scholarly journals PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT OF MEDICAL STUDENTS

Author(s):  
N.A Ronzhina ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 105382592110486
Author(s):  
Jacquelyn B. Kercheval ◽  
Alec Bernard ◽  
Hanna Berlin ◽  
Nicole Byl ◽  
Boone Marois ◽  
...  

Background: Undergraduate outdoor orientation programs facilitate students’ transition into college. Research has yet to be conducted on the few programs at medical schools, which may have unique benefits given the specific challenges of transitioning to medical school and high rates of burnout among medical students. Purpose: This mixed methods study examines the impact of one medical school's outdoor orientation program on its participants. Methodology/Approach: A survey was administered immediately following the 2018 trip ( N = 56 responses). Follow-up focus groups were conducted with a sample of the same participants ( N = 18) in 2019. Responses were analyzed using descriptive statistics and thematic analysis. Findings/Conclusions: Participants felt that the program helped ease their transition into medical school, establish a support system, and hone personal development and wellness skills. Many of these effects persisted up to one year later. Implications: These findings are of particular interest to the medical and experiential education communities because many outcomes persisted for at least one year after the original trip and aligned with factors believed to protect against medical student burnout. There is opportunity for additional research as well as expansion of similar programs to other medical schools.


Author(s):  
Adegoke Olusegun Adefolalu

Health disparities persist among several populations globally and doctors are well-placed to advocate for better health outcomes among the population they serve thereby promoting health equity. According to the literature, medical educators have the capacity to produce socially responsible medical doctors who have competency in health advocacy in addition to their clinical knowledge. However, apart from being taught the determinants of health, little, or no real-live experience is given to medical students in social medicine and health advocacy to enable them to develop the necessary skills in this area. At the Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University in Pretoria, South Africa, Medical Volunteerism was offered as a selective course during the 2016 academic year. It entails engagement of the medical students in activities that tied them with the primary burden of providing service to an identified community, where they plan and participate in an organized activity that meets the identified needs of such community. This article describes the structure, content, and outcomes of this curriculum. The feedback from students and other stakeholders were strongly positive, the students rated the course highly in a variety of instances, including appropriateness of lecture topics, presentation of the course contents, course materials, effectiveness of teaching and level of students' participation. The average overall rating for the course was 8.4 based on a ten-point scale. Furthermore, the students acknowledged that it contributed to their personal development in terms of social activism in health. In conclusion, medical volunteerism selective has positive impact that is measurable, support should be given to students and facilitators who are interested in implementing similar selective as it has the potential of reinforcing certain values in medical students that could motivate them to have increased desire to work with underserved communities after graduation.


PLoS ONE ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (9) ◽  
pp. e0257799
Author(s):  
Katherine Howell

Objectives Research is a core competency of a modern-day doctor and evidence-based practice underpins a career in medicine. Early exposure encourages graduates to embed research in their medical career and improves graduate attributes and student experience. However, there is wide variability of research and scholarly experiences offered in medicals schools, many developed with a significant degree of pragmatism based on resources and financial and time constraints. We examined undergraduate medical students’ awareness and experience of research throughout their degree to provide recommendations for implementation and improvement of research and scholarly experiences. Method Focus groups were conducted with medical students at all five stages of the medical degree programme. Data was coded to facilitate qualitative analysis for identification of important themes from each stage. Results Students reported positive impacts of research on undergraduate experience, future career and society in general. Two important themes emerged from the data, the opportunity for research and timing of research experiences. Early-stage students were concerned by their lack of experience and opportunity, whereas later-stage students identified the importance of research to employability, personal development and good medical practice, but ironically suggested it should be integrated in early stages of the course due to limitations of time. Conclusions Students provided feedback for improving research and scholarly experiences, ideally involving early exposure, a clear programme overview, with equality of access and a longitudinal approach. An emerging framework is proposed summarising the important issues identified by students and the positive impacts research experiences provide for them. These recommendations can be applied to both existing and new research programmes to provide a student-centred approach designed to augment the students’ critical analysis, inspire life-long learning, enhance the student experience and inevitably train better physicians.


2019 ◽  
Vol 88 (3) ◽  
pp. 156-162
Author(s):  
Maia Stanisławska-Kubiak ◽  
Katarzyna Warchoł-Biedermann ◽  
Maria Skommer ◽  
Ewa Mojs ◽  
Rafał W. Wójciak

There is an increasing tendency to adopt biopsychosocial approach to teaching how to care for patients. Participation in Balint’s groups is used to train students in communication and building relations with patients. Aim: To identify positive and negative aspects of participation in Balint’s groups, which are a part of compulsory training for students.Methods: 70 medical students, who took part in the study, filled in a questionnaire specifically developed for students participating in Balint’s group. The questionnaire consisted of three open questions. The answers were collected and then analyzed by way of qualitative analysis of text and factorial analysis Results: The results suggest that Balint’s method can be difficult for medical students because they have not practiced  building therapeutic relations with patients. Nevertheless, most students benefit from training in terms of personal development, awareness of mechanisms influencing patients – doctor communication and satisfaction with participation in classes.    Conclusion:  Balint’s Workshops is a useful method of teaching which influences medical student’s self – reflection because they become aware of the necessity of personality development.


Author(s):  
Lilya O. Zub ◽  
Stanislav V. Roborchuk ◽  
Inna O. Buzdugan

Pedagogical theory is one of the criteria for the development of personality, especially relevant in the period of distance education of medical students through self-fulfilment, self-education, self-esteem. The purpose of the study was to analyse the development of personality and establish the role of pedagogical theory in the development of the personality of the medical student. The basis of this purpose was proposed to include four stages of methodological justification, among which the first stage is the coverage of the individual as a concept and its features; the second stage – analysis of pedagogical theory and its significance in the education of medical students; the third stage of the study was to assess the role of distance learning, its positive aspects and shortcomings; the fourth stage is the connection of pedagogical theory with distance learning and their influence on the development of personality among medical students. The study evaluates the impact of pedagogical education on the development of the personality of a medical student during distance learning. The significant contribution of pedagogical theory (education and skill) in the development of the personality of a medical student during distance learning is substantiated. It is found out that during pedagogical education the medical student gets education by studying educational subjects, and receives personal and scientific development as a result. Under the influence of pedagogical education, the study identified comprehensive development, self-improvement, proper self-esteem, self-education, which is so necessary to achieve the goal and personal development in society. It is determined that during distance learning it is faster and more correct for a student to develop themselves as a personality. The correct approach of the teacher accelerates the process of development


Author(s):  
Е.С. Богомолова ◽  
Е.А. Захарова ◽  
Н.Б. Гаврилова

В статье обосновывается актуальность исследования проблем медицинского образования в современном обществе, связанная с запросом на получение медицинских услуг высокого качества. В связи с этим авторы обращают внимание на формирование профессиональной психологической готовности студентов медицинских факультетов к деятельности врача, одной из составляющих которой является рефлексивность, играющая большую роль в процессе развития личности, понимания ею самой себя и своей роли в обществе и профессии. Рефлексия медицинского работника рассматривается в контексте так называемого клинического мышления — особого вида профессионального мышления врача, являющегося базой личностно-профессионального развития и обеспечения самосовершенствования личности и повышающего эффективность взаимодействия с пациентами в целом. Представляются результаты экспериментального исследования индивидуальной меры рефлексивности студентов-медиков, осуществленного с использованием методики А. В. Карпова, В. В. Пономаревой, которая позволила определить общий уровень их рефлексивности и способность к ситуативной, ретроспективной, перспективной саморефлексии и рефлексии внутреннего мира других людей. Также применялся качественный анализ написанного студентами эссе на тему «Я — в профессии». Более половины студентов медицинского вуза имеют высокий уровень осознанности профессиональной деятельности, что, по мнению авторов, связано с прохождением ими ежегодной практики в лечебных учреждениях клинической базы Национального исследовательского Мордовского государственного университета имени Н. П. Огарёва (НИМГУ им. Н. П. Огарёва), дающей возможность соприкосновения с профессиональной деятельностью de facto, и реализацией принципа проблемности в процессе преподавания таких клинических дисциплин, как «Пропедевтика внутренних болезней», «Госпитальная терапия», «Госпитальная хирургия», «Инфекционные болезни» и др. The article substantiates the relevance of a research devoted to the issues of medical education in the modern world associated with people’s desire to get high quality medical service. The authors focus on the development of medical students’ social and psychological readiness to vocational activities. One of the components of medical students’ vocational activities is reflection, which plays an essential role in the process of personality development, self-esteem, social and professional realization. Medical workers’ reflection is viewed in the context of the so called clinical thinking, special type of doctors’ professional thinking, a basis of doctors’ professional and personal development, self-improvement aimed at ensuring effective doctor-patient communication. The article presents the results of an experimental research aimed at measuring medical students’ reflection abilities. The researchers used A. V. Karpov and V. V. Ponomareva’s method to identify the general level of students’ reflection abilities and their ability of situational, retrospective, and perspective self-reflection and perception of other people’s inner world. They also employed the qualitative analysis of Me and My Career essays written by medical students. More than half of medical students show a high level of appreciation of professional activities. The authors believe that this can be accounted for by the fact that medical students annually participate in internship programs at National Research Mordovia State University named for N. P. Ogarev, which provides them with a perfect opportunity to appreciate the real pleasures and hardships of their future profession and ensures a better appreciation of such clinical disciplines as Propaedeutics of Internal Diseases, Inhospital Therapy, Inhospital Surgery, Infectious Diseases, etc.


BMJ Leader ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. leader-2021-000486
Author(s):  
Cai Ying Ng ◽  
Isabel Allison ◽  
Emma Ooi ◽  
Meri Davitadze ◽  
Eka Melson ◽  
...  

BackgroundLeadership and teamwork skills are essential components of medical education. Simulation via Instant Messaging-Birmingham Advance (SIMBA) is an innovative simulation-based learning tool mainly delivered by medical students and junior doctors. This study aimed to investigate the effect of SIMBA on leadership and teamwork skills of medical students and junior doctors during COVID-19.MethodsAll medical students and junior doctors involved in the delivery of SIMBA were invited to complete the Leadership Trait Questionnaire (LTQ) and Teamwork Skills Questionnaire (TSQ) assessing their views pre-SIMBA and post-SIMBA involvement. The changes in scores were analysed using the Wilcoxon signed-rank test. Open-ended questions were reviewed in an inductive thematic analysis.ResultsA total of 33 SIMBA team members completed both questionnaires. There was improvement in all traits measured in the LTQ and TSQ, significant in 9/14 LTQ traits, and all 6 TSQ traits (p<0.05). ‘Decision making’ had the highest improvement (p<0.0001). Response to open-ended questions reported positive effects on personal development, medical professionalism, communication skills and medical/clinical knowledge.ConclusionsSIMBA is an effective model to inculcate leadership and teamwork skills among medical students and junior doctors. Prospective studies are underway to assess long-term impact.


2015 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 412-416 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jackson Sobbing ◽  
Jennifer Duong ◽  
Frank Dong ◽  
David Grainger

ABSTRACT Background Resident physicians provide much of the clinical teaching for medical students during their clerkship rotations, but often receive no formal preparation or structure for teaching and mentoring students. Objective We sought to evaluate a medical student mentoring program (MSMP) for students during their obstetrics and gynecology clerkship at a midwestern teaching hospital during the 2013–2014 academic year. Methods A senior resident physician was assigned 1 to 2 medical students for a 6-week rotation. Students were provided MSMP information during clerkship orientation; residents were given information on MSMP requirements and were randomly assigned to students. We surveyed students and residents about their experience with the MSMP. Results Of 49 eligible medical students, 43 (88%) completed postsurveys. All students reported not having a mentoring program on other clerkships. Postclerkship, students indicated that they would participate in the MSMP again (32 of 38, 84%), and felt that having a mentor on other clerkships (30 of 36, 83%) would be beneficial. Students reported receiving educational (20 of 41, 49%) and procedural (33 of 41, 80%) instruction, personal development feedback (23 of 41, 56%), and career advice (14 of 41, 34%) from resident mentors. Out of a total of 45 possible surveys by residents, 17 (38%) were completed. Residents did not feel burdened by students (14 of 17, 82%), and all responded that they would participate in the MSMP again. Conclusions Feedback from medical students suggests that a mentoring program during clerkships may provide potential benefits for their careers and in 1-on-1 instruction.


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