Medical Curricula and Preventing Childhood Obesity: Pooling the Resources of Medical Students and Primary Care to Inform Curricula

Otolaryngology involves the treatment of patients with diseases and disorders of the ear, nose, throat (ENT), and related structures of the head and neck. Many medical students in Canada have limited experiences in ENT and a vast majority of these students go on to pursue a career as primary care physicians. Physicians at a primary care facility classified patient’s visits as either being “ENT” related or not, to assess the amount of ENT related concerns they typically encounter. The data was collected separately in the summer and winter months to assess any seasonal variability. One in eight patient encounters presented with an ENT related concern. The percentage of ENT related symptom presentation visits in the pediatric population for both data collection periods (29%) was more than three times that of the adult population (9%). The rate of ENT symptom presentation in both adult and pediatric populations was not affected by seasonality. Primary care physicians will encounter new patients presenting with ENT related concerns quite frequently. This is especially true in the pediatric patient population. Increased ENT medical education is both necessary and essential for undergraduate medical students, residents, and primary care physicians.

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Student Recommendations on Techniques to Teach with Telemedicine Effectively: A comment on ‘Incorporating Medical Students into Primary Care Telehealth Visits: A Tutorial’ (Preprint)

10.2196/preprints.30703 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Hardeep Singh Kandola ◽

Sonica Minhas

Keyword(s):

Primary Care ◽

Medical Students

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Medical students’ perceptions of the effectiveness of integrated clinical skills sessions using different simulation adjuncts

AJP Advances in Physiology Education ◽

10.1152/advan.00097.2016 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 40 (4) ◽

pp. 514-521 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Muhammad Zafar

Keyword(s):

Factor Analysis ◽

Medical Students ◽

Response Rate ◽

Clinical Skills ◽

Medical Curricula ◽

Effective Implementation ◽

Simulation Based

Simulation-based integrated clinical skills sessions have great potential for use in medical curricula. Integration is central to simulation efficacy. The aim of this study was to obtain medical students' perceptions toward effectiveness of integrated clinical skills sessions by using different simulation adjuncts and to know the challenges/obstacles encountered toward the implementation of such sessions. A study was conducted to obtain anonymous feedback from male ( n = 156) and female ( n = 179) medical students in years 2 and 3 during the 2014–2015 academic sessions at Alfaisal University about their perceptions of the effectiveness of integrated clinical skills sessions, uses of simulation adjuncts, and obstacles encountered toward the effective implementation of such sessions. The response rate was 93.4. Factor analysis showed data being valid and reliable. Cronbach’s α-values for effectiveness of sessions, use of simulation adjunct, and obstacles encountered were 0.97, 0.95, and 0.95, respectively. We conclude that students perceived positively the effectiveness of integrated clinical skills sessions as well as the use of simulation adjuncts, especially SPs. They suggested overcoming the obstacles and limitations of simulation. They highly valued the role of the facilitators in achieving effective sessions.

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C-B5-05: Early Childhood Obesity Prevention in Primary Care: Opt-In Versus Opt-Out Recruitment Strategies

Clinical Medicine & Research ◽

10.3121/cmr.2011.1020.c-b5-05 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 9 (3-4) ◽

pp. 163-164 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

M. Rukstalis ◽

C. Hauer

Keyword(s):

Primary Care ◽

Early Childhood ◽

Childhood Obesity ◽

Obesity Prevention ◽

Recruitment Strategies ◽

Childhood Obesity Prevention ◽

Opt Out ◽

Early Childhood Obesity

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Renewing US medical students’ interest in primary care: bridging the role model gap

Postgraduate Medical Journal ◽

10.1136/postgradmedj-2013-131802 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 90 (1059) ◽

pp. 1-2 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Valerie Chan Teng ◽

Steven Y Lin

Keyword(s):

Primary Care ◽

Medical Students ◽

Role Model

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Broadening the clinical spectrum for medical students towards primary care: a pre-post analysis of the effect of the implementation of a longitudinal clerkship in general practice

BMC Medical Education ◽

10.1186/s12909-018-1152-z ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 18 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Roman Hari ◽

Michael Harris ◽

Peter Frey ◽

Sven Streit

Keyword(s):

Primary Care ◽

General Practice ◽

Medical Students ◽

Clinical Spectrum

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Assessing the current state of medical education on cannabis in Canada: Preliminary findings from Quebec

Paediatrics & Child Health ◽

10.1093/pch/pxaa015 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 25 (Supplement_1) ◽

pp. S29-S33

Author(s):

Laurent Elkrief ◽

Julien Belliveau ◽

Tara D’Ignazio ◽

Philippe Simard ◽

Didier Jutras-Aswad

Keyword(s):

Medical Education ◽

Medical Students ◽

Medical School ◽

Medical Schools ◽

School Curriculum ◽

Medical Curricula ◽

Comfort Levels ◽

Current State ◽

Low Levels ◽

Current Curriculum

Abstract The legalization of recreational cannabis across Canada has revealed the importance of medical education on cannabis-related topics. A recent study has indicated that Canadian physicians report a significant gap in current versus desired knowledge regarding the therapeutic use of cannabis. However, the state of education on cannabis has never been studied in Canadian medical schools. This article presents the preliminary findings of a survey conducted to understand the perceptions of Quebec’s medical students regarding cannabis-related teachings in their current curriculum. Overall, students reported very low to low levels of exposure to, knowledge of, and comfort levels with cannabis-related subjects. The majority of students reported that they felt that their medical curricula did not prepare them to face cannabis-related issues in their future practices. Strategies need to be developed for improving medical school curriculum regarding cannabis-related issues. These findings provide potential key strategies to improve curricula.

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