Educational Experiences and Medical Student Life, c.1880–1920

2018 ◽  
pp. 104-136
Keyword(s):  
Medical Student ◽  
Educational Experiences ◽  
Student Life

‘This Feminine Invasion of Medicine’: Women in Irish Medical Schools, c.1880–1945

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Kelly
Keyword(s):  
Medical Student ◽  
Medical Students ◽  
First Generation ◽  
Educational Experiences ◽  
Medical Schools ◽  
The Other ◽  
Male Students ◽  
Social Sphere ◽  
Irish Medical ◽  
Experiences Of Women

This chapter examines the experiences of women who studied at Irish medical schools and hospitals from the 1880s to 1940s. Previous research has suggested that the first generation of female medical students at Irish institutions had largely positive educational experiences and were treated in a paternalistic and supportive manner by their professors and fellow students, in contrast with their counterparts in Britain. However, in spite of this, it is clear that Victorian arguments against women studying medicine prevailed. In the student press, female medical students were presented as the ‘other’ and characterised as studious, bookish, cold, defeminised or alternately as obsessed or unconcerned with their appearances. It is clear, that although women and men were largely educated together for all subjects, with the exception of anatomy dissections, that women occupied a separate social sphere from the male students. Drawing on student magazines, Irish doctors’ memoirs, newspapers and the minute books of medical student societies, this chapter evaluates attitudes to women studying medicine and the educational and extra-curricular experiences of these women and how they fitted in within a very masculine sphere. In addition, this chapter will also explore women’s day-to-day student lives and the challenges they faced in pursuit of their education.

Irish Medical Education and Student Culture, c.1850-1950

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Kelly
Keyword(s):  
Medical Education ◽  
Medical Student ◽  
Medical Students ◽  
Medical Profession ◽  
Religious Affiliation ◽  
Medical Schools ◽  
Student Life ◽  
Student Culture ◽  
History Of ◽  
Irish Medical

This book is the first comprehensive history of medical student culture and medical education in Ireland from the middle of the nineteenth century until the 1950s. Utilising a variety of rich sources, including novels, newspapers, student magazines, doctors’ memoirs, and oral history accounts, it examines Irish medical student life and culture, incorporating students’ educational and extra-curricular activities at all of the Irish medical schools. The book investigates students' experiences in the lecture theatre, hospital, dissecting room and outside their studies, such as in ‘digs’, sporting teams and in student societies, illustrating how representations of medical students changed in Ireland over the period and examines the importance of class, religious affiliation and the appropriate traits that students were expected to possess. It highlights religious divisions as well as the dominance of the middle classes in Irish medical schools while also exploring institutional differences, the students’ decisions to pursue medical education, emigration and the experiences of women medical students within a predominantly masculine sphere. Through an examination of the history of medical education in Ireland, this book builds on our understanding of the Irish medical profession while also contributing to the wider scholarship of student life and culture. It will appeal to those interested in the history of medicine, the history of education and social history in modern Ireland.

scholarly journals Potential advantage of student-run clinics for diversifying a medical school class

2012 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
pp. 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chris N. Gu ◽  
Jane A. McElroy ◽  
Blake C. Corcoran
Keyword(s):  
Medical Student ◽  
Medical School ◽  
Educational Experiences ◽  
Simulated Patient ◽  
Health Clinic ◽  
First Year ◽  
University Of Missouri ◽  
The University ◽  
First Year Medical Students ◽  
Community Health Clinic

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the influence of a student-run clinic on the diversification of a medical student class. We distributed a two-page, 20-item, paper survey to students of the University of Missouri School of Medicine (MU SOM) class of 2015 in July of 2011. The survey gathered information on general demographics, opinions on the importance of medical education opportunities, and opinions on the importance of medical school characteristics in applying to and attending MU SOM. A total of 104 students responded to the survey. A majority of the students identified the MedZou Community Health Clinic, a student-run, free health clinic affiliated with MU SOM, and simulated-patient encounters as important educational experiences (81% and 94%, respectively). More than half of the self-identified non-white??students reported MedZou as an important factor in their choice to apply to (60%; 95% confidence interval [CI], 32 to 88) and attend (71%; 95% CI, 44 to 98) MU SOM, over half of the females reported MedZou as important in their choice to apply (59%; 95% CI, 43 to 76) and attend (57%; 95% CI, 40 to 74), and over half of non-Missouri residents reported MedZou as important in their choice to apply (64%; 95% CI, 36 to 93) and attend (71%; 95% CI, 44 to 98). According to the above results, it can be said that students clearly value both MedZou and simulated-patient encounters as important educational experiences. Women, minorities, and non-Missouri residents value MedZou more highly than their peers who are First Year Medical Students who are Missouri residents, suggesting that MedZou may provide a promising opportunity to advance diversity within MU SOM. These results highlight the need for additional research to further explore MedZou?占퐏 potential to enhance the recruitment of a diverse medical student class.

Educational Experiences and Medical Student Life, c.1880–1920

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Kelly
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Medical Student ◽  
Professional Identity ◽  
Clinical Education ◽  
Medical Curriculum ◽  
Educational Experiences ◽  
Lecture Theatre ◽  
Late Nineteenth ◽  
Irish Medical

Chapter 4 explores what students studied at Irish medical schools from the late nineteenth to early twentieth century, a period when medical curriculum underwent a series of reforms. Furthermore, the chapter examines the importance of educational tools such as medical museums, laboratories and specimens in the context of students’ educational experiences and whether the role of science in medical curricula was affected by the differing philosophies of Irish universities. The transition from the lecture theatre to the hospital ward appears to have been a turning point in the educational experiences of many Irish doctors. Drawing primarily on doctors’ memoirs, student magazines and the surviving records of Irish hospitals relating to clinical education, this chapter illuminates this important facet of medical student experience and how it helped to shape professional identity. This chapter examines the type of hospital experience received by Irish students in addition to assessing the regional differences that existed. Religious persuasion also impacted on students’ choice of hospital, well into the twentieth century. Medical student societies were also an important educational agent for students. These societies helped to groom students into respectable future practitioners and instilled them with the ideals and values of the profession.

How Much Psychology Does a Medical Student Need?

1994 ◽  
Vol 39 (6) ◽  
pp. 630-631
Author(s):  
Danny Wedding
Keyword(s):  
Medical Student

Medical Student Sexual Health Knowledge Survey

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christina Warner ◽  
Samantha Carlson ◽  
Renee Crichlow ◽  
Michael W. Ross
Keyword(s):  
Medical Student ◽  
Sexual Health ◽  
Health Knowledge ◽  
Knowledge Survey ◽  
Sexual Health Knowledge
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