scholarly journals Dealing with Academic Difficulty in Medical School: A Pilot Study

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 83
Author(s):  
Bunmi S Malau-Aduli ◽  
Robin A Ray ◽  
Teresa O’Connor ◽  
Yolanda van der Kruk ◽  
Faith O Alele ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Pilot Study ◽  
Medical School ◽  
Academic Failure ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Academic Advisor ◽  
Online Surveys ◽  
Academic Difficulty ◽  
Loss Of Self

Some students struggle through medical school and do not have the confidence to seek help. This pilot study sought to explore the challenges and needs of medical students experiencing academic difficulty. Semi-structured interviews and online surveys were used to collect data from an academic advisor and thirteen medical students who had experienced academic difficulty. Unexpected academic failure and the loss of self-efficacy contributed to students hiding their academic difficulty and avoiding available support systems. Despite the sampling limitations, the findings of this pilot study have value in giving direction to future research. Programs that will change the current attitudes to academic difficulty, normalising access to support and encouraging early intervention, are needed to build the capacity for excellence among these students.

Medical student and psychiatrist perceptions towards a psychiatric career

2017 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 315-323
Author(s):  
Thomas Flamini ◽  
Natasha R. Matthews ◽  
George S. Castle ◽  
Elliot M. Jones-Williams
Keyword(s):  
Medical Student ◽  
Medical Students ◽  
Medical School ◽  
Family Life ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate perceptions towards a career in psychiatry among medical students and psychiatrists and identify how recruitment into the specialty may be improved. Design/methodology/approach This study locally compares medical student and psychiatric doctor responses to a structured online survey and structured interviews with key managerial figures in the Humber NHS Foundation Trust. Findings Comparison across two main areas (pre-decision exposure to psychiatry and reasons for considering a psychiatric career) found that both students and doctors were influenced to make a choice about a career in psychiatry during medical school. Medical students found compatibility with family life to be more important when considering psychiatry, whereas doctors cited content-based reasons as significant pull factors. Stigma and fear of being harmed deterred some students from choosing a career in psychiatry. Structured interview responses reiterated the importance of pre-medical school and undergraduate mentorship in bolstering future recruitment to psychiatry. Practical implications Medical students perceive certain career issues differently to their postgraduate counterparts. Widening the content-based appeal of psychiatry and optimising the medical school experience of the specialty via varied and high-quality placements may be a key step towards tackling the national shortfall in qualified psychiatrists. Originality/value This is the first published study comparing medical student and psychiatric doctor perceptions of a career in psychiatry.

scholarly journals Challenges and Motivational Facilitators of Social Accountability in Medical Students of Shiraz University of Medical Sciences: A Qualitative Study

2020 ◽  
Vol In Press (In Press) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mahbobeh Mohammadi ◽  
Mehdi Bagheri ◽  
Parivash Jafari ◽  
Leila Bazrafkan
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Medical School ◽  
Informed Choice ◽  
Social Accountability ◽  
Medical Sciences ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Educational Challenges ◽  
Content Analysis Method ◽  
The University ◽  
The Impact

Background: Accountability in the community is one of the main missions of the medical school. Objectives: The current study aimed at explaining the motivational facilitators and challenges in medical students of Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran, for social accountability based on their experiences. Methods: The current study using semi-structured interviews was conducted on 28 individuals, 16 of whom were students and 12 professors and managers of the medical school. Purposeful sampling was used up to saturation. Data were analyzed using the content analysis method. First, conceptual codes were extracted and then grouped into several main themes. Selected concepts or main themes included facilitators, inhibitors, or challengers. Results: Selected concepts or main themes included facilitating factors and educational challenges for the social accountability of the students. The facilitators included informed choice, personality and moral commitment, content and process of motivation, promotion of community-based learning in the university, and the role of professors in motivation. The inhibitors or challenges included traditional routines, ineffective evaluations, manners of meeting the students’ needs, the lack of educational facilities, and the impact of the increased number of students on the quality of education. Conclusions: According to the current study findings, the conditions and facilities should be shared among medical education programs to provide a supportive environment for the students, and take a positive and effective step toward motivating them to improve their accountability.

Psychedelic therapy for smoking cessation: Qualitative analysis of participant accounts

2018 ◽  
Vol 32 (7) ◽  
pp. 756-769 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tehseen Noorani ◽  
Albert Garcia-Romeu ◽  
Thomas C Swift ◽  
Roland R Griffiths ◽  
Matthew W Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Smoking Cessation ◽  
Pilot Study ◽  
Addiction Treatment ◽  
Therapeutic Process ◽  
Drug Effects ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Self Identity ◽  
Potential Efficacy ◽  
Study Team

Background: Recent pilot trials suggest feasibility and potential efficacy of psychedelic-facilitated addiction treatment interventions. Fifteen participants completed a psilocybin-facilitated smoking cessation pilot study between 2009 and 2015. Aims: The aims of this study were as follows: (1) to identify perceived mechanisms of change leading to smoking cessation in the pilot study; (2) to identify key themes in participant experiences and long-term outcomes to better understand the therapeutic process. Methods: Participants were invited to a retrospective follow-up interview an average of 30 months after initial psilocybin sessions. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 12 of the 15 participants. Data were analysed using thematic analysis. Results: Participants reported gaining vivid insights into self-identity and reasons for smoking from their psilocybin sessions. Experiences of interconnectedness, awe, and curiosity persisted beyond the duration of acute drug effects. Participants emphasised that the content of psilocybin experiences overshadowed any short-term withdrawal symptoms. Preparatory counselling, strong rapport with the study team, and a sense of momentum once engaged in the study treatment were perceived as vital additional factors in achieving abstinence. In addition, participants reported a range of persisting positive changes beyond smoking cessation, including increased aesthetic appreciation, altruism, and pro-social behaviour. Conclusions: The findings highlight the value of qualitative research in the psychopharmacological investigation of psychedelics. They describe perceived connections between drug- and non-drug factors, and provide suggestions for future research trial design and clinical applications.

scholarly journals Factors associated with interest in psychiatry in UK medical students: qualitative study

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Grace Crowley ◽  
Sube Banerjee ◽  
Lisa Page ◽  
Stephanie Daley
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Medical Students ◽  
Medical School ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Factors Associated ◽  
Psychiatry Education ◽  
Extra Curricular Activities ◽  
Fitting In

Aims and method This study aimed to explore factors that positively influence UK medical students’ interest in psychiatry. Delegates and committee members of the National Student Psychiatry Conference 2018 were invited to participate in individual semi-structured interviews. Nine interviews were conducted. Qualitative data were analysed using thematic analysis. Results: Four core themes emerged: psychiatry education and exposure, role of a psychiatrist, fitting in, and factors external to medical school. All students had some degree of interest in mental health before medical school, but placement and extra-curricular factors were strongly influential. Implications Interest in psychiatry may be promoted by facilitating student exposure to enthusiastic psychiatrists and psychiatry subspecialties, encouraging extra-curricular activities and identifying early those with pre-existing interest in mental health on admission to medical school. Aspects of psychiatry that should be promoted include the potential to make a positive difference to patients’ lives and the teamworking elements of the specialty.

scholarly journals The Effect of Team-Based Learning on Conventional Pathology Education to Improve Students’ Mastery of Pathology

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bin Du ◽  
Xuesong Yang
Keyword(s):  
Academic Performance ◽  
Medical Students ◽  
Pilot Study ◽  
Medical School ◽  
Teaching Approaches ◽  
Final Exam ◽  
Teaching Format ◽  
Team Based Learning ◽  
Pathology Education

In recent decades, traditional pathology education methodologies have been noticeably affected by new teaching approaches, including problem-based learning (PBL) and team-based learning (TBL). However, lack of outcome-based studies has hindered the extensive application of the TBL approach in the teaching of pathology in Chinese medical schools. In this study, a pilot TBL format on four topics in pathology was implemented in one session with medical students at Jinan University Medical School and the previous sessions of medical students were able to function as controls. The final exam scores of TBL participants were significantly higher than the scores for non-participants, indicating that the students demonstrated better academic performance at the end of the TBL class. In addition, the follow-up questionnaires revealed that the majority of the TBL participants spent more time studying and were actively and enthusiastically involved in TBL activities. The new teaching format also inspired teachers’ desire to lead discussions and administer quizzes instead of repeating rote didactics. Overall, this pilot study reveals that a combination of the TBL approach and traditional pathology theory can improve pathology education. 

scholarly journals The use of digital media in the Russian language classroom: an empirical study conducted in Austria, South Tyrol, and Germany

2019 ◽  
pp. 26-32
Author(s):  
Sonja Bacher
Keyword(s):  
Digital Media ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Russian Language ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Online Surveys ◽  
South Tyrol ◽  
Language Classroom ◽  
German Speaking ◽  
The Russian Language

This work-in-progress study focuses on the implementation of digital media into the Russian language classroom at secondary schools in the German-speaking countries of Austria, Germany, and the trilingual region South Tyrol. The data were collected in a mixed-methods procedure: quantitative data from online-questionnaires and qualitative data from face-to-face, semi-structured interviews with teachers and learners of Russian. The data from the online-surveys were analysed with descriptive statistics and that of the interviews with qualitative content analysis. The results from the online-surveys illustrate the kinds of digital devices that are employed, the frequency of their use, and the purposes digital media are intended to fulfil in the Russian language classroom. Another finding concerns the teachers’ digital literacy, suggesting that only half of the Russian teachers can create online language learning tasks. The paper closes with implications for pre- and in-service teacher education and future research.

scholarly journals Use of smartphones among medical students in the clinical years at a medical school in Sub-Sahara Africa: A pilot study

2014 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 28-34 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nasiru A Ibrahim ◽  
Mohammad Salisu ◽  
Abiodun A Popoola ◽  
Taofeeq I Ibrahim
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Pilot Study ◽  
Medical School

scholarly journals Japanese medical learners’ achievement emotions: Accounting for culture in translating Western medical educational theories and instruments into an asian context

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Osamu Nomura ◽  
Jeffrey Wiseman ◽  
Momoka Sunohara ◽  
Haruko Akatsu ◽  
Susanne P. Lajoie
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Pilot Study ◽  
North American ◽  
Japanese Version ◽  
Value Theory ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Achievement Emotions ◽  
Control Value ◽  
Computer Based ◽  
Asian Context

AbstractMedical learners’ achievement emotions during educational activities have remained unexamined in Asian cultural contexts. The Medical Emotion Scale (MES) was previously developed to assess achievement emotions experienced by North American medical learners during learning activities. The goal of this study was to create and validate a Japanese version of the Medical Emotion Scale (J-MES). We translated the MES into Japanese and conducted two initial validation studies of the J-MES. In the first pilot study, we asked five, native-Japanese, second-year medical students to assess their emotions with the J-MES during a computer-based clinical reasoning activity. Each participant was then interviewed to assess the clarity and suitability of the items. In a second, larger study, 41 Japanese medical students were recruited to assess the psychometric properties of the J-MES. We also conducted individual, semi-structured interviews with ten of these participants to explore potential cultural features in the achievement emotions of Japanese students. The first pilot study demonstrated that the J-MES descriptions were clear, and that the scale captured an appropriate range of emotions. The second study revealed that the J-MES scale’s profiles and internal structure were largely consistent with control-value theory. The achievement emotions of pride, compassion, and surprise in the J-MES were found to be susceptible to cultural differences between North American and Japanese contexts. Our findings clearly demonstrated the scoring capacity, generalizability, and extrapolability of the J-MES.

A mixed-methods study to test a tailored coaching program for health researchers to manage stress and achieve work-life balance

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abby Steketee ◽  
Susan Chen ◽  
Rachel A Nelson ◽  
Vivica I Kraak ◽  
Samantha M Harden
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Pilot Study ◽  
Health Benefit ◽  
Preliminary Evidence ◽  
Descriptive Statistics ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Dissemination And Implementation ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Human Flourishing

Abstract Dissemination and implementation (D&I) researchers serve critical scientific, practical, and personal roles in translating science to public health benefit. However, they face multifaceted barriers that may erode their capacity to plan, lead, and evaluate implementation. Individualized coaching focused on human flourishing is an unexplored approach to fully actualize D&I researchers’ capacity to bridge the research-practice gap. The purpose of this exploratory pilot study was to investigate a tailored coaching program to support human flourishing among D&I researchers. A pragmatic, mixed-methods approach guided by the RE-AIM (Reach, Effectiveness, Adoption, Implementation, Maintenance) Framework was used to evaluate an individualized, nine session coaching program called FUEL (Focus, Unplug, Exercise, Love). Reach and Implementation were assessed through descriptive statistics and rapid qualitative analysis of surveys and coaching logs. Effectiveness and Maintenance were assessed through descriptive statistics and iterative content analysis of participant surveys, as well as iterative content analysis of proxy (e.g., colleague) semi-structured interviews. Reach results indicated that demand for coaching exceeded study enrollment capacity (n = 16 participants). Implementation results showed that the coach spent 12.96 ± 2.82 hr per participant over 3 months. Effectiveness and Maintenance results indicated that FUEL was well-received and provided participants with myriad psychological and professional benefits. Preliminary evidence suggests that the FUEL coaching program is a promising and feasible approach to enhance flourishing among D&I researchers. Future research is needed to evaluate Adoption and scalability. This pilot study may inform future D&I capacity-building initiatives that address researchers’ holistic situatedness within the implementation process.

An Evaluation of a Community Oriented Primary Care Programme for Medical Students

1988 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 252-257
Author(s):  
G Smilkstein
Keyword(s):  
Primary Care ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Medical Students ◽  
Medical School ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Care Programme ◽  
Evaluation Strategy ◽  
Curriculum Changes ◽  
Medical Educators ◽  
The University

Community Oriented Primary Care (COPC) has been demonstated to be a worthwhile approach to health care. Medical educators, however, have been slow to respond with curriculum changes that will facilitate the entry of medical school graduates into COPC. This paper describes a programme at the University of Washington that has a COPC focus with emphasis on care to the medically unders-erved. Analysis of this study's evaluation strategy suggests improvements to be incorporated into future research.1

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