Prevalence of Musculoskeletal Disorders among Kasr-Alainy Hospital Medical Students

The Strathcona Theatre Company is made up of professional actors with a learning disability and two directors. As part of the teaching course in the Department of Psychiatry of Disability at St George's Hospital Medical School, the medical students participate in a workshop given by the Company, near the beginning of their attachment in psychiatry. During the two-hour workshop the students are taught a variety of ‘ice breaking’ games and mimes by members of the Company. This means that early on in the course, students have face to face contact with adults with a learning disability, and furthermore see them in a socially valued role as teachers and leaders. The students usually find the workshop enjoyable, and give positive feedback although they were unsure how successful the workshop was in changing medical students' attitudes towards people with learning disability. We report an evaluation of students' attitudes before and after the workshop, and show statistically significant changes in attitudes towards people with a learning disability.

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MEDICAL STUDENTS' REFERRAL PRACTICE FOR MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS

American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation ◽

10.1097/00002060-199703000-00027 ◽

1997 ◽

Vol 76 (2) ◽

pp. 164

Author(s):

Scott Abramson ◽

Joel Stein

Keyword(s):

Medical Students ◽

Musculoskeletal Disorders ◽

Referral Practice

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Not quite a doctor, but should I help? A qualitative exploration of medical students’ attitudes towards responding to medical emergencies that occur in the public domain

BMJ Open ◽

10.1136/bmjopen-2018-028035 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 9 (4) ◽

pp. e028035 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Jessica Ying-Yi Xie ◽

Rachael Frost ◽

Richard Meakin

Keyword(s):

Medical Students ◽

Medical School ◽

Mixed Methods Research ◽

Medical Profession ◽

School Students ◽

Hospital Medical ◽

Professional Duty ◽

Medical School Training ◽

Medical Emergencies ◽

School Training

ObjectiveTo explore medical students’ views on and experiences of responding to out-of-hospital medical emergencies.SettingUniversity College London (UCL).Participants11 UCL Medical School students.Study designQualitative.Methods and outcome measuresWe carried out 11 one-to-one semistructured interviews, with participant validation and reflective work. The data were analysed using thematic analysis.ResultsThree core themes were identified. (1) ‘We Did Debate a Bit: Should We Go? Should We Not?’—Students’ decisions to respond were based on the appearance of the casualty; the presence and actions of bystanders; witnessing the incident; self-perceived competence, confidence and knowledge; and personal experiences and feelings associated with medical emergencies. (2) ‘It Would Represent the Medical Profession Well if We Did Step In and Help’—Students felt that they had an ethical and/or professional duty to help. (3) ‘No One Should Die Because of a Lack of… Basic Life-Saving Techniques’—Students felt that medical school training alone had not sufficiently prepared them to respond to out-of-hospital medical emergencies. Improvements to training were suggested: integrating first aid/response training into the horizontal (systems-based) modules; teaching both common and less common medical emergencies and presentations; training that is led by experienced first responders and that increases students’ exposure to out-of-hospital medical emergencies; and providing more revision training sessions.ConclusionsStudents felt that medical school training could be improved to better prepare them for responding to out-of-hospital medical emergencies, and wanted clarification on whether or not they have an ethical and/or professional duty to help. Further mixed-methods research using a larger sample needs to be carried out to confirm whether findings are transferable to other UK medical schools.

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Musculoskeletal Disorders among Chinese Medical Students

The Kurume Medical Journal ◽

10.2739/kurumemedj.52.139 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 52 (4) ◽

pp. 139-146 ◽

Cited By ~ 14

Author(s):

DEREK R. SMITH ◽

NING WEI ◽

TATSUYA ISHITAKE ◽

RUI-SHENG WANG

Keyword(s):

Medical Students ◽

Musculoskeletal Disorders ◽

Chinese Medical Students

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Pre-graduation medical training including virtual reality during COVID-19 pandemic: a report on students’ perception

BMC Medical Education ◽

10.1186/s12909-020-02245-8 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 20 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Roberto De Ponti ◽

Jacopo Marazzato ◽

Andrea M. Maresca ◽

Francesca Rovera ◽

Giulio Carcano ◽

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Keyword(s):

Virtual Reality ◽

Medical Students ◽

Medical Training ◽

Treatment Options ◽

Online Training ◽

Virtual Reality Training ◽

Clinical Environment ◽

Hospital Medical ◽

Clinical Scenarios ◽

Online Access

Abstract Background The Coronavirus Disease 19 (COVID-19) pandemic brought significant disruption to in-hospital medical training. Virtual reality simulating the clinical environment has the potential to overcome this issue and can be particularly useful to supplement the traditional in-hospital medical training during the COVID-19 pandemic, when hospital access is banned for medical students. The aim of this study was to assess medical students’ perception on fully online training including simulated clinical scenarios during COVID-19 pandemic. Methods From May to July 2020 when in-hospital training was not possible, 122 students attending the sixth year of the course of Medicine and Surgery underwent online training sessions including an online platform with simulated clinical scenarios (Body Interact™) of 21 patient-based cases. Each session focused on one case, lasted 2 h and was divided into three different parts: introduction, virtual patient-based training, and debriefing. In the same period, adjunctive online training with formal presentation and discussion of clinical cases was also given. At the completion of training, a survey was performed, and students filled in a 12-item anonymous questionnaire on a voluntary basis to rate the training quality. Results were reported as percentages or with numeric ratings from 1 to 4. Due to the study design, no sample size was calculated. Results One hundred and fifteen students (94%) completed the questionnaire: 104 (90%) gave positive evaluation to virtual reality training and 107 (93%) appreciated the format in which online training was structured. The majority of participants considered the platform of virtual reality training realistic for the initial clinical assessment (77%), diagnostic activity (94%), and treatment options (81%). Furthermore, 97 (84%) considered the future use of this virtual reality training useful in addition to the apprenticeship at patient’s bedside. Finally, 32 (28%) participants found the online access difficult due to technical issues. Conclusions During the COVID-19 pandemic, online medical training including simulated clinical scenarios avoided training interruption and the majority of participant students gave a positive response on the perceived quality of this training modality. During this time frame, a non-negligible proportion of students experienced difficulties in online access to this virtual reality platform.

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