scholarly journals Seeking the Optimal Time for Integrated Curriculum in Jinan University School of Medicine

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 25 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sanqiang Pan ◽  
Xin Cheng ◽  
Yanghai Zhou ◽  
Ke Li ◽  
Xuesong Yang
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Integrated Curriculum ◽  
Clinical Medicine ◽  
Optimal Time ◽  
Practical Skills ◽  
Basic Sciences ◽  
Curricular Integration ◽  
School Of Medicine ◽  
Analytical Thinking ◽  
Over 40 Years

The curricular integration of the basic sciences and clinical medicine has been conducted for over 40 years and proved to increase medical students’ study interests and clinical reasoning. However, there is still no solid data suggesting what time, freshmen or year 3, is optimal to begin with the integrated curriculum. In this study, the integrated courses on cardiovascular and respiratory systems were performed to part of year 1 and year 3 medical students while non-participant students acted as control. We tried to explore the optimal time through comparison of the exam results and questionnaire of participated students. It was demonstrated that year 3 participant students got better exam score than year 1 students did, and the questionnaire showed that it might be due to the year 1 participants difficultly caught up with the contents of integrated courses without appropriate background knowledge. Three years later, the participant students got higher ability to analytical thinking of clinical diseases in comparison to non-participant students, while it did not improve the acquirement of their clinical practical skills. Taken together, our study in Jinan University School of Medicine indicated that the integrated courses would be approximately effective if combined to conventional medical teaching at year 3 after the students obtain relevant basic sciences knowledge. 

Curricular Integration at the University of Missouri—Kansas City School of Medicine

1993 ◽  
Vol 76 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-40 ◽  
Author(s):  
Louise Arnold ◽  
T. Lee Willoughby
Keyword(s):  
Kansas City ◽  
Clinical Medicine ◽  
Curricular Integration ◽  
University Of Missouri ◽  
City School ◽  
Clinical Exposure ◽  
School Of Medicine ◽  
Advanced Students ◽  
The University ◽  
Interdisciplinary Integration

In its combined Baccalaureate-M.D. degree program, the University of Missouri—Kansas City School of Medicine endeavors to foster interdisciplinary integration by intertwining the humanities, clinical medicine, and basic sciences throughout the curriculum. Analysis over 6 years (1986–1991) of 547 students' scores on comprehensive examinations and ratings of 464 to 478 graduates' clinical abilities suggest that the integrative elements of the curriculum have a counterpart in performance. Such experience would recommend possible steps to encourage interdisciplinary integration at other schools: allow students to acquire disciplinary understandings but offer early clinical exposure for context and relevance, arrange productive repetition of material, pair more with less advanced students for integrated learning, and choose faculty who model integration and expect students to do so.

Introduction to medical physiology: cellular membranes and transmembrane transport of solutes and water.

1996 ◽  
Vol 271 (6) ◽  
pp. S2
Author(s):  
D J Benos
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Medicine ◽  
Conceptual Basis ◽  
University Of Alabama ◽  
Basic Sciences ◽  
Basic Principles ◽  
Cellular Physiology ◽  
School Of Medicine ◽  
Introductory Session ◽  
The University ◽  
Made In

This article summarizes the comments made in the introductory session of the Medical Physiology course taught at the University of Alabama School of Medicine. The main thesis is that learning physiology is easier when fundamental principles are first delineated. Four general principles of physiology (mass balance, force-flow, capacitance, and equilibrium) are discussed. Clinical medicine becomes more comprehensible when these basic principles are understood. Cellular Physiology is taught first because it forms the conceptual basis for what follows in the course. The idea that the root of clinical medicine lies in the basic sciences is emphasized.

scholarly journals Saudi Medical Students’ Interest in Basic Medical Sciences and the Factors Affecting It

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 30
Author(s):  
Suha Althubaiti ◽  
Norah Althubaiti
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Clinical Medicine ◽  
Medical Science ◽  
Survey Study ◽  
Practical Training ◽  
Medical Sciences ◽  
Basic Sciences ◽  
Undergraduate Medical Students ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Basic Medical

OBJECTIVES: To evaluate medical students’ interest in basic sciences and identify perceived obstacles for choosing a career in basic science.METHODS: A cross-sectional survey study was conducted and carried out between March and May 2016 with 600 undergraduate medical students at the College of Medicine, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Students’ interest towards basic medical sciences was evaluated using a questionnaire.RESULTS: A total of 352 medical students (180 male and 172 female) responded. The leading reasons for not pursuing a career in basic sciences were that medical students aimed primarily to become clinicians (71.6%), would prefer to engage in clinical research (40.4%), were concerned about salaries in basic sciences (36.6%), and had not experienced exciting practical training in basic sciences (26.2%).CONCLUSION: Integrating basic sciences and clinical medicine and increasing research participation will result in more positive attitudes towards basic sciences. Furthermore, reducing the students’ concerns will encourage medical students to engage more with basic medical science.

scholarly journals Collection-based analysis of selected medical libraries in the Philippines using Doody’s Core Titles

2017 ◽  
Vol 105 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Efren Torres Jr., MLIS
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Clinical Medicine ◽  
Health Sciences ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Collection Development ◽  
Basic Sciences ◽  
Book Selection ◽  
School Of Medicine ◽  
Medical Libraries

Objectives: This study assessed the book collection of five selected medical libraries in the Philippines, based on Doodys’ Essential Purchase List for basic sciences and clinical medicine, to compare the match and non-match titles among libraries, to determine the strong and weak disciplines of each library, and to explore the factors that contributed to the percentage of match and non-match titles.Method: List checking was employed as the method of research.Results: Among the medical libraries, De La Salle Health Sciences Institute and University of Santo Tomas had the highest percentage of match titles, whereas Ateneo School of Medicine and Public Health had the lowest percentage of match titles. University of the Philippines Manila had the highest percentage of near-match titles.Conclusion: De La Salle Health Sciences Institute and University of Santo Tomas had sound medical collections based on Doody’s Core Titles. Collectively, the medical libraries shared common collection development priorities, as evidenced by similarities in strong areas. Library budget and the role of the library director in book selection were among the factors that could contributed to a high percentage of match titles.

scholarly journals FACULTY PERSPECTIVE ABOUT DIFFICULTIES IN IMPLEMENTATION OF NEWLY INTRODUCED INTEGRATED CURRICULUM FOR BASIC SCIENCES IN KING EDWARD MEDICAL UNIVERSITY

2021 ◽  
Vol 71 (3) ◽  
pp. 1075-79
Author(s):  
Khalid Mahmood Cheema
Keyword(s):  
Integrated Curriculum ◽  
Quantitative Information ◽  
Faculty Members ◽  
Basic Sciences ◽  
Curricular Integration ◽  
Medical College ◽  
Collection Device ◽  
Negative Perceptions ◽  
Medical University ◽  
Depth Interviews

Objective: To explore the perceptions of basic sciences faculty about the integrated curriculum. Study Design: Sequential mixed method study. Place and Duration of Study: King Edward Medical University Lahore, from Oct to Dec 2017. Methodology: A 15-item survey was utilized as quantitative information collection device that gave the numerical depiction of the patterns, views or conclusions of the participants. In-depth interviews were done after survey as a tool of qualitative data collection to investigate beliefs and explore the attitudes. Results: All ninety three faculty members of basic sciences in medical college were contacted and survey response rate was 96.77% (90/93). 97% of faculty members had awareness about curricular integration; but majority (56%) had concerns about its appropriate implementation. Majority agreed that integration was beneficial for students‟ learning. They were satisfied with its design and relevance. Major considerations were correct implementation and lack of coaching in adopting new teaching methods and educational approaches. Conclusion: Curriculum integration is useful and essential in student‟s learning but training is necessary in its planning and execution. Current negative perceptions need to be addressed through further research.

A Quantitative Assessment of the Need for Offering Counselling Services to Medical Students attending University of Zambia, School of Medicine.

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 93-103
Author(s):  
Gretchen Slover
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Counseling Services ◽  
Student Responses ◽  
Counselling Services ◽  
School Of Medicine ◽  
Comprehensive Picture ◽  
Fourth Year Medical Students ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The University ◽  
Therapy Sessions

Background: This research was birthed in 2017 during a trip to Lusaka, Zambia, with the purpose of offering fourth-year, medical students attending the University of Zambia, School of Medicine, lectures on psychology topics as part of their clinical studies.  Students were also offered brief therapy sessions where they could process thoughts and feelings causing them internal struggles.  The subject of offering counseling on a regular basis was randomly discussed with the students.  From these discussions the need for this research became evident, with the intent of becoming the launching pad to brainstorm the most effective ways of developing a plan to offer counseling services for all medical students attending the University of Zambia School of Medicine. Methods: An-experimental research design, consisting of completion of a 12-item questionnaire administered by paper and pen. The inclusion criteria were the fourth year, medical students attending the University of Zambia, School of Medicine. Results:  The student responses revealed that most of them had little to no experience with counseling services, but a strong desire for them. Discussion: The goal of this study was to simply establish a need for an on-campus counseling service, the need of which has been established by the very students who would benefit.  With the acceptance of this need, the future plan is to explore the different ways in which this need can be fulfilled with minimal costs to the Medical School Program. Conclusion:  This study is the first step towards identifying the needs of the medical students and sets the ground-work for further research into the specific areas of need and mental health challenges.  More specificity in the area of demographics of students will produce a more comprehensive picture of the areas of concentration for the therapists offering services.

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