The Medical Student Experience in the Era of COVID-19: Reflections on the Transformation of Medical Education

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aisha Terry ◽  
Janet Miller ◽  
Stephanie Rodriguez ◽  
Mairin Haley ◽  
Sivan Ben-Maimon ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Medical Education ◽  
Medical Student ◽  
Medical Students ◽  
Focus Group ◽  
Education Reform ◽  
Personal Growth ◽  
Innovative Technology ◽  
Student Perspective ◽  
Student Wellness ◽  
Medical Education Reform

Abstract Phenomenon: The American medical student perspective on the coronavirus pandemic, particularly in terms of its effects on medical education and future curricular approach, is valuable. This study seeks to provide future physicians with a voice to share their personal experience with distance learning and suggestions for medical education reform in the era of COVID-19. Approach: A virtual focus group of medical students was conducted on April 30, 2020. Each student was asked to broadly and candidly reflect on their personal experiences relative to the COVID-19 pandemic, and to specifically expound upon how their personal growth and medical education has been impacted. Consent was obtained. Data was coded by key ideas and themes. The content of the discussion was analyzed. Findings: Seven third-year medical students attending a United States traditional school of medicine consented to participate. All participants provided extensive responses to the question. The focus group lasted for 2 hours. The group expounded upon five self-initiated themes: guilt, anxiety, self-awareness, volunteerism, and autonomy. Analysis of these themes from the context of medical student wellness and the future of medical curricula led to the conclusion that three general concepts should be emphasized in reforming medical education. Insights: The coronavirus pandemic has uniquely affected medical students. Their perspectives can inform medical education reform relative to curricular design and student wellness. Key concepts to consider include prioritizing routine virtual delivery of content through innovative technology, encouraging increased student autonomy and self-directed learning through less prescriptive schedules, and emphasizing reflection training and sharing.

Discussion on the Influence and Enlightenment of Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) on Medical Students in China (Preprint)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hong Wan ◽  
Yujie Tu ◽  
Yu Fu ◽  
Zhao Yan ◽  
Yalin Chen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Medical Education ◽  
Medical Student ◽  
Medical Students ◽  
Education Reform ◽  
Clinical Medicine ◽  
Virus Disease ◽  
First Line ◽  
Medical Education Reform ◽  
The Future ◽  
New Ideas

UNSTRUCTURED COVID-19 spread in Wuhan in January 2020 and the whole country worked together to fight the epidemic. Up to now, more than 80,000 people have been diagnosed, and more than 40,000 medical staffs have assisted first-line rescue in Wuhan. As a reserve force for clinical medicine, medical students bear the heavy responsibility of future medical development. The author, as a medical student, has considered carefully about facing the present and looking forward to the future after this epidemic. The author mainly discusses about the influence of COVID-19 on medical students and its enlightenment on medical students and medical education reform in this paper, and hopes to resonate with medical students and provide some new ideas for future medical education reform.

PERCEPTION OF MEDICAL STUDENTS ON FEEDBACK IN MEDICAL EDUCATION

2021 ◽  
pp. 16-18
Author(s):  
B V Sreedevi ◽  
Suprajha K. S.
Keyword(s):  
Medical Education ◽  
Medical Student ◽  
Statistical Analysis ◽  
Medical Students ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Student Perspective ◽  
Feedback Process ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Student Teacher Relationship ◽  
The Subject

Background: Feedback constitute central aspect of learning. Though teaching is directly related with effective and appropriate feedback, it has been largely neglected particularly from the student point of view. This paper explores student perspective of feedback. Objective: To conduct a study to nd out from nal year medical student about their knowledge of their feedback whether they receive feedback about their performance and how feedback helped them to improve their performance. Method Of Study: 30 nal year medical students were chosen among them, 18 students volunteered for the process and answered the questionnaire which was subjected to statistical analysis. Result: Statistical analysis of the questionnaire were done which revealed medical students liked the feedback process and viewed that it has positive effects in improving their understanding of the subject, help to score more marks and nurture student teacher relationship

scholarly journals Innovations in medical education in Vietnam

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (Suppl 1) ◽  
pp. s23-s29
Author(s):  
David B Duong ◽  
Tom Phan ◽  
Nguyen Quang Trung ◽  
Bao Ngoc Le ◽  
Hoa Mai Do ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Medical Education ◽  
Education Reform ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Professional Education ◽  
Education Policies ◽  
Enabling Factors ◽  
Middle Income ◽  
Medical Graduates ◽  
Medical Education Reform ◽  
Crucial Component

Medical education reforms are a crucial component to ensuring healthcare systems can meet current and future population needs. In 2010, a Lancet commission called for ‘a new century of transformative health professional education’, with a particular focus on the needs of low-income and-middle-income countries (LMICs), such as Vietnam. This requires policymakers and educational leaders to find and apply novel and innovative approaches to the design and delivery of medical education. This review describes the current state of physician training in Vietnam and how innovations in medical education curriculum, pedagogy and technology are helping to transform medical education at the undergraduate and graduate levels. It also examines enabling factors, including novel partnerships and new education policies which catalysed and sustained these innovations. Our review focused on the experience of five public universities of medicine and pharmacy currently undergoing medical education reform, along with a newly established private university. Research in the area of medical education innovation is needed. Future work should look at the outcomes of these innovations on medical education and the quality of medical graduates. Nonetheless, this review aims to inspire future innovations in medical education in Vietnam and in other LMICs.

scholarly journals The impact of virtual fracture clinics on medical education – a medical student perspective

2016 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 30950 ◽  
Author(s):  
Orlaith McAuliffe ◽  
Mariam Lami ◽  
Tamara Lami
Keyword(s):  
Medical Education ◽  
Medical Student ◽  
Student Perspective ◽  
The Impact

Aligning patient and physician views on educational pelvic examinations under anaesthesia: the medical student perspective

2020 ◽  
pp. medethics-2020-106473
Author(s):  
Sanjana Salwi ◽  
Alexandra Erath ◽  
Pious D Patel ◽  
Karampreet Kaur ◽  
Margaret B Mitchell
Keyword(s):  
Medical Student ◽  
Medical Students ◽  
Clinical Skill ◽  
Medical Community ◽  
Student Perspective ◽  
Physician Perspectives ◽  
Explicit Consent ◽  
Pelvic Examinations ◽  
Professional Guidelines

Recent media articles have stirred controversy over anecdotal reports of medical students practising educational pelvic examinations on women under anaesthesia without explicit consent. The understandable public outrage that followed merits a substantive response from the medical community. As medical students, we offer a unique perspective on consent for trainee involvement informed by the transitional stage we occupy between patient and physician. We start by contextualising the role of educational pelvic examinations under anaesthesia (EUAs) within general clinical skill development in medical education. Then we analyse two main barriers to achieving explicit consent for educational pelvic EUAs: ambiguity within professional guidelines on how to operationalize ‘explicit consent’ and divergent patient and physician perspectives on harm which prevent physicians from understanding what a reasonable patient would want to know before a procedure. To overcome these barriers, we advocate for more research on patient perspectives to empower the reasonable patient standard. Next, we call for minimum disclosure standards informed by this research and created in conjunction with students, physicians and patients to improve the informed consent process and relieve medical student moral injury caused by performing ‘unconsented’ educational pelvic exams.

scholarly journals PREVALENCE OF STRESS AND ITS ASSOCIATED FACTORS AMONG MEDICAL STUDENTS IN SABAH, MALAYSIA BORNEO

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 116-125 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aldrin Musiun ◽  
Khamisah Awang Lukman ◽  
Mohammad Saffree Jeffree ◽  
Fredie Robinson ◽  
Mohd Rohaizat Hassan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Medical Education ◽  
Medical Student ◽  
Medical Students ◽  
Associated Factors ◽  
Health Care Services ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Bivariate Analysis ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Exact Test

Stress is accepted as the accumulation of unpleasant state of physical, mental and emotion on a person. Medical education has been known as one of the most stressful academic curriculum.  Hence, medical students may subjected to multiple psychological changes and challenges throughout the years of medical education.  The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of stress and its associated factors among medical students. This cross sectional study was conducted from April to May 2018 in medical school in Sabah. It involved 396 medical students through universal sampling.  Self-administered questionnaires were used as an instrument for data collection. The questionnaires included were Sociodemographic Questionnaire, Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scales 21 (DASS-21) and Medical Student Stressors Questionnaire (MSSQ). Bivariate analysis (Chi Square test, Fisher’s Exact Test, Independent T test and Man-Whitney U test) were used to analyse the association. The response rate was 90.2%. The prevalence of stress among medical students were 33.3%.  Significant associated factors include financial support inadequacy (p=0.010) and all categories of medical student stressors. The mean score of the academic related stressors was found to be at 2.117 (±0.758) which was the highest mean score among medical student stressors assessed by MSSQ. The result of this study can be used as a basis for implementation of preventive measures such as provision of comprehensive, integrated and responsive mental health care services in university-based settings.

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