scholarly journals Where Does Indian Medical Education Stand Amidst a Pandemic?

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. 238212052095160
Author(s):  
Poorvaprabha Patil ◽  
Stuti Chakraborty
Keyword(s):  
Medical Education ◽  
Medical Students ◽  
Opportunity To Learn ◽  
Coping With Stress ◽  
Indian Medical ◽  
Medical Institutions ◽  
Medical Education System ◽  
Patient Load ◽  
Interns And Residents

The recent outbreak of COVID-19, declared a pandemic, has affected medical education globally. The scenario is no different for medical students in India as they find themselves at a crossroads in their careers, with clinical and elective postings called off. Missing out on the opportunity to learn from “first-hand” clinical observation stands to threaten the quality of medical education and learning procured by Indian medical students which is extremely essential to deal with the vast patient load that awaits them in their impending future as healthcare professionals. Is the Indian medical education system being able to cope with the challenges imposed by the increasing burden of COVID-19? The authors propose few administrative and on-ground interventions that must seek to work collectively with all government and private medical institutions in order to help students/interns and residents in coping with stress, anxiety or academic losses incurred due to the pandemic.

scholarly journals Systemic Shortcomings in Medical Education System of India: A Review with Radical Solutions

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sundip Charmode ◽  
Shelja Sharma ◽  
Suryakanta Seth ◽  
Subodh Kumar ◽  
Vivek Mishra
Keyword(s):  
Medical Education ◽  
Education System ◽  
Poor Quality ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
Education And Health ◽  
Medical Institutions ◽  
Medical Education System ◽  
The World ◽  
Regulatory Bodies

India leads the world in the number of registered medical institutions and produces the largest number of medical doctors in the world. Notwithstanding this, India struggles for the concerns of poor quality of medical education, incompetent medical workforces, and insignificant research contribution to the world which is due to the malfunctioning of Indian regulatory bodies. Many Authors (domestic and foreign) have written extensively on the prevailing deficiencies of the medical education system of India in the last decade but essentially failed in offering effective and realistic solutions for the deficiencies cited by them. The present study undertakes a detailed review of the articles published in the last decade that critically analyses the various aspects of the medical education system of India. The objective of this article is to present the deficiencies in the medical education system in the country supported by statistical facts and figures to provide a framework to enable a better understanding of the complexity of the medical education system in India. This article also attempts to present effective solutions for the same as publicised by the regulatory and governing bodies of medical education and health care system of India thereby providing insight into the future directions in revolutionising it.

scholarly journals CONCEPT OF THE SYSTEM OF MARINE MOBILE MEDICAL COMPLEXES

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 24-32
Author(s):  
A. A. Bogdanov ◽  
A. V. Chernykh
Keyword(s):  
Medical Care ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Medical Support ◽  
Medical Institutions ◽  
Medical Facilities ◽  
Patient Load ◽  
Hospital Ships ◽  
Emergency Medical Assistance

The modern strategy for the development of health care includes as one of the priorities maximum approach of medical services to the consumer. To solve this problem in the conditions of the Navy, it is advisable to create mobile medical complexes placed on specially equipped vessels. For the full and operational medical support of the fleet forces in specified areas of the world’s ocean at different distances from the main base sites, a system of marine mobile medical complexes should be created. In peacetime the system should include hospital ships, multipurpose vessels with a hospital on board, mobile polyclinic mobile complexes and high-speed ambulance boats. During the period of danger, the possibility should be provided for the rapid re-equipment of hospital and multifunctional vessels, as well as polyclinic complexes with an increase in evacuation capacity and an increase in the volume of medical care. For medical support of an amphibious assault operation on universal amphibious ships, a quick re-equipment of the premises specially allocated during the design process to medical facilities for emergency medical assistance and evacuation of the wounded to coastal medical institutions should be provided. In wartime, for the provision of medical care and evacuation of the wounded, vessels of various purposes must be used, the projects of which contain the capabilities and algorithms for their quick conversion into sanitary transports. Variants of the main tactical and technical characteristics of vessels of various classes intended for medical support of the fleet forces are proposed. A significant problem in the operation of medical vessels is their low patient load in the inter-transit period, which leads to the disqualification of full-time medical staff and reduces the quality of the maintenance of the vessel. When forming the operational-tactical model of operation of medical vessels, special attention should be paid to the staffing algorithms and ensuring that the courts are always ready to perform their tasks.

The Medical School Marketplace, c.1850–1900

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Kelly
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Medical Education ◽  
Medical Students ◽  
Medical School ◽  
Medical Profession ◽  
Student Experience ◽  
Bedside Teaching ◽  
Student Behaviour ◽  
Irish Medical

The early nineteenth century has been frequently hailed as the ‘golden age of Irish medicine’ as result of the work of physicians Robert Graves and William Stokes, whose emphasis on bedside teaching earned fame for the Meath Hospital where they were based. However, by the 1850s and for much of the nineteenth century, Irish medical education had fallen into ill-repute. Irish schools were plagued by economic difficulties, poor conditions, sham certificate system, night lectures and grinding, all of these affected student experience in different ways. Furthermore, intense competition between medical schools meant that students wielded a great deal of power as consumers. Irish students had a remarkable amount of freedom with regard to their education and qualifications. As the medical profession became increasingly professionalised, student behaviour improved but disturbances and protests in relation to professional matters or standards of education replaced earlier rowdiness. The nineteenth century also witnessed complaints by medical students about the quality of the education they were receiving, resulting, for example, in a series of visitations to Queen’s College Cork and Queen’s College Galway. This chapter highlights these distinctive aspects of Irish medical education while illustrating the power of Irish students in the period as consumers.

scholarly journals Experiences of international medical students enrolled in Chinese medical institutions towards online teaching during the COVID-19 pandemic

PeerJ ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
pp. e12061
Author(s):  
Sarfraz Aslam ◽  
Huma Akram ◽  
Atif Saleem ◽  
BaoHui Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Medical Education ◽  
Medical Students ◽  
Online Education ◽  
Online Teaching ◽  
Clinical Skills ◽  
International Medical ◽  
Clinical Practices ◽  
Internet Connection ◽  
Validated Questionnaire ◽  
Medical Institutions

Introduction . The COVID-19 pandemic has forced the world to pause. One hundred and eighty-eight countries have imposed countrywide school closures, affecting more than 1.5 billion children and youths. The majority of academic leaders are currently encouraging online education to resolve this crisis. This study aimed to investigate international medical students’ (IMS) experiences of online teaching during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods Data were collected online using a validated questionnaire and one open-ended question, presented on the Google forms platform. The study attracted responses from 1,107 IMS volunteer participants. IBM SPSS v. 25, GraphPad Prism v. 9, and MindManager v. 2018 were used for data analysis. All variables were subjected to descriptive statistical analysis. The Mann–Whitney U test was used in subgroup analysis and the Kruskal-Wallis test was also applied for year-wise comparisons. Open-ended text responses were analyzed qualitatively, extracting themes by which responses were classified. Results Among 1,107 respondents, a total of 67.8% were males, and the majority (63.1%) of the IMS were in the age group of 21–23 years. The results show that more than half of the respondents reported their Internet connection quality as poor to average. Poor Internet connection severely affected IMS online learning experience. Persistent and recurrent issues with Internet access became a significant concern for IMS. Lack of electricity is one of the factors that can contribute to poor learning output and dissatisfaction with online teaching. IMS perceive online medical education as unhelpful in several phases of the training, such as improving their clinical skills, knowledge, and discussion skills. Conclusions During these unprecedented periods, online teaching has allowed medical education to continue. However, IMS are generally dissatisfied with online teaching. Medical students must visualize the human body, so supportive technologies are important to compensate for the lack of clinical practices. Medical institutions may need to invest in faculty training programs and continually adjust to enhance the content of online training and international partnerships. A switch from conventional face-to-face teaching to a fully functional virtual education framework in the medical education field will take time and experience.

scholarly journals QUALITY OF MEDICAL EDUCATION SYSTEM - INCREASING OR DECREASING

2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (103) ◽  
pp. 7547-7549 ◽  
Author(s):  
Deepak Arora ◽  
Manmohan Krishan Mahajan ◽  
Manjeet Kaur
Keyword(s):  
Medical Education ◽  
Education System ◽  
Medical Education System

scholarly journals Critical Reflection on Own Beliefs for Cultural Competence in Medical Education: an Analysis of Tutors’ Reflective Narratives

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 273
Author(s):  
Costas S Constantinou ◽  
Panayiota Andreou ◽  
Alexia Papageorgiou ◽  
Peter McCrorie
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Medical Education ◽  
Medical Students ◽  
Cultural Competence ◽  
Quality Of Health Care ◽  
Critical Reflection ◽  
Cultural Beliefs ◽  
Training Model ◽  
Clinical Communication

Critical reflection on own beliefs, within the context of cultural competence, has been acknowledged as an important skill doctors and medical students should have in order to enhance the quality of health care regardless of patients’ social and cultural background. Yet the guidelines for teaching students critical reflection on their own cultural beliefs are lacking. Based on the method of investigating short reflective narratives and Gibbs’ reflective cycle for development, this paper explores the experience of clinical communication tutors’ in examining cultural competence in OSCEs, how they felt, analyzed and concluded, and examines their account on how to construct a training model for dealing with such challenge in medical education.

scholarly journals Improving the quality of care and medical education by involving medical students in providing patient education: a scoping review

2017 ◽  
Vol 17 (5) ◽  
pp. 281
Author(s):  
Thomas Willem Vijn ◽  
Cornelia R.M.G. Fluit ◽  
Jan A.M. Kremer ◽  
Marjan J. Faber ◽  
Hub Wollersheim
Keyword(s):  
Medical Education ◽  
Quality Of Care ◽  
Medical Students ◽  
Patient Education ◽  
Scoping Review

Analysis of suggestions and interventions in medical education during the COVID-19 pandemic

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abanoub Aziz Rizk ◽  
Naitik Acharya ◽  
Monica Elzawy ◽  
Kirolos Hana ◽  
George Elzawy
Keyword(s):  
Medical Education ◽  
Medical Students ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Primary Study ◽  
Study Cohort ◽  
Application Process ◽  
Quantitative Studies ◽  
Medical Institutions ◽  
Education Interventions

Medical education was heavily impacted by the public health measures implemented due to COVID-19 pandemic. This literature review summarizes and discusses the strengths and limitations of novel medical education interventions/suggestions during the pandemic to assist medical institutions with the evaluation of various interventions before their implementation. A scoping review was conducted following the Arksey and O'Malley framework. MEDLINE and EMBASE were searched for publications from January 1st,2019-August 10th,2020 that proposed novel medical education interventions/suggestions during the pandemic. The search included MESH searches, titles, abstracts, and keywords of studies. Inclusion criteria was comprised of articles that: used quantitative, qualitative, or mixed method designs; included medical students as the primary study cohort; involved suggestions for new medical education strategies to accommodate for the COVID-19 changes; involved studies that assessed the challenges and strengths of new COVID-19 medical school interventions; were primary studies, reviews, published letters to an editor, or opinion pieces. A total of 54 articles were included in this review. Each article had one or more interventions proposed. 10 articles reported integrating medical students in the workforce. 7 articles discussed efforts to manage medical students’ stress. 5 articles described changes to the residency program application process. 10 articles discussed changes to examinations. 12 articles discussed changes clinical rotations and electives. 11 articles discussed implementing online clinical experience. 36 articles implemented or suggested online learning strategies. The literature review suggests that quantitative studies to assess the efficacy of each intervention is required given the differences in suggestions offered by institutions worldwide.

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