Attitudes of Chinese Medical Students Toward the Global Minimum Essential Requirements Established by the Institute for International Medical Education

AimsThird year Medical students from the International Medical University, Malaysia were assessed regarding their commonly held attitudes and beliefs for the mental illness in general as well as with respect to psychiatry as a faculty through a survey monkey based survey,BackgroundCommonly held perceptions and prejudices often can be overcame by education and early exposure to facts which also holds true with medical students and their attitude as well as expectations to psychiatry. Ever growing awareness regarding the Mental illness has helped but is unable to complete address the stigma and prejudices associated with it. Also Early exposure to psychiatry in medical education can provide a positive experience to medical students including germinating an interest in psychiatry as a career choice among the students.Method42 students of 3rd and 4th year medical school from International Medical University, Malaysia, some without any exposure to psychiatry, were participated in a survey created on a cloud based online survey link and responded to a questionnaire about the attitude and belief towards mental Illness as well as Psychiatry as a career choice. The results were analysed and data interpreted.ResultMost students (85%) though agreed that psychiatry is a rapidly expanding frontier of medicine sadly only 20% stated that it would be one of the top three career choice. Just under the 50% of the students stated that the psychiatric patients are more likely to harm others. About 95% felt that psychiatric consultations of patients with medical and surgical health problems would be helpful and 90% students shared that they would not feel embarrassed about someone from their family if diagnosed with mental illness.ConclusionPsychiatric exposure in medical education has been recognised as inadequate in general and often exposing medical students to psychiatry early helps improving the stigma and prejudices associated with mental illness. It will also give them sufficient exposure to assess the illness holistically keeping mental health in mind while treating physically ill people and also may inspire them to choose psychiatry as a career choice in a rapidly developing and conservative country such as Malaysia where mental health services are largely inadequate and is the second biggest health issue.

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Briefing: International Medical Education Trust 2000

BMJ ◽

10.1136/bmj.322.7297.s3-7297 ◽

2001 ◽

Vol 322 (7297) ◽

pp. 3-3

Keyword(s):

Medical Education ◽

International Medical ◽

International Medical Education

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‘Being international is always a good thing’: A multicentre interview study on ethics in international medical education

Medical Education ◽

10.1111/medu.14054 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 54 (5) ◽

pp. 427-435 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Emmaline Brouwer ◽

Janneke Frambach ◽

Klara Somodi ◽

Vishna Devi Nadarajah ◽

Erik Driessen

Keyword(s):

Medical Education ◽

Interview Study ◽

International Medical ◽

Good Thing ◽

International Medical Education

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Intellectual property and the internet

Faculty Dental Journal ◽

10.1308/204268514x14096686726166 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 5 (4) ◽

pp. 158-163 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Bernadette A John

Keyword(s):

Medical Education ◽

Intellectual Property ◽

Search Engine ◽

International Medical ◽

The Internet ◽

Recent Experience ◽

International Medical Education ◽

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From my recent experience of teaching and assessing, and attending national and international medical education conferences, it has become clear to me that the ease of search and replication, occasional absence of details such as date, copyright notice or an obvious author, coupled with the fact that Google is a search engine and not a repository of free images, is poorly understood by clinical students, clinicians and academics alike. All are arguably aware of the implications of plagiarism and the importance of permission and acknowledgement for the contribution made in research and publications.

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