scholarly journals Prosocial Modeling Matters: The Association between Parent and Faculty Involvement in Fighting COVID-19 with Medical Students’ Career Commitment

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dan Wang ◽  
Xiaoyang Ye ◽  
Hongbin Wu
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Role Models ◽  
Clinical Medicine ◽  
Medical Profession ◽  
Mainland China ◽  
Career Commitment ◽  
Faculty Involvement ◽  
Positive Role ◽  
Medical Careers

Abstract Background: Role models play an important role in enhancing students’ intention to pursue medical careers. While, as the two most influential role models for medical students, there is limited research to explore the different impacts between faculty and parents. This study investigated the association of different role model’s prosocial behavior of joining the fight against novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) on medical students’ career commitment. We examined whether there are different effects and how these effects differ among different medical students.Method: A national-scale survey was conducted with 118,030 undergraduate students majoring in clinical medicine in mainland China. Questions were asked to collect information of participants in the battle of COVID-19, medical students’ determination of practicing medicine after graduation, as well as students’ socio-demographic characteristics. Chi-square tests and hierarchical regressions were performed to examine the effects of parent and faculty involvement on students’ career commitment.Results: The results showed that prosocial modeling during the COVID-19 pandemic in China is associated with students’ intention to pursue medical careers. The effect of faculty was greater than that of parents on medical students. Gender was related to the effects. And those who already determined to be the doctor before the pandemic were much more likely to persist in the medical profession.Conclusions: Our study provides more definitive answers to the issue of who has a greater effect on medical students’ career commitment between parents and faculty. Encouraging faculty to act as positive role models could help medical students increase the intention to become doctors.

scholarly journals Prosocial Modeling Matters: The Association Between Parent and Faculty Involvement in Fighting COVID-19 With Medical Students’ Career Commitment

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dan Wang ◽  
Xiaoyang Ye ◽  
Hongbin Wu
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Role Models ◽  
Clinical Medicine ◽  
Medical Profession ◽  
Mainland China ◽  
Career Commitment ◽  
Faculty Involvement ◽  
Positive Role ◽  
Medical Careers

Abstract Background: Role models play an important role in enhancing students’ intention to pursue medical careers. While, as the two most influential role models for medical students, there is limited research to explore the different impacts between faculty and parents. This study investigated the association of different role model’s prosocial behavior of joining the fight against novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) on medical students’ career commitment. We examined whether there are different effects and how these effects differ among different medical students.Method: A national-scale survey was conducted with 118,030 undergraduate students majoring in clinical medicine in mainland China. Questions were asked to collect information of participants in the battle of COVID-19, medical students’ determination of practicing medicine after graduation, as well as students’ socio-demographic characteristics. Chi-square tests and hierarchical regressions were performed to examine the effects of parent and faculty involvement on students’ career commitment.Results: The results showed that prosocial modeling during the COVID-19 pandemic in China is associated with students’ intention to pursue medical careers. The effect of faculty was greater than that of parents on medical students. Gender was related to the effects. And those who already determined to be the doctor before the pandemic were much more likely to persist in the medical profession.Conclusions: Our study provides more definitive answers to the issue of who has a greater effect on medical students’ career commitment between parents and faculty. Encouraging faculty to act as positive role models could help medical students increase the intention to become doctors.

The Duties of Doctors In Medical Education: A Letter To The Editor (Preprint)

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sneha Barai
Keyword(s):  
Medical Education ◽  
Medical Students ◽  
Role Models ◽  
Role Model ◽  
General Medical Council ◽  
Future Generations ◽  
Medical Council ◽  
Positive Role ◽  
The Uk ◽  
And Training

UNSTRUCTURED The UK General Medical Council (GMC) explicitly states doctors have a duty to ‘contribute to teaching and training…by acting as a positive role model’. However, recent studies suggest some are not fulfilling this, which is impacting medical students' experiences and attitudes during their training. As such, doctors have a duty to act as role models and teachers, as specified by the GMC, which it seems are not currently being fulfilled. This would improve the medical students’ learning experiences and demonstrate good professional values for them to emulate. Therefore, these duties should be as important as patient care, since this will influence future generations.

scholarly journals P142: Perspectives of medical students and undergraduate students on their experience as medical scribes in the Saint John Regional Hospital Emergency Department

CJEM ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (S1) ◽  
pp. S115-S116
Author(s):  
I. Abelev ◽  
D. Lewis ◽  
J. Fraser ◽  
P. Atkinson
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Medical Profession ◽  
Value Added ◽  
School Curriculum ◽  
Health Care Team ◽  
Direct Access ◽  
Theory Approach ◽  
Medical Terminology ◽  
Structured Interviews

Introduction: Electronic medical records (EMR) have placed increasing demand on emergency physicians and may contribute to physician burnout and stress. The use of scribes to reduce workload and increase productivity in emergency departments (ED) has been reported. This objective of this study was to evaluate the educational and experiential value of scribing among medical and undergraduate students. We asked: “Will undergraduates be willing to scribe in exchange for clinical exposure and experience?”; and, “Should scribing be integrated into the medical school curriculum?” Methods: A mixed-methods model was employed. The study population included 5 undergraduate, and 5 medical students. Scribes received technical training on how to take physician notes. Undergraduate students were provided with optional resources to familiarize themselves with common medical terminology. Scribes were assigned to physicians based on availability. An exit interview and semi-structured interviews were conducted at the conclusion of the study. Interviews were transcribed and coded into thematic coding trees. A constructivist grounded theory approach was used to analyze the results. Themes were reviewed and verified by two members of the research team. Results: Undergraduate students preferred volunteering in the ED over other volunteer experiences (5/5); citing direct access to the medical field (5/5), demystification of the medical profession (4/5), resume building (5/5), and perceived value added to the health care team (5/5) as main motivators to continue scribing. Medical students felt scribing should be integrated into their curriculum (4/5) because it complemented their shadowing experience by providing unique value that shadowing did not. Based on survey results, five undergraduate students would be required to cover 40 volunteer hours per week. Conclusion: A student volunteer model of scribing is worthwhile to students and may be feasible; however, scribe availability, potentially high scribe turnover, and limited time to develop a rapport with their physician may impact any efficiency benefit scribes might provide. Importantly, scribing may be an invaluable experience for directing career goals and ensuring that students intrinsically interested in medicine pursue the profession. Medical students suggested that scribing could be added to the year one curriculum to help them develop a framework for how to take histories and manage patients.

scholarly journals ESSENTIAL LEADERSHIP DOMAINS AND STRATEGIES TO ENHANCE LEADERSHIP SKILLS AMONG UNDERGRADUATE MEDICAL STUDENTS: A MIXED METHODS STUDY

2021 ◽  
Vol 71 (5) ◽  
pp. 1791-96
Author(s):  
Syed Muslim Abbas ◽  
Abid Ashar
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Medical Students ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Role Models ◽  
Leadership Skills ◽  
National Level ◽  
Mixed Methods Study ◽  
Framework Analysis ◽  
Undergraduate Medical Students ◽  
Medical Undergraduate

Objective: To explore medical undergraduate students’ perceptions pertaining to the key domains of leadership and highlight strategies to enhance leadership skills in undergraduate studies. Study Design: Mixed methods study. Place and Duration of Study: Fatima Memorial Hospital College of Medicine & Dentistry, Lahore, from Sep to Oct 2019. Methodology: A total of 207 medical students were recruited from the first and final year by purposive sampling to fill out a structured questionnaire. Three focus group discussions were conducted comprising of twelve students in each group. All focus groups were audio-recorded, anonymized and transcribed verbatim before the analysis by framework analysis technique. Results: Total fifty percent of the first-year students were of the view that ensuring patient safety was an important component of the leadership domain of improving services whereas only 11% responded as critically evaluating as a component of this domain. The themes that emerged pertaining to the strategies to enhance leadership skills included increasing awareness, role models depicting change, cultural challenges, and supplementing existing practices. Conclusions: The validated essential domains of leadership and its associated competencies should be streamlined strategically and prioritized in accordance with the level of training of the undergraduate medical students. A multicentre study is suggested to gather data at the national level which could inform further development of inclusion of leadership domains within undergraduate MBBS curriculum.

If GPs who teach medical students were assisted to be good role models might this influence the medical career the students choose?

2020 ◽  
Vol 70 (suppl 1) ◽  
pp. bjgp20X711281
Author(s):  
Jonathan White
Keyword(s):  
General Practice ◽  
Medical Students ◽  
Student Teaching ◽  
Role Models ◽  
Role Model ◽  
Clinical Skills ◽  
Workforce Planning ◽  
Medical Schools ◽  
Positive Role ◽  
The Uk

BackgroundMost patients are cared for in the community by GPs, and workforce planning for the UK NHS suggests that 50% of medical school graduates need to train as GPs. While there is pressure on medical schools to provide more student teaching in general practice, general practice must be prepared for this increase in workload and teachers should have appropriate training.AimThis study examined the influence that teachers as role models can have on the development and career choices of medical students and whether GPs who teach medical students might benefit from assistance in developing positive attributes.MethodA literature search was carried out. Relevant papers were those that examined the influence of a doctor as teacher role model for medical students, both in assisting in professional development and clinical skills, and in influencing career choice.ResultsThe review identified eleven papers. There was evidence of association between a student having an influential role model as teacher and choosing specialty training in that area, although evidence of a causative connection is less convincing. A recurring theme is the recommendation that teachers should be aware of the influence they can have as role models, both positive and negative.ConclusionAs medical student teaching moves into general practice GPs who teach will need to be helped to understand and develop positive role model attributes, to promote general practice as an attractive career to the students. Further research needs to identify the extent of assistance required and whether medical schools are prepared for this extra responsibility.

A systematic review of factors affecting choice of otolaryngology as a career in medical students and junior doctors

2019 ◽  
Vol 133 (10) ◽  
pp. 836-842 ◽  
Author(s):  
A W Mayer ◽  
K A Smith ◽  
S Carrie
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Role Models ◽  
Common Factors ◽  
Undergraduate Curriculum ◽  
Good Work ◽  
Junior Doctors ◽  
Positive Role ◽  
Life Balance ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
The Uk

AbstractBackgroundThere is growing concern over a future shortfall in provision of UK otolaryngology consultants. There is a declining rate of applications to otolaryngology specialty training in the UK.ObjectiveThis study aimed to systematically review the literature to establish what factors influence medical students’ and junior doctors’ decision to pursue a career in otolaryngology.MethodMedline, Embase and PubMed databases were searched in January 2019. Additional manual reference checks of identified literature were performed.ResultsEleven articles were included in the review. Common factors that positively influenced the decision to pursue a career in otolaryngology were exposure to the specialty, positive role models and a good work-life balance. Lack of exposure was a consistent deterrent from pursuing a career in otolaryngology.ConclusionThis review reiterates the need for greater exposure to otolaryngology in the undergraduate curriculum. In addition, mentorship for students with an interest in otolaryngology should be a priority.

scholarly journals Medical Students’ Perspective about Attributes of Role Models - The Other Side of Story

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (22) ◽  
pp. 1692-1697
Author(s):  
Fatima Aslam ◽  
Unaiza Jawad ◽  
Usman Amin Hotiana ◽  
Usman Mahboob ◽  
Sara Ashfaq ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Role Models ◽  
Role Model ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Medical Teacher ◽  
Positive Role ◽  
Role Modelling ◽  
Key Factor ◽  
Negative Role ◽  
Workplace Attire

BACKGROUND Role modelling exponentially affects the attitude and behaviours of medical students and act as a key factor in developing professional attributes in them. Medical students observe role models and learn from them more than through formal teaching. This study investigates the determining elements that make a teacher a role model, so that role modelling can be used as an effective educational tool. METHODS A qualitative exploratory study was conducted on fifth year medical students of three medical colleges of Lahore, Pakistan. Fifteen, telephonic, semi structured interviews were included in the study. Thematic analysis was done by manual coding of transcribed interviews. RESULTS A total of 374 codes were generated in the first cycle of coding, that were further merged to 42 in the second cycle. These codes led to 5 subthemes that finally emerged as two themes. The first theme was “Finding ways around their blaring blunders - are we blind?” highlighting the attributes of negative role models which include humiliation of students and juniors, poor teaching and communication skills, lack of empathy for patients and unethical relationship with pharmaceutical industry. The second theme was “Walking the Line” focusing on the components of positive role modelling like formal workplace attire, candid approach in teaching, strategic dealing with students, empathetic attitude towards patients and prioritising fair treatments. CONCLUSIONS Medical education is not only about acquisition of new knowledge and skills but is also about acquiring physician’s character and identity. The study findings suggest that the medical students pay attention to both positive and negative attributes of their teachers and their influence on promoting professionalism and character development. It is suggested that both teachers and administrators should understand the significance of role models and advocate excellence in role modelling. KEY WORDS Role Models, Professional Development, Medical Student, Medical Teacher

scholarly journals Ideals, passion, and courage

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-7
Author(s):  
Rina Bansal ◽  
Toni Nimeh
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Medical Students ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Role Models ◽  
Medical Profession ◽  
Social Consequences ◽  
Department Of Ophthalmology ◽  
Mcgill University ◽  
Difficult Times ◽  
The Way

Dear MJM:Helping a fellow human being is likely the most common reason why students enter the medical profession. The immense satisfaction that we experience by helping another person motivates us to devote our lives to a profession that proclaims this as its raison d’être. However, as we enter the clinical years of medical education, it becomes evident that to achieve this in the context of medicine is indeed a challenge.Why is it that we have the ideals, yet still fail to help others the way we hoped to? On June 19th, 2000, the McGill Chapter of Phi Delta Epsilon medical fraternity had the honor of hosting Dr. Miguel N. Burnier Jr., Chairman of the Department of Ophthalmology, McGill University, as the Aaron Brown Lecturer. Dr. Burnier gave a lecture titled “A Story”, through which he communicated an inspiring message, and answered this unasked question. “What makes a good physician is not the knowledge one possesses, but three things: ideals, passion, and courage.”Ideals give direction to our lives. It is the ideal of wanting to help the sick that brought most of us to the doors of the medical profession. Through medicine we hoped to cure disease and thus alleviate suffering. However, the suffering of a patient is more than the symptoms of the disease, it is the consequences of the disease – physical, emotional, psychological, and social consequences. Only if we are able to recognize the distinction between disease and illness and address the full impact of both can we alleviate the suffering.Passion empowers ideals. The practice of medicine in the 21st century is a foreboding challenge. Physicians are inundated with increased numbers of patients and concomitant decreased availability of support staff and health care funding. These factors not only compromise patient care directly but they also affect the physician’s interactions with patients. Physicians, when working in stressful situations, rarely have enough time to spend with their patients. They are unable to provide the holistic care that is needed to alleviate the suffering. Furthermore, these behaviors and stressors are passed down to the residents and the medical students. The passion that we have as young medical students starts to decline as we face the similar challenges of worsening working conditions. The small, yet frequent difficulties we encounter on the way to becoming the “good doctors” we set out to become, make us question the realism of such an entity. Passion empowers us to practice our ideals and the loss of passion allows us to compromise our ideals.It is courage that will carry us through the difficult times that we may encounter as health care professionals. Courage is the capacity to suffer in the name of our ideals. When in situations that challenge our ideals and dampen our passion, it is courage that sustains us. Courage transforms the challenges we experience into opportunities to grow through suffering. As medical students develop courage, they give depth to their passion and ideals, and thus mature to become the role models they once followed. Thus, young medical professionals need to remember their ideals, sustain their passion, and harness their courage to achieve their goal.

scholarly journals Humanism in the narratives of first-year medical students

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luciana Tavares ◽  
Sylvia Enns ◽  
José Ricardo Ayres ◽  
Patricia Tempski
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Medical Students ◽  
Role Models ◽  
Medical Profession ◽  
Good Health ◽  
First Year ◽  
Clear Understanding ◽  
Medical Program ◽  
First Year Medical Students ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract Background: The importance of the humanistic dimension in the medical profession and how socialization during medical programs can promote humanism or have dehumanizing effects are largely discussed in the medical education literature. Reflection exercises can facilitate student engagement in humanistic attitudes.Method: We performed a qualitative study using the narratives of first-year medical students. The data were analyzed through content analysis. The narratives were used as a strategy to stimulate students' reflection and to understand their perspectives and values at the beginning of the medical program. We asked to them tell us about their role models, professional ideals and previous dehumanizing experiences, in contrast to their experiences of good health care.Results: The study included 167 participants: 67 females (40.1%) and 100 males (59.9%). The participants' average age was 20 years. The analysis of the narratives showed three emergent categories: sociopolitical and economic aspects of medicine, medical humanities and experiences of humanism and dehumanization in health care. In their narratives, the students expressed the desire to become doctors, the desire to help people and improve their lives, and the intention to emulate good role models and contribute to the development of the Brazilian healthcare system. The students indicated that a way to promote humanism in healthcare was to cultivate an integral vision of the human being that includes perceiving his or her context, personal history and complexity. The students emphasized the importance of "going beyond the technical dimension" in the relationship between physician and patient. Some students recognized the transdisciplinary aspects of medicine.Conclusions: The students in their first year of the medical program have a clear understanding of humanism in medical practice, regardless of their social and economic conditions, age, gender, and religion. The students' narratives expressed their expectations for a more humane and fair society characterized by respect, solidarity, and compassion. The use of narratives is a strategy to help students develop critical thinking and to help us get to know our students better: who they are, what they think, and how they feel.

scholarly journals Medical students in the COVID-19 pandemic response in Brazil: ethical reflections

2021 ◽  
Vol 45 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Cleide Aparecida de Freitas ◽  
Gustavo Freitas Alves de Arruda ◽  
Giovanna Cecília Freitas Alves de Arruda ◽  
Saulo Ferreira Feitosa
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Code Of Ethics ◽  
Medical Profession ◽  
Population Group ◽  
Ethical Perspective ◽  
Effective Response ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Official Gazette ◽  
Brazilian Government

Abstract: Introduction: In times of pandemics, the uncertainties and lack of evidence allow each country to conduct its response as it deems the most appropriate. This setting also facilitates the approval of public measures without adequate ethical analysis, due to its inherent urgency. With that said, the objective of this study is to promote a hermeneutical approach to the Brazilian Government proposals of including medical students in the fight against COVID-19 (Coronavirus Disease 2019) pandemic through an ethical perspective. Development: The governmental resolutions, published in the Brazilian Official Gazette, were discussed in the light of the Universal Declaration on Bioethics and Human Rights (UDBHR) and the Brazilian Medical Student Code of Ethics (CEEM), as the first one guides the debate through a pluralist, multi-, inter- and transdisciplinary bioethics, and the latter brings specified guidance to the studied population group. To better articulate the discussion, the main measures were subdivided into 3 sections: about the risk assessment; about the participation of 5th- and 6th-year students; about the early graduation. In the first one, the creation of participation alternatives has been proposed, including remote participation, without direct contact with patients, aiming to ensure the students’ integrity and to maximize the potential positive effects with minimum harm. After that, the predicted obligatory enrollment for undergraduate students attending the final years of medical school and the possibility of obtaining credit hours for the curricular internship in exchange for participation in the strategic action “O Brasil Conta Comigo” were assessed. Finally, the graduation anticipation and the need for a guarantee that the new graduates have the required knowledge and expertise for the medical profession were questioned. Conclusions: For an effective response against the disease, it’s necessary to collectively structure the adopted measures, benefiting from the capabilities that the students already have, while respecting their limitations, vulnerabilities, and freedoms. It should also be emphasized that any ethical decisions in the context of Medicine and of future generations of professionals can have immeasurable consequences for these individuals, their patients, and communities and thus, one must ensure that the benefits will be the best and greatest possible.

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