scholarly journals Integrating Informatics into the Undergraduate Curriculum: A Report on a Pilot Project

1996 ◽  
Vol 05 (01) ◽  
pp. 116-121
Author(s):  
J. Murphy ◽  
D. Ingram
Keyword(s):  
Professional Education ◽  
Health Informatics ◽  
Medical Curriculum ◽  
Case Reports ◽  
Undergraduate Curriculum ◽  
Undergraduate Medical Students ◽  
Medical College ◽  
Hospital Medical ◽  
University College ◽  
Medical Colleges

AbstractPrevious case reports in this series on Education and Training have looked at specialist courses for postgraduate students seeking an in-depth know ledge of informatics and a career in the field. By contrast, this review describes a project designed to pilot a series of learning opportunities for undergraduate medical students. Although some UK medical colleges have opted to introduce informatics into the curriculum as a discipline in its own right, the Informatics Department at St Bartholomew’s Hospital Medical College chose a different approach. When a new curriculum was introduced at St Bartholomew’s and at The London Hospital Medical College, the Head of the Informatics Department saw this as an ideal opportunity to explore ways of integrating informatics into the curriculum. The initiatives described in this paper were made possible as a result of an award from the UK government Department of Employment. Money from an Enterprise in Higher Education grant funded a range of programmes, one of which was designed to introduce students to selected aspects of informatics and to demonstrate what is feasible in the undergraduate curriculum. The work carried out over a period of three and a half years was intended to provide the basis for the next phase of curriculum development. However, in the wake of the restructuring which has taken place in London medical colleges, the Informatics Department at what was St Bartholomew’s has relocated to University College London Medical School, and is now called The Centre for Health Informatics and Multi professional Education (CHIME). University College is designing a new medical curriculum and CHIME is drawing on the experience gained through the Enterprise Project to find the best way to integrate informatics into this curriculum.

scholarly journals Status of Anemia among Undergraduate Students of a Medical College of Central Nepal

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 103-106
Author(s):  
Sameer Timilsina ◽  
Ram Lochan Yadav ◽  
Pujan Bhusal ◽  
Niraj Khatri ◽  
Md Nazrul Islam
Keyword(s):  
Medical Curriculum ◽  
Hemoglobin Level ◽  
Health Science ◽  
World Health ◽  
Health Concern ◽  
Science Students ◽  
Undergraduate Medical Students ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Health Science Students ◽  
Medical College

Background: Anemia is a public health concern with adverse health consequences. The vast nature of medical curriculum demands rigorous efforts and stress putting health science students at risk of anemia. In the present study, we aim to estimate the hemoglobin level of undergraduate health science students at Chitwan Medical College. Methods: This cross-sectional study included all 386 year I and II undergraduate health science students enrolled at Chitwan Medical College. An informed consent was obtained from all the participants and hemoglobin values were obtained using Sahli’s hemoglobinometry at Physiology laboratory of basic science complex during March to August 2019. Ethical approval was obtained from CMC-IRC (Ref: CMC-IRC/075/076-125). Chi-squared test was done to seek the association of various demographic factors with hemoglobin values. Results: Anemia was found among 37.8% undergraduate health science students as per World Health Organization (WHO) criteria. A total of 44.7% males and 32.3% females were found to have anemia. Statistical significant association was observed between body mass index (BMI) and hemoglobin level with higher BMI contributing to higher hemoglobin values. There was no association of hemoglobin level with sex, place of origin and stream of study.   Conclusions: Almost 4 out of 10 undergraduate medical students enrolled at Chitwan Medical College had lower hemoglobin values for age and sex as suggested by WHO.  Keywords: anemia, health science, hemoglobin, students, undergraduate  

scholarly journals Empathy in Undergraduate Medical Students of Bangladesh: Psychometric Analysis and Differences by Gender, Academic Year, and Specialty Preferences

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Asma Mostafa ◽  
Rozina Hoque ◽  
Mohammad Mostafa ◽  
Md. Mashud Rana ◽  
Faisal Mostafa
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Clinical Training ◽  
Medical Curriculum ◽  
Principal Component Factor Analysis ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
Alpha Coefficient ◽  
Undergraduate Medical Students ◽  
Cronbach’S Alpha ◽  
Medical College ◽  
Cronbach's Alpha

Empathy is considered to be associated with better patient compliance, satisfaction, and clinical outcomes. The aim of the study is to measure and examine empathy among a sample of undergraduate medical students of Bangladesh. It was a cross-sectional study and all the medical students of first through fifth year enrolled at Chattagram Maa-O-Shishu Hospital Medical College during the study period of 2014 were surveyed. Participants anonymously completed the Jefferson Scale of Empathy Medical Student version translated into Bengali language, a valid and reliable 20-item self-administered questionnaire. Principal component factor analysis with varimax rotation and Cronbach’s alpha coefficient were calculated to check validity and reliability of the scale. ANOVA was used to examine the differences in empathy between gender, academic years, and specialty preferences. The mean empathy score was 110.41 ± 13.59. Cronbach’s alpha coefficient was 0.88. There were significant associations between gender and empathy scores. The level of empathy in medical students gradually increases after clinical training in medical college. A nonsignificant difference was found between empathy scores and specialty preferences. It is suggested that the medical curriculum in Bangladesh should include more extensive program to promote empathy and other humanistic values among the medical students.

scholarly journals Educational Environment in Public and Private Medical Colleges of Peshawar: Undergraduate Medical Students’ Perception

2021 ◽  
Vol 29 (02) ◽  
pp. 119-123
Author(s):  
Naheed Mahsood ◽  
Naveed Afzal Khan ◽  
Almas Khattak ◽  
Afshan Ahsan
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Private Sector ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Educational Environment ◽  
Undergraduate Medical Students ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Medical College ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Medical Colleges

Objective: The objective of our study was to explore student’s perception of the educational environment in their respective medical colleges Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted at two medical colleges (one public sector and one private-sector medical college), both affiliated with Khyber Medical University, Peshawar from January 2020 to March 2020. DREEM was used to measure the educational environment of both public sector and private sector medical colleges. Results: The overall mean score with standard deviation was 113± 22 SD for private medical college and 109 ± 25 SD for public sector medical college, which means more positive than negative perception. Private sector college overall score was better than public sector college but with no significant difference. Private sector medical college score was better in all DREEM subscales except Students’ Academic Self-Perception in which public college scored 18± 5 and private college scored 16± 5. Conclusion: There is a significant margin for improvement for all domains of the educational environment in both public and private sector medical colleges, especially the low scores in the domain of Students’ Social Self Perceptions need attention.

scholarly journals Perceived Stress among Undergraduate Medical Students and its Determinants: A Cross-Sectional Study in a Teaching Hospital in West Bengal

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (02) ◽  
pp. 52-58 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Samanta ◽  
S. Ghosh
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Perceived Stress ◽  
Medical Curriculum ◽  
Binary Logistic Regression ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Male Students ◽  
Undergraduate Medical Students ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Medical College ◽  
Relationship Problem

Stress among medical students is a growing concern worldwide. The objectives were to assess the perceived stress, its sources and its pattern among undergraduate medical students and to find out determinants of stress among them. This cross sectional descriptive study was conducted among 225 undergraduate medical students of three academic years of Bankura Sammilani medical college during March-June 2015.Data were collected using a pretested, semistructured, anonymous, self-administered questionnaire which consisted of Perceived Stress Scale -10 for assessment of stress . Data were analysed using SPSS version 20.0. Binary Logistic Regression (BLR) model was adopted to find determinants of stress. Proportion of stressed students was 38.2% and mean stress score was 18.41(SD±6.22). Female students were more stressed than male students. About 80% of students perceived ‘vast syllabus’ and ‘lack of attention and time from teacher’ as stressors. Around 50% of students reported ‘Worry about future’, ‘Own expectation of becoming doctor’, ‘Inadequate quantity and quality of food in hostel’ and ‘Lack of recreation’ as stressors. ‘Disturbed in-campus political environment’ was perceived as a source of stress by 42.2% students. In BLR model, only five stressors, ‘Relationship problem with partner/love affair’, ‘Quarrel/maladjustment with friends’, ‘Living away from home’, ‘Competitive environment’, ‘Lack of attention and time from teachers’ were found statistically significant. Most of the stressors were related to academic and psychological domains. Regular review and restructuring of medical curriculum, implementing in-campus health promotional measures for students to cope with stress are needed to address the issue.

scholarly journals Views of Medical Educators and Intern Doctors on the Existing MBBS Curriculum

2014 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 8-11
Author(s):  
Abu Syed Md Mosaddek ◽  
Waheeda Nargis ◽  
Borhan Uddin Ahamed ◽  
Md Zakirul Islam ◽  
Habib S Chaudhury ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Medical Education ◽  
Qualitative Analysis ◽  
Medical Curriculum ◽  
Undergraduate Curriculum ◽  
Training System ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Undergraduate Medical Curriculum ◽  
Medical Educators ◽  
Medical Colleges ◽  
Internship Training

This study was carried out to get an idea about the views of medical educators and intern doctors regarding the current undergraduate medical curriculum. A partially descriptive open ended questionnaire was distributed among teachers of all three phases and intern doctors in undergraduate curriculum in different public and private medical colleges in Bangladesh and was returned by 120 teachers and 663 intern doctors. Qualitative analysis of data was done. Among teachers 70% agreed to need for changes, 68.4% were in favor of present internship training system and 85% were against ‘carry on’ system. But 94% and 51% of intern doctors were in favor of need changes of curriculum and present internship training respectively. 91% were against ‘carry on’ system. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/bjme.v3i1.18589 Bangladesh Journal of Medical Education Vol.3(1) 2012: 8-11

scholarly journals Targeted need’s assessment: Medical ethics in MBBS curriculum of Pakistan

2019 ◽  
Vol 35 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Arslaan Javaeed
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Medical Ethics ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Medical Curriculum ◽  
Code Of Ethics ◽  
Undergraduate Medical Students ◽  
Medical College ◽  
Creative Commons ◽  
Supplementary Document ◽  
Self Administered Questionnaire

Objective: To assess the learner need’s assessment of medical ethics in undergraduate medical curriculum of Pakistan. Methods: To establish an actual need, three methods were employed during October 2018. The first included a review of the curriculum for medical ethics as designed by the Pakistan Medical and Dental College (PMDC). A supplementary document “Code of Ethics”, published by Pakistan Medical and Dental College (PMDC), was also reviewed. In the second method, a self-administered questionnaire was distributed to all 500 undergraduate medical students at Poonch Medical College. Data analysis was performed through SPSS v 23.0 (IBM Corporation, Armonk, NY, US) at 95% CI. The results were expressed in the form of frequencies. The third method employed was an extensive review of literature to identify gaps and to propose learning strategies. Results: In the section on guiding principles in the curriculum, Ethics is considered as an optional subject. Bioethics is designated to be taught in the 3rd year of the MBBS, as part of Forensic Medicine. The agreement to study Medical Ethics Principles as part of the curriculum among final-year medical students saw numbers almost double to 84.61%. The highest majority was seen among final year medical students where 84.6% of the students agreed to study principles of medical ethics as part of their curriculum. Conclusions: Data and the PMDC curriculum support the incorporation of medical ethics in undergraduate education. Thus, an effective educational program based on the assessment of needs could be developed for medical ethics. doi: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.35.5.873 How to cite this:Javaeed A. Targeted need’s assessment: Medical ethics in MBBS curriculum of Pakistan. Pak J Med Sci. 2019;35(5):---------.  doi: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.35.5.873 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

scholarly journals Assessing the Medical Teacher’s Role in Practicing Instructional Events in the Lecture Classes of Selected Medical Colleges

2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-24
Author(s):  
Md Mahbubur Rahman ◽  
Md Humayun Kabir Talukder ◽  
Shahnila Ferdousi ◽  
Md Ahsan Habib ◽  
Md Kazi Khairul Alam ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Classroom Management ◽  
Rating Scale ◽  
Armed Forces ◽  
Undergraduate Medical Students ◽  
Medical Teacher ◽  
Medical College ◽  
Teaching Aids ◽  
Method Of Instruction ◽  
Continued Medical Education ◽  
Medical Colleges

Introduction: Lecture is an important method of instruction through which the undergraduate medical students acquire knowledge, experience, skill and attitude. There are however, serious questions regarding the effectiveness of the traditional lecture approach. Yet, it is agreed upon that this can be more effective by making this approach methodical and more interactive.Objectives: This study was conducted to assess medical teachers’ skills in instructional events in their lecture classes.Materials and Methods: A descriptive, crosssectional study was conducted from July 2013 to June 2014 at conveniently selected six medical colleges of the country. At those selected institutions 30 lecture classes were observed and views of 1500 students were collected. A checklist with rating scale having rubric was used by the researchers to record the necessary observations while attending the lectures covering 8 instructional events. Out of 30 lecture classes, 13 were of preclinical subjects and 17 were of paraclinical area. Views of 1500 students were collected on a self administered structured questionnaire just after attending observed classes, covering 11 areas of performance. Out of them 732 were preclinical students and 768 were paraclinical students.Results: In this study, majority of the respondents (67%) agreed that the teachers successfully gained attention. In mentioning objective, the observer marked more than half (53.3%) of the teachers as unsatisfactory. The mean score of observer’s opinion in mentioning objective was 0.97±1.35. More than one fourth (23.55%) of the student respondents did not agree that the teachers stimulated prior knowledge in the lecture class. More than one fourth (26.15%) of the respondents did not agree that necessary feedback were taken by the teachers. Forty two percent of the respondents did not agree that the teachers provided a good summary at the end. More than one fourth of the respondents (26.85%) did not agree that the lecture was interesting. In this study, some of the key performances of the teachers like mentioning objective of the lesson, providing summary, legibility of teaching aids were scored less than 2, indicating that those were the problem areas and should be emphasized more. In this regards, continued medical education/continued professional developmental program of medical colleges should be valued and exercised properly.Conclusion: Effectiveness of a lecture largely depends on the knowledge of the teachers in teaching methodologies, their individual skills in presentation and their ability in classroom management. This study revealed that the teachers of medical colleges had been missing some important characteristics of effective lecture.Journal of Armed Forces Medical College Bangladesh Vol.11(1) 2015: 19-24

How to Involve Undergraduate Medical Students in Psychiatric Research

2009 ◽  
Vol 24 (S1) ◽  
pp. 1-1
Author(s):  
M. Agius ◽  
Z. Rashid ◽  
C. Slattery ◽  
C. Kelly ◽  
D. Ryan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Medical Curriculum ◽  
Clinical Audit ◽  
Case Reports ◽  
Review Article ◽  
Psychiatric Research ◽  
Undergraduate Medical Students ◽  
Cambridge University ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
It Skills

The poster will address the important issue of how we can use opportunities in teaching our medical students how to take a wider view of psychiatry and learn to ‘think outside the box’ thus broadening their vision, enabling them to challenge presently held concepts, while at the same time learning the basic tenets of our profession.Clearly, this is done by involving our students in clinical research based and audit based activities. However not all schools or teachers are comfortable with doing this, while the medical curriculum is broad, and there is a risk that students ‘only study for exams’.Research based activities, including simple things such as using basic it skills to do a literature search for a review article or carrying out a useful clinical audit, using a unit held database, are however things which students can easily do, and these can lead to publishable case reports, posters, or ever articles in peer reviewed journals.The poster will illustrate how we developed research activities with students at Cambridge University Clinical School. It shall discuss the advantages, difficulties, and indeed enjoyment of carrying out such activities.

scholarly journals Establishing New Curriculum of Pathology and its Challenges at a New Medical College

2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Supriya Sandeepa ◽  
Kanna Sandhyarani Mahadev ◽  
Bhargavi K Nagabhushan ◽  
Archana Shetty ◽  
Jessica Minal ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Medical Curriculum ◽  
Undergraduate Curriculum ◽  
Medical Graduate ◽  
State University ◽  
Revolutionary Change ◽  
Medical College ◽  
Indian Medical ◽  
New Curriculum ◽  
Competency Based ◽  
Set Up

Background: A competency-based curriculum is the key highlight of medical transformation in India, which provides an outcome-based framework requiring the integration of knowledge, skills, and values, unlike an old curriculum that did not provide a cohesive and comprehensive outlook. Objectives: We aimed to discuss and evaluate in detail the process and setup of a new competency-based medical curriculum in the Department of Pathology and enlist the assets and challenges while doing the same. Methods: The new curriculum was set up under the guidelines of competency-based undergraduate curriculum for the Indian Medical Graduate, state university guidelines, articles from the internet, and discussions with other universities all over the country. Conclusions: As compared to the previous curriculum, the new curriculum introduces many positive changes and requires a revolutionary change in the outlook of institutions, faculty, and students. Prior preparedness, flexibility to adopt new changes, consistency, and long-term commitment to transition from facilitators will go a long way in producing an excellent Indian medical graduate.

scholarly journals Student's Opinion Towards the Assessment System of Revised Undergraduate Medical Curriculum - An Experience in A Private Medical College

1970 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 151-156
Author(s):  
R Nazneen ◽  
HK Talukder ◽  
MZ Hossain
Keyword(s):  
Medical Curriculum ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Assessment System ◽  
Single Subject ◽  
Undergraduate Medical Students ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Medical College ◽  
Obstetrics And Gynaecology ◽  
Exam System

Objectives: The aim of the study was to assess the attitude of the undergraduate medical students towards the assessment system of revised medical curriculum.Materials and Methods: Study design: It was a -descriptive cross sectional study. Study period: From February 2008 to April 2008.Setting: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology in Holy Family Red Crescent Medical College and Hospital.Sample size: Total 82 students were selected for the study out of which 70 participated.Inclusion criteria: students who were selected for the final MBBS examination.Exclusion Criteria: Students not qualified for final professional examination.Procedure: During the placement of the students in the department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, the basic idea of the old and the new curriculum was explained to them. The objective of the study was explained and a pretested questionnaire was given to each student. Identification of the student was not compulsory to maintain secrecy. 5 point Likert scales was used to measure the responses of the participants. Statistical analysis was done using the SPSS system version 11.Results: Out of 82 students, 70 participated. Among them, 37.1% were male, and 48.6% were female students. 44.2 % said that the curriculum and 35.7 % said that the exam system is easy to follow, 47.1 % wanted to have single subject and 65.7% wanted to have all the major subjects simultaneously in block posting. 74.1 % said that the 6 hours learning period is tiring. 42.9 % were in favour of 3-6 pm break, 64.3% were in favour of giving MOCK test weekly, 55.7 % liked formative assessment test, 64.3 % did not adopt any unfair means in the examination, 78.6% students are comfortable with MCQ,81.4 % with SAQ, about 41.5% with SEQ, 74.2% with OSPE, 71.5% with SOE and 77.2% liked Clinical examination.Key Words: Under graduate medical Curriculum; Students opinion. DOI: 10.3329/jbcps.v28i3.6508J Bangladesh Coll Phys Surg 2010; 28: 151-156

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