross-sectional study was carried out using a survey. A total of 1,500 questionnaires were distributed, of which 1,084 were returned (response rate, 72.3%). The participants were 559 medical, 393 nursing, and 96 pharmacy students. The questionnaire comprised items on the students’ perception of IPE and their interprofessional competency. The questionnaire comprised 12 items on their IPE perception and 9 items on their interprofessional competency. These items were developed by examining the content validity by medical educational specialists and conducting a factor analysis for verification. Data were analyzed using the t-test and ANOVA, and Borich’s formula was used to calculate the rank of educational needs.89.6% did not know the meaning of IPE. The difference in students’ perception of IPE was not significant by grade. Further, the level of IPE perception was higher for female than male students and for students who knew the meaning of IPE than those who did not. The nursing students’ perception of the importance, preference, and effectiveness of IPE was the highest, whereas medical students’ perception was the lowest. All students perceived their present level to be lower than the importance level for each interprofessional competency. Interprofessional communication skills (6.791) were highly necessary for students. These results will serve as baseline information for developing IPE programs in South Korea.

Quality and Safety in Healthcare for Medical Students: Challenges and the Road Ahead.

Background: The development of skills, behaviors and attitudes regarding patient safety is of utmost importance for promoting safety culture for the next generation of health professionals. This study describes our experience of implementing a course on patient safety and quality improvement for fourth year medical students in Mexico during the COVID-19 outbreak. The course comprised essential knowledge based on the patient safety curriculum provided by the WHO. We also explored perceptions and attitudes of students regarding patient safety. Methods: Fourth year medical students completed a questionnaire regarding knowledge, skills, and attitudes on patient safety and quality improvement in medical care. The questionnaire was voluntarily answered online prior to and after the course. Results: In total, 213 students completed the questionnaires. Most students were able to understand medical error, recognize failure and the nature of causation, perform root-cause analysis, and appreciate the role of patient safety interventions. Conversely, a disapproving perspective prevailed among students concerning the preventability of medical errors, utility of reporting systems, just culture and infrastructure (p < 0.05). Conclusion: We found students had a positive perspective concerning learning quality in healthcare and patient safety during our course; nevertheless, their perception of the usefulness of reporting systems to prevent future adverse events and prevent medical errors is uncomplimentary. Medical education should promote error reporting and just culture to change the current perception of medical students.

PIN70 Knowledge Towards Universal Safety Precautions Among Healthcare Population in India during Initial Phase of COVID-19: A Web Based Survey

The first case of COVID–19 in India surfaced in the state of Kerala on January 31 2020. Hence, an early exploration of knowledge and perceptions of medical students and professionals, regarding transmission and universal safety precautions during the early phase of the disease is aimed in the study. A web-based, online cross-sectional survey was conducted among the healthcare population in India during late February 2020. A questionnaire was designed to assess the knowledge regarding clinical and epidemiological characters of COVID-19 along with the universal safety precautions. A virtual snowball sampling using predesigned google forms were disseminated through social media networks. Descriptive statistics along with Chi-square test were performed with a p-value of < 0.05 was considered as statistically significant. Among the 983 participants who provided their consent of willingness and completed the questionnaire, 63% represented pharmacy profession followed by 14% from nursing discipline. Even though the age of study population varied from 18 – 79 years and with a female preponderance of 54.1% (n = 532), students as a whole participated largely in the study (68.1%, n = 670). A mean knowledge score of 3.21±1.14 (out of 6) indicated inadequate knowledge among the study population. The study revealed that there is no statistically significant difference in knowledge score based on age, place of living and medical discipline, but a significant association was observed between knowledge level and gender (p = 0.004). The knowledge regarding universal safety precautions and transmission of a disease is vital in preventing the community spread, while an inadequate and improper knowledge among medical population can amplify the spread. Online classes and training programs should be initiated at the university levels as well as a part of CME curriculum for up gradation of early knowledge regarding COVID-19.

PNS198 Arogya Setu Mobile Application for COVID-19 Self-Assessment, Education and Participatory Disease Surveillance: Perception Among Medical and Technology University Students.

Technology plays a tremendous role in the active surveillance and communication in COVID-19 containment. We estimate the perceptions of medical and technology university students from India towards the use of Arogya Setu mobile application developed by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India.

Medical student perceptions of working in clinical environments during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Medical student perceptions of working in clinical environments during the COVID-19 pandemic.

18713 A comparison study of preclinical and clinical underrepresented minority medical students perceptions of dermatology

Background and Objective: Medical students have limited exposure to dermatology during their medical education. Given the dearth of dermatologists from groups underrepresented in medicine (UIM), medical schools at Historically Black Colleges and Universities could be important resources for recruitment of medical students into the specialty, especially if they provide early exposure to the content and value of dermatology. The purpose of this study was to compare preclinical UIM medical students’ perception of dermatology to UIM medical students who have completed the core clinical clerkships.

Knowledge, Attitudes and Perceptions of Medical Students on Antimicrobial Stewardship.

Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) is an ongoing threat to modern medicine throughout the world. The World Health Organisation has emphasized the importance of adequate and effective training of medical students in wise prescribing of antibiotics Furthermore, Antimicrobial Stewardship (AMS) has been recognized as a rapidly growing field in medicine that sets a goal of rational use of antibiotics in terms of dosing, duration of therapy and route of administration. We undertook the current review to systematically summarize and present the published data on the knowledge, attitudes and perceptions of medical students on AMS. We reviewed all studies published in English from 2007 to 2020. We found that although medical students recognize the problem of AMR, they lack basic knowledge regarding AMR. Incorporating novel and effective training methods on all aspects of AMS and AMR in the Medical Curricula worldwide is of paramount importance.

The Physiological Court.

Research has been important to prove that student achievement can improve when active methodologies are properly implemented, either in isolation or integrated with lectures. Here, active methodology was organized according to a student-centered collaborative design that involved group debate, described as a Physiological Court. The purpose of this work was to evaluate the performance and perception of medical students after integrating short lectures with collaborative work and debate. The activity was carried out with students (n = 50) from the 2nd year of medical school. The activity performed was related to the hypothalamus-pituitary-thyroid and hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal axes. The students were instructed to prepare a study material on the proposed themes to be used on the day of the debate. At the activity day, the 2 students' groups (n = 25) were organized in the classroom so that they were face-to-face. Five days after, the students answered the cognitive monitoring test (CMT) which consists of 5 multiple choice questions (MCQ). Students also answered a question about their perception of the activities performed. Ninety-two percent of students showed a positive perception of the activities performed. After completion of the physiological court, 83 ± 4% of students achieved grades above 7.0 on CMT. The percentage of incorrect answers was 5 ± 1.3% in CMT. The association of 40-min lectures with active methodologies was positive for the perception and the performance of students in the second years of medical school related to the physiology of the endocrine systems.

Feedback to Receivers: Knowledge and Perception of Medical Students in a Public Sector Institute of a Developing Country

Background: The practice of effective feedback delivery in medical institutes of developing countries lags behind the modern principles of medical education. This demands the need to understand the students’ knowledge and perception regarding received feedback in the setting of a developing country.&#x0D; Aims: To assess the level of knowledge and perception of feedback among students. To find the correlation between knowledge and perception. To identify problematic areas in feedback delivery and provide recommendations for rectification.&#x0D; Methods: A cross-sectional study conducted in Rawalpindi Medical University Pakistan, in which 480 medical students from 2nd till 5th-year MBBS were evaluated regarding their knowledge and perception about feedback using structured questionnaires.&#x0D; Results: The students had a good level of knowledge regarding The concept of feedback. However, they had a negative perception of the feedback given to them by their teachers. There was no correlation between mean knowledge and perception scores (r=-0.05, p = 0.272). There was a significant difference between knowledge (p=0.0004) and perception (p=0.02) scores across gender. The difference in mean knowledge scores across academic years was not significant (p=0.267) but this difference was significant for mean perception scores (p=0.001).&#x0D; Conclusion: Strategies should be adopted to incorporate feedback into the curriculum for improving the quality of medical education in a developing country.

Perceptions of medical students towards online teaching during the COVID-19 pandemic: a national cross-sectional survey of 2721 UK medical students

ObjectivesTo investigate perceptions of medical students on the role of online teaching in facilitating medical education during the COVID-19 pandemic.DesignCross-sectional, online national survey.SettingResponses collected online from 4th May 2020 to...

Enhancement of medical student perception of surgical specialization with peer-assisted laparoscopic simulation: a pilot study

Enhancement of medical student perception of surgical specialization with peer-assisted laparoscopic simulation: a pilot study

Publication Component of the UK Foundation Programme Application: Perception of Medical Students.

IntroductionThe 2-year UK foundation programme (FP) application is based on a scoring system and final year medical students are ranked and allocated to their preferred choice of region to work and train in based on their scores following graduation. Points are allocated to academic components including publications. We aim to evaluate UK medical students’ perception of the publication component of the application.MethodsA 15-item online survey based on students’ perception of the publication component of the FP application was distributed to final year medical students from all UK medical schools. Opinions were sought via a 5-point Likert scale.ResultsA total of 155 final year medical students from 9 medical schools completed the survey (response rate 155/1926, 8.05%). In the survey, 69.7% of students felt under pressure to achieve PubMed-indexed (PMI) publications, 7.1% were not aware that the FP application included points for PMI publications and 72.9% had no publications at the time of application. The main reasons for publishing were for the FP application (81.3% agreed) and to increase competitiveness for future specialty training (85.0% agreed). In contrast, 27.1% agreed that they were motivated to publish due to disseminating knowledge; 22.6% and 25.8% agreed that their medical school did not provide adequate training or opportunities for them to achieve PMI publications, respectively.ConclusionThe majority of students felt under pressure to publish with their primary motivation cited as enhancing their FP application. Overall training and opportunities to publish appear to be inadequate amongst the cohort studied. Medical schools should consider providing academic training and opportunities early to highlight the importance and rationale behind research/audits, minimise pressure and optimise research outputs in preparation for FP application.

Preclinical Exposure to the Surgical Discipline Promotes Sustainable Changes in Perceptions of Medical Students

Zambare, Wini V. BA; Dechert, Tracey A. MD, FACS; Sanchez, Sabrina E. MD, FACS; Brahmbhatt, Tejal S. MD, FACS Author Information

Students’ Needs or Teachers’ Wishes? A Triangulated Survey of Medical EAP in Iranian Context

Mixed in method, the present study investigated whether there was any significant difference between students’and teachers’perceptions of Iranian medical English for Academic Purposes (EAP) students’ language needs. In so doing, 220 EAP students of medicine, 30 subject-matter teachers of EAP, and 20 teachers of English for General Purposes (EGP) teaching medical EAP completed a Likert-scale questionnaire. Fifty of the students and 20 of the teachers also attended a semi-structured interview. The results of both descriptive statistics and inferential statistics indicated that, overall, there was a significant mismatch between the students’and the teachers’perceptions of medical EAP students’ needs. However, both teachers and students perceived reading comprehension as the most important language skill. Moreover, the students, in general, were found not to be satisfied with the EAP program presented to them. The results might prove fruitful for curriculum designers, materials developers, and teachers in (medical) EAP contexts to hear students’voices and to incorporate them in their programs, syllabi, and teaching.

Meaning of Success: perception of medical students, and faculty-A Qualitative Study from a medical school in Mauritius

BackgroundThe objective of this study was to find what undergraduate medical students and teaching faculty perceive success to be.MethodsA descriptive phenomenological qualitative study was designed and conducted on faculty and medical students in Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam Medical College, Mauritius. NVivo 12 (Windows) Plus software was implemented for data analysis and thematic analysis was performed.ResultsThe codes/nodes namely being: Satisfaction, Accomplishment, Actions, Motivations, Extrinsic Factors and Intrinsic Factors were identified in the transcribed data. Satisfaction was described as the positive emotions and notions intimately related as well as synonymously associated with success. Accomplishment as the attainment and fulfilment of any physical, mental, emotional, social, occupational, personal goal or desire by an individual. Actions was the arsenal of physical processes, acts of planning, goal setting or forethinking exercised by the individual. Motivations was the drive to attain the preset goal or notion be it positive or negative. This applies to factors that enable a subject to strive forwards. Extrinsic Factors were the external determinants and definition of success perceived by the subject. Intrinsic Factors were the subject’s internal organic, comprehension and definition of success. The themes generated were: Products of Success, Mechanisms of Success and Concepts of success.ConclusionA tangible demarcation is noticeable between the preconceived general impression of success and the vast multifactorial cohort of intrinsic and extrinsic factors coupled to the highly emotional aspects which were brought forth.

American Society of Clinical Oncology-Sponsored Oncology Student Interest Groups in Latin America.

PURPOSETo describe the characteristics of the members of the ASCO-sponsored Oncology Student Interest Groups (OSIGs) in Latin America.METHODSThis was a multicenter cross-sectional study. We surveyed 97 OSIG members from three medical schools in Peru and Mexico. We administered a 60-question survey covering topics including personal background, oncology training experience, and professional practice expectations and preferences.RESULTSA little more than one half of the surveyed OSIG members were female. More than one half had a visa to visit the United States and had an advanced level of English. One half of the OSIG members were also ASCO members. Most participants agreed or strongly agreed that participation in their OSIG increased their interest in cancer-related specialties (94%) and provided professional networking opportunities (94%) and that it was accessible to all students (91%). Most participants believed that their OSIG had sufficient resources to carry out its activities. Students were asked to rate their interest when they entered medical school versus at the time of the survey. Most of the members were strongly interested in pursuing surgical oncology. The majority of members were somewhat interested or very interested in palliative care and medical oncology.CONCLUSIONTo our knowledge, this is the first study that provides data on medical student perceptions of the Latin American OSIGs sponsored by ASCO. Student perceptions of medical oncology and the impact of OSIGs were generally positive. Given the shortages of oncology specialists in Latin American and elsewhere, strategies to engage medical students in the pursuit of cancer-related careers are becoming increasingly essential.

Mode of Teaching in Anatomy- Perception of 1st Year Medical Undergraduates

Introduction: To analyse and assess the perception of medical students on different teaching aids whichare normally used in teaching and their attitude towards it.. Time to time evaluation of medical curriculumby experts is the routine practice in medical education. A comparison between the use of recent advancedteaching tool and the traditional way of teaching is challenging. However the student’s perception andopinion is equally important because it is meant for them.Materials and Methods: A questionnaire was designed covering the different aspects of lecture. It was wasgiven to 150 medical students of first year students of Sri lakshmi Narayana Institute of Medical Sciences.Informed consent was taken by the participants and confidentiality was maintained. The questionnaire wasassimilated and analyzed statistically. A personal interview was also conducted to them to know their bettersuggestions.Result : In our study HIGH SATISFACTION INDEX (SI) for the teaching aids were for Powerpoint +Blackboard teaching. As for teaching methods students preferred combination of teaching followed by smallgroup discussion and group assessment. However, under individual teaching tool they opted for Powerpointteaching only (80%).Conclusion: The combination of teaching methods using technology is more effective when compared todidactic lectures. This observation and application may probably break the monotonous mode of lectures .

Qualidade do sono e sonolência excessiva entre estudantes de medicina

Introdução: A demanda acadêmica a que são submetidos os alunos do curso de graduação em Medicina tende a alterar sua qualidade do sono, em virtude principalmente da carga horária elevada do curso. A partir do entendimento da importância do sono e de seu impacto na qualidade de vida do estudante é que ressalta-se a notabilidade dessa mensuração. Objetivo: Avaliar a percepção que o estudante de medicina tem acerca da qualidade do próprio sono, bem como o grau de sonolência diurna excessiva, comparando as diferentes fases do curso. Métodos: Trata-se de um estudo transversal e analítico envolvendo 234 acadêmicos do 1º ao 6° ano do curso de graduação em Medicina de uma faculdade do alto sertão paraibano. Utilizou-se para mensuração o Índice de Qualidade do sono de Pittsburgh e a Escala de Sonolência de Epworth, ambos questionários validados para uso no Brasil. Resultados: A média global de horas de sono por noite foi de 6,92 horas. Dos 234 entrevistados, 64,5% (n = 149) apresentaram qualidade ruim de sono ou distúrbio deste e pelo menos 21% relataram fazer uso de medicação para dormir. Viu-se ainda que a maior parte da amostra apontou que dorme 7 horas ou menos por noite (58,6%). A análise dos dados obtidos pela Escala de Sonolência de Epworth demonstrou que 55,55% (n = 130) dos estudantes tinham sonolência diurna excessiva que deve ser investigada. Conclusão: Foi observado que a maioria dos graduandos em Medicina apresentou privação de sono associada consequentemente à sonolência excessiva e à qualidade ruim de sono, indicando necessidade de ações preventivas neste sentido. Os resultados apontam, nesse caso, para a pertinência do investimento em esforços para a correção dessa tendência. Fazem-se necessárias medidas de promoção de saúde entre a população de estudantes do ensino superior.