scholarly journals Investigation of the importance and achievability of early clinical exposure goals (ECE) from the viewpoints of basic sciences medical students of Mashhad Islamic Azad University and its comparison with their academic performance

Authorea ◽  
2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samaneh Sarvghad Moghadam ◽  
Leila Bazrafkan ◽  
arezou farajpour
Keyword(s):  
Academic Performance ◽  
Medical Students ◽  
Basic Sciences ◽  
Clinical Exposure ◽  
Early Clinical Exposure

scholarly journals Early Clinical Experience: A Way for Preparing Students for Clinical Setting

2013 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 42-47
Author(s):  
Sedigheh Ebrahimi ◽  
Javad Kojuri ◽  
Soheil Ashkani-Esfahani
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Clinical Experience ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Clinical Environment ◽  
Basic Sciences ◽  
Clinical Exposure ◽  
Early Clinical Experience ◽  
Item Questionnaire ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Early Clinical Exposure

Background: Various methods are used to improve the quality and usefulness of basic sciences taught to medical students before beginning of the clinical course and practice in higher grades. One method which is evaluated in the present study is early clinical experience. Methods and Materials: In this descriptive study, all medical freshmen were participated in a half day workshop for familiarity with hospital clinical environment. The attitude of the students towards early clinical exposure, profession, and medical education was investigated using a 30- item questionnaire before and after this workshop. Results: Totally, 207 students participated in the present study. Overall, scoring of the program was good to excellent on a five-point Likert scale (93.75%). Most students (89.6%, score =4.25) believed that the program’s content and management was appropriate for them. Conclusions: It was concluded that early clinical experience parallel with theoretical courses can provide a framework for the beneficial and successful integration of the teaching and learning of basic sciences for medical students.[GMJ. 2012;1(2):42-47]

scholarly journals Pre Clinical- Basic Sciences Teaching Curriculum of a Medical School in a Developing Country -Are We Doing it Right?

2015 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 98-104
Author(s):  
Kushani Rasangika Atukorala ◽  
Piyusha Atapattu
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Practice ◽  
Medical Students ◽  
Clinical Significance ◽  
Clinical Training ◽  
Training Methods ◽  
Basic Sciences ◽  
Undergraduate Medical Students ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Clinical Exposure ◽  
Teaching Time

Background: Preclinical teaching of basic sciences provides the basis for the development of clinical reasoning skills and the ability to make management decisions. However, many senior undergraduates, pre-interns and doctors indicate that basic sciences knowledge is poorly recalled and has little relevance to their clinical practice. Objectives: To explore the perceptions of medical students in their clinical years, and pre-interns about the basic sciences courses taught to them in the preclinical years, and to assess how each group rates the applicability of these courses to current clinical training. Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted among 118 pre-interns and 146 undergraduate medical students using a self-administered questionnaire, regarding their perceptions on preclinical basic sciences teaching. For statistical analysis chi square test was applied. Results: More than 75% both pre-interns and undergraduates agreed that preclinical teaching was useful and relevant for future clinical work. 50-75% frequently revisited preclinical subjects despite unapparent clinical significance. 55% couldn’t remember most of preclinical content. Physiology was the most retained (76%) and most clinically relevant subject (80%). Majority of (>60%) both the groups suggested more teaching time and >75% suggested concurrent clinical exposure for preclinical teaching. Undergraduates and preinterns differed in that 56% of undergraduates and 37% of pre-interns had studied pre clinical subjects just to pass examinations (p<0.01) Conclusions: Majority of undergraduates and pre-interns felt that preclinical teaching is interesting and relevant for future clinical practice, though recall and clinical significance were suboptimal. Revising teaching methods with interdisciplinary integration, early clinical exposure showing relevance of basic sciences and allocating more teaching time utilizing clinicians should be considered. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/jbsp.v9i2.22806 Bangladesh Soc Physiol. 2014, December; 9(2): 98-104

scholarly journals Medical students’ attitudes towards early clinical exposure in Iran

2016 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. 195-199 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mahboobeh Khabaz Mafinejad ◽  
Azim Mirzazadeh ◽  
Soheil Peiman ◽  
Nasim Khajavirad ◽  
Mojgan Mirabdolhagh Hazaveh ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Clinical Exposure ◽  
Students Attitudes ◽  
Early Clinical Exposure

An integrated simulation-based early clinical exposure module in cardiovascular physiology

2020 ◽  
Vol 64 ◽  
pp. 147-154
Author(s):  
R. Aswini Dutt ◽  
Rashmi Jain ◽  
Shobith Bangera
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Clinical Skills ◽  
Cardiovascular Physiology ◽  
Knowledge Gain ◽  
Perceived Knowledge ◽  
Clinical Exposure ◽  
Integrated Simulation ◽  
Simulation Based ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Early Clinical Exposure

Objectives: A good conceptual understanding of physiology is very important to build a strong foundation for medical students. It is a daunting job for teachers to emphasise the clinical relevance of basic science subjects as exposure to patients invariably starts after these subjects have been taught. With the introduction of early clinical exposure in the newly revised Indian undergraduate medical curriculum, this problem can be addressed to a certain extent. We developed an integrated simulation module for teaching cardiovascular physiology to pre-clinical students as a part of early clinical exposure. Materials and Methods: We included 145 medical students of a Private Medical College of a Deemed to be University in Mangalore, Karnataka, India. The teaching module covered the topics of cardiovascular physiology such as functional anatomy, cardiac cycle, normal electrocardiogram (ECG), arrhythmia, arterial pulse examination, heart sounds and hands-on cardiovascular examination using a variety of simulators. The assessment was done by pre-test and post-test. A retro-pre questionnaire was used to assess their self-perceived knowledge gain and level of clinical skills. Feedback on overall experience was collected from the participants. Results: The student feedback showed that learning experience was life-like (98.6%), effective, innovative and enjoyable (99.3%) and making the overall experience of learning easier (95.2%). It also improved participation, communication (93.8%), clinical skills and a better understanding of patient care (99.3%). The results of the retro- pre questionnaire to assess their self-perceived knowledge gain (95%) and level of clinical skills (96%) were highly satisfactory. The assessment of knowledge domain showed 100% of the students achieved pass percentage (>50%) with significant difference among pre- and post-test scores. Faculty (100%) opined that simulation-based teaching resulted in effected learning. Conclusions: The use of simulation-based teaching in cardiovascular physiology as part of early clinical exposure leads to enhanced learning and clinical application. This will stimulate interest in subject and promote better learning.

scholarly journals Perfectionism in and its association with academic performance in medical students Studying at Iran University of Medical Sciences (Preprint)

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ladan Fata ◽  
Shoaleh Bigdeli ◽  
Seyedeh Zahra Nahardani ◽  
, Mohammad Hasan Keshavarzi ◽  
, Mohammad Hasan Keshavarzi
Keyword(s):  
Academic Performance ◽  
Medical Students ◽  
Medical Sciences ◽  
Basic Sciences ◽  
Personality Dimension ◽  
Grade Point ◽  
Parametric Data ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Maladaptive Perfectionism ◽  
Adaptive Perfectionism

BACKGROUND Perfectionism is a personality dimension of everyone. A perfectionist strives for excellence and sets high standards for his performance. Perfectionism can be classified into adaptive or maladaptive patterns, which affects academic performance. OBJECTIVE In this study perfectionism is compared between medical students of basic sciences and internship period and its association with their academic performance is investigated METHODS The Persian translated version of Hill perfectionism questionnaire was used. The validity and reliability of this version were confirmed in Jamshidi et al study, which was frequently used in various Iranian studies. In this study the questionnaire has been administered to two groups of medical students (basic sciences students and interns) of Iran University of Medical Sciences (n=49). In addition, the correlation of total Grade Point Average (GPA) of students with perfectionism dimensions was evaluated. Kolmogorov-Smirnov test was applied to analyze the normality of data distribution, Mann-Whiney U test was used for between-group comparison of non-parametric data and student t-test was applied to analyze parametric data. Further, Pearson and Spearman correlation coefficient tests were used to analyze the correlation between variables. P value was considered significant (P<0.05). RESULTS The basic sciences students had a higher total mean score of perfectionism than the interns (193.4±26.5 vs. 178.1±24.2, p=0.000). The adaptive perfectionism rate was higher in the basic sciences group (p=0.000), but it showed no significant difference with that of the interns. Regarding perfectionism domains, the scores of striving for excellence, purposefulness and need for approval were higher in basic sciences group (p=0.00), and there was no significant difference between the groups in other domains. Maladaptive perfectionism had an inverse correlation with GPA (p=0.01, r=-0.3) and there was no correlation with adaptive perfectionism and gender. CONCLUSIONS The study findings showed that positive perfectionism was higher in basic sciences students, and maladaptive perfectionism was correlated with a drop in GPA in both groups.

scholarly journals Medical students’ attitudes towards increasing early clinical exposure to primary care

2018 ◽  
Vol 29 (5) ◽  
pp. 312-313
Author(s):  
James van Oppen ◽  
Charlotte Camm ◽  
Gurvinder Sahota ◽  
Jaspal Taggar ◽  
Richard Knox
Keyword(s):  
Primary Care ◽  
Medical Students ◽  
Clinical Exposure ◽  
Students Attitudes ◽  
Early Clinical Exposure
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