scholarly journals Good Knowledge of COVID-19 Increased Preventive Behavior on Last Year Undergraduate Medical Students at University of Jember, East Java, Indonesia

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 97-103
Author(s):  
Raghda Gita Safitri ◽  
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Ancah Caesarina Novi Marchianti ◽  
Laksmi Indreswari ◽  
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...  
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Good Knowledge ◽  
Preventive Behavior ◽  
Undergraduate Medical Students

scholarly journals Assessment of knowledge, attitude and practices on antibiotic resistance among undergraduate medical students in the school of medicine at the University of Zambia

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 263 ◽  
Author(s):  
Annie Zulu ◽  
Scott K. Matafwali ◽  
Michelo Banda ◽  
Steward Mudenda
Keyword(s):  
Antibiotic Resistance ◽  
Medical Students ◽  
Statistical Significance ◽  
Health Concern ◽  
Good Knowledge ◽  
Global Public Health ◽  
Undergraduate Medical Students ◽  
Good Practices ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
The University

Background: The issue of antibiotic resistance has become a global public health concern, with an extensive clinical and economic burden. The study aimed to assess the knowledge, attitude, and practices of antibiotic resistance among undergraduate medical students at the University of Zambia.Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted at the University of Zambia Ridgeway Campus. A structured questionnaire was administered to 260 randomly selected undergraduate medical students. Data were analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 22.0. Associations between dependent and independent variables were done using a Chi-square test. The statistical significance was done at 95% confidence level (p<0.05). Ethical approval was done by the University of Zambia Health Sciences Research Ethics Committee.Results: The study found that 227 of 260 (87.3%) of the medical students had good knowledge on antibiotic use and resistance. The majority of the medical students 252 of 260 (96.9%) had positive attitudes and 195 of 260 (75%) had good practices towards antibiotic resistance. There was a significant difference between the year of study and the level of knowledge (χ2=16.333, p=0.003). There was no significant difference between the year of study and the attitude of the participants (χ2=4.061, p=0.398). A significant difference was found between the year of study and the practices of the respondents (χ2=10.926, p=0.027).Conclusions: The medical students had good knowledge, a positive attitude, and good practices towards antibiotic resistance. Final year students had higher levels of knowledge and attitude but lower levels of practice compared to other years of study.

E-learning for Undergraduate Medical Students (Preprint)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emad Tashkandi
Keyword(s):  
Academic Performance ◽  
Medical Students ◽  
Test Scores ◽  
Good Knowledge ◽  
Knowledge Gain ◽  
Undergraduate Medical Students ◽  
Adequate Knowledge ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Positive Feelings

BACKGROUND Disruption of education and learning can lead to drastic changes in educational outcomes; therefore, we need to maximize the benefits of e-technology. OBJECTIVE This study aimed to explore changes in knowledge, attitudes, and challenges regarding e-learning of medical students during the COVID-19 pandemic, and also determine how e-learning has influenced academic performance. METHODS We conducted a self-administrated electronic survey to collect information on undergraduate medical students’ e-learning during the COVID-19 pandemic. We evaluated its validity, reliability and pilot tested the instrument. We recruited participants using convenience sampling via WhatsApp and sent reminders one and two weeks later using SurveyMonkey. RESULTS We received 995 responses from validated undergraduate medical students from August 7–19, 2020. Nearly all respondents responded that they have knowledge of e-learning and its tools. More than two-thirds of the respondents indicated that they gained fair/very good knowledge from online classes and discussion boards. Additionally, more than half of them indicated that they gained fair/very good knowledge from e-assessments, mobile-learning, links, e-resources, and e-problem based learning. Regarding attitudes, students responded they had “somewhat” adequate knowledge, proper training, positive feelings, and were comfortable engaging in e-learning. Reported challenges experienced with e-learning included poor internet speed and lack of clinical experience and physical examination skills. There was a statistically significant difference between the test scores for the first and second semesters for year 6, year 5, year 4, and year 2 students. CONCLUSIONS Nearly all respondents are familiar with e-learning tools. The implementation of e-learning during the pandemic led to an overall improvement in knowledge gain, accompanied by positive attitudes. Subsequently, there were measurable improvements in students’ test scores in regard to overall academic performance. Our study indicates the need to boost infrastructure and address the challenges of e-learning. CLINICALTRIAL NA

scholarly journals Integrated teaching in medical education: undergraduate student’s perception

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (7) ◽  
pp. 2813
Author(s):  
Divyasree Neeli ◽  
Uma Prasad ◽  
Bhagyalakshmi Atla ◽  
Saraswati Sarat Srinivas Kukkala ◽  
Venkata Bala Saikumar Konuku ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Medical Education ◽  
Nephrotic Syndrome ◽  
Medical Students ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Teaching Method ◽  
General Medicine ◽  
Good Knowledge ◽  
Undergraduate Medical Students ◽  
Case Discussion ◽  
Knowledge And Skills

Background: Integrated teaching is an effective teaching method for the undergraduate medical students to achieve good knowledge and skills. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of vertical integrated teaching.Method: Vertical integrated teaching was conducted on the topic “Nephrotic syndrome” for 2nd MBBS (5th semester) students. Departments which participated in the session were from Physiology, Biochemistry, Pathology and General Medicine. Faculty from each department was allotted 20 minutes for their topic. After completion of all the topics students were given feedback forms. The opinions were tabulated and analysed.Results: Most of the students opined that integrated teaching is useful in gaining knowledge (Understanding, concept clarity and better performance in exams) (79.7%) as well as skill-based learning (Workshops, laboratory, clinical exercises and case discussion) (84.4%).Conclusion: The study showed that undergraduate students agreed that integrated teaching is useful for them in gaining knowledge as well as skill.

Using SurveyMonkey® to teach safe social media strategies to medical students in their clinical years

2015 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 117-124 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katrina A. Bramstedt ◽  
Ben Ierna ◽  
Victoria Woodcroft-Brown
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Medical Students ◽  
Media Ethics ◽  
Ethical Awareness ◽  
Media Technology ◽  
Undergraduate Medical Students ◽  
Clinical Rotations ◽  
Medical Apps ◽  
Practice Of Medicine ◽  
Medical Photography

Social media is a valuable tool in the practice of medicine, but it can also be an area of ‘treacherous waters’ for medical students. Those in their upper years of study are off-site and scattered broadly, undertaking clinical rotations; thus, in-house (university lecture) sessions are impractical. Nonetheless, during these clinical years students are generally high users of social media technology, putting them at risk of harm if they lack appropriate ethical awareness. We created a compulsory session in social media ethics (Doctoring and Social Media) offered in two online modes (narrated PowerPoint file or YouTube video) to fourth- and fifth-year undergraduate medical students. The novelty of our work was the use of SurveyMonkey® to deliver the file links, as well as to take attendance and deliver a post-session performance assessment. All 167 students completed the course and provided feedback. Overall, 73% Agreed or Strongly Agreed the course session would aid their professionalism skills and behaviours, and 95% supported delivery of the curriculum online. The most frequent areas of learning occurred in the following topics: email correspondence with patients, medical photography, and awareness of medical apps. SurveyMonkey® is a valuable and efficient tool for curriculum delivery, attendance taking, and assessment activities.

Quantifying empathy levels among UK undergraduate medical students: an online survey

2020 ◽  
Vol 70 (suppl 1) ◽  
pp. bjgp20X711293
Author(s):  
Sarah Garnett ◽  
Hajira Dambha-Miller ◽  
Beth Stuart
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Health Outcomes ◽  
Medical School ◽  
Curriculum Design ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Mental Wellbeing ◽  
Reactivity Index ◽  
Free Text ◽  
Undergraduate Medical Students ◽  
Cross Sectional

BackgroundEmpathy is a key health care concept and refers to care that incorporates understanding of patient perspective’s, shared decision making, and consideration of the broader context in which illness is experience. Evidence suggests experiences of doctor empathy correlate with improved health outcomes and patient satisfaction. It has also been linked to job satisfaction, and mental wellbeing for doctors. To date, there is a paucity of evidence on empathy levels among medical students. This is critical to understand given that it is a key point at which perceptions and practices of empathy in the longer term might be formed.AimTo quantify the level of empathy among UK undergraduate medical studentsMethodAn anonymised cross-sectional online survey was distributed to medical students across three universities. The previously validated Davis’s Interpersonal Reactivity Index was used to quantify empathy. The survey also collected information on age, sex, ethnicity, year of medical school training and included a free-text box for ‘any other comments’.ResultsData analysis is currently underway with high response rates. Mean empathy scores by age, sex, year of study and ethnic group are presented. A correlation analysis will examine associations between age and year of study, and mean empathy sores.ConclusionThese data will help to provide a better understanding of empathy levels to inform the provision of future empathy training and medical school curriculum design. Given previous evidence linking experiences of empathy to better health outcomes, the findings may also be significant to future patient care

e-Learning: Practices Among Undergraduates of a Medical College of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

2020 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Medical Students ◽  
Background Information ◽  
P Value ◽  
Undergraduate Medical Students ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Medical College ◽  
Learning Practices ◽  
E Learning

Background: Information technology (IT) is a new way of teaching and learning. One of the promising media of information technology is e-Learning, which is used to enhance knowledge and skills among users. A student gains better and deep knowledge through a useful tool. This survey aimed to determine practices among medical students for e-Learning. Methods: This cross-sectional survey was conducted on 184 students amongst the 500 students currently enrolled in medical college. Data was collected using questionnaires and were analyzed through SPSS version 22. Chi-square was used for qualitative values. Results: Majority 90.80% (n=167) students were aware of e-Learning and were statistically high in first year students (p-value: 0.018). The student did not show statistically significant results for content learned through e-Learning with a p-value of 0.063. Different resources were used for e-Learning in which videos had the highest percentage (87.60%) and audios were used as the least resource for e-Learning (29.20%). Daily, 56% of the students use e-Learning for 1 hour or less and only 3% of the students used it for more than 4 hours. Conclusion: Majority of undergraduate medical students were aware of the use of e-Learning and most of them preferred e-Learning for their course work and studies showing a significant increase in understanding and use, compared to studies conducted earlier. Participants found e-Learning useful and effective tool in increasing knowledge and understanding of their subject. Keywords: e-Learning; Practices; Students.

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