Learning styles of premedical and basic science undergraduate medical students in a Caribbean medical school.

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

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Depression Among Undergraduate Medical Students

Kathmandu University Medical Journal ◽

10.3126/kumj.v10i3.8021 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 10 (3) ◽

pp. 56-59 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Bibhusan Basnet ◽

M Jaiswal ◽

B Adhikari ◽

PM Shyangwa

Keyword(s):

Medical Education ◽

Medical Students ◽

Medical School ◽

Depression Scale ◽

Academic Stress ◽

Undergraduate Medical Students ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Prevalence Of Depression ◽

Inducing Factors ◽

Major Factors

Background Psychological stress is common in medical school and associated with depression. Medical education is grooming in Nepal, but only few studies are done concerning mental health of medical students. Objective To assess the prevalence of depression among medical students at different levels of education and find about their stressors. Methods A cross sectional, questionnaire-based survey was carried out among the undergraduate medical students of B.P.Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Nepal. 50 students each from Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) first and third year were enrolled in the study conducted between November 2008 to January2009. The depression levels were assessed using Zung depression scale. Students were asked to complete the questionnaire and then the depression levels calculated .The stress inducing factors during their course of medical education were also assessed. Results The overall prevalence of depression among the students was 29.78 percent. The prevalence of depression in first and third year was 36.74and 22.22 percent respectively. The prevalence of depression was 32.43 percent among female students versus 28.07 percent in male students. Both first and third year students gave high ratings to academic stress and hectic lifestyle as the main stress inducing factors. Conclusion The prevalence of depression is seen especially in the first year medical students. So, attempts should be made to alleviate the stressors right from the time they join medical school. Since academic stress proved to be one of the major factors, measures to make the academic curriculum more student-friendly are suggested. Kathmandu University Medical Journal | VOL.10 | NO. 3 | ISSUE 39 | JUL- SEP 2012 | Page 56-59 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/kumj.v10i3.8021

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Patient Safety Awareness Among Undergraduate Medical Students in Pakistani Medical School

Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences ◽

10.12669/pjms.342.14563 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 34 (2) ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Rizwana Kamran ◽

Attia Bari ◽

Rehan Ahmed Khan ◽

Mohamed Al-Eraky

Keyword(s):

Patient Safety ◽

Medical Students ◽

Medical School ◽

Undergraduate Medical Students ◽

Safety Awareness

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Attitude of Basic Science Medical Students towards Post Graduation in Medicine and Surgery: A Questionnaire based Cross-sectional Study from Western Region of Nepal

Nepal Journal of Epidemiology ◽

10.3126/nje.v1i4.5754 ◽

1970 ◽

Vol 1 (4) ◽

pp. 126-134 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Bedanta Roy ◽

Indrajit Banerjee ◽

Brijesh Sathian ◽

Monami Mondal ◽

Sai Sailesh Kumar ◽

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Keyword(s):

Medical Students ◽

Career Choice ◽

Basic Science ◽

Female Students ◽

Male Students ◽

Sri Lankan ◽

Basic Sciences ◽

Undergraduate Medical Students ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Medical Specialties

Background Career choice of medical students plays a vital role for health care system of a country. It also plays a crucial role to bring medical specialties into mainstream focus. Materials and Method A cross-sectional, questionnaire-based study has been performed at Manipal College of Medical Sciences, during the period of 1st May to 31st August–2011. A self reported questionnaire was given to the undergraduate medical students of Basic sciences. Questionnaire included career choices, nature of career, reason for choice, and education level and occupation in their parents. Results Data was collected from 269 medical students, among them 145 males and 124 female students participated in the study. The mean age of Indian (85, 31.6%), Nepalese (110, 40.9%) and Sri Lankan (74, 27.5%) students were 18.3 ± SD 0.7, 18.6 ± SD 0.8 and 18.0 ± SD 1.5 years respectively. Education and Occupation of parents seems to influence the determination of career choice in case of Medical students (p<0.01). Females have 2.19 times preference of choosing Medicine and 0.22 times Surgery compared to males (p<0.01). In case of Nepali male students, Surgery (60.3%) was the most preferred Postgraduate subject followed by medicine (20.6%) and in female students, medicine (44.7%) and OBG (31.9%). But in case of Indian male students 58.0% & 31.4% female students want to choose surgery as their career. 53.1% of the Sri-Lankan male students want to choose medicine as their post graduation and apart from these 50% of the female students also, which is followed by surgery 46.9% (male) and 21.4% (female) respectively. Conclusion Our study supports that Post-graduation in clinical specialties is always preferred over Basic sciences due to more interaction with patients and the practical aspects of medical profession. The relatively less popularity of some streams may show long-term impact on the health of health system of Nepal. Medical Universities have to modify their academic intervention activities to improve the basic science teaching learning programme in Nepal to turn around the deficiency of post graduates in this stream.http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/nje.v1i4.5754 Nepal Journal of Epidemiology 2011;1(4):126-134

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Medical students’ perceptions of nutrition education in Canadian universities

Applied Physiology Nutrition and Metabolism ◽

10.1139/h10-016 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 35 (3) ◽

pp. 336-343 ◽

Cited By ~ 21

Author(s):

Leah M. Gramlich ◽

Dana Lee Olstad ◽

Roseanne Nasser ◽

Laki Goonewardene ◽

Maitreyi Raman ◽

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Keyword(s):

Medical Students ◽

Medical School ◽

Student Satisfaction ◽

Nutrition Education ◽

Nutrient Requirements ◽

Undergraduate Medical Students ◽

Canadian Universities ◽

Survey Response Rate ◽

Nutrition Instruction

Patients routinely seek physicians’ guidance about diet and the relation between nutrition and the prevention and treatment of disease. However, the adequacy of nutrition instruction in undergraduate medical education is questionable. The purpose of this study was to investigate Canadian medical students’ perceptions of and satisfaction with their education in nutrition. At 9 universities across Canada, a 23-item survey questionnaire was distributed in English and French to undergraduate medical students after at least 8 months of medical school. Overall, 9 of 17 universities participated in the survey, and 933 of the 3267 medical students approached completed the survey (response rate, 28.6%). Mean satisfaction with nutrition instruction received during medical school was 4.7 (±0.06) on a scale of 1–10, where 1 is very dissatisfied and 10 is very satisfied, and there were significant differences among schools (p < 0.0001). Students were comfortable in their ability to counsel patients regarding basic nutrition concepts and the role of nutrition in prevention of disease, but were much less comfortable discussing the role of nutrition in the treatment of disease and nutrient requirements across the lifecycle, and in identifying credible sources of nutrition information. Of the 933 respondents, 87.2% believe that their undergraduate program should dedicate more time to nutrition education. The amount of nutrition instruction correlated with student satisfaction (p < 0.0001), but varied among schools. A significant number of students are dissatisfied with the nutrition education they receive and their ability to provide relevant and appropriate nutrition counselling. This study paves the way for further discussions and development of strategies to improve nutrition education in medical schools in Canada.

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The influence of learning styles and personality profiles on undergraduate medical students’ clinical performance

Medical Teacher ◽

10.3109/0142159x.2013.772972 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 35 (7) ◽

pp. 608-609 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Krishnamurthy S. Murthy ◽

Paul A. O’Neill ◽

Ged J. Byrne

Keyword(s):

Medical Students ◽

Learning Styles ◽

Clinical Performance ◽

Personality Profiles ◽

Undergraduate Medical Students

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Personality and learning styles in relation to attitudes towards interprofessional education: a cross-sectional study on undergraduate medical students during their clinical courses

BMC Medical Education ◽

10.1186/s12909-020-02327-7 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 20 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Caroline Olsson ◽

Hanna Lachmann ◽

Susanne Kalén ◽

Sari Ponzer ◽

Cecilia Mellstrand Navarro

Keyword(s):

Medical Students ◽

Learning Styles ◽

Learning Style ◽

Big Five ◽

Interprofessional Education ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Clear Correlation ◽

Undergraduate Medical Students ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Big Five Inventory

Abstract Background Interprofessional Education (IPE) is now included in curricula in universities worldwide. It is known that there are differences in attitudes towards IPE among students, but less is known regarding how students’ personalities and learnings styles correspond with those attitudes. The aim of this study was to investigate whether personality traits and learning styles have any impact on medical students’ attitudes towards IPE. Methods Seventy nine medical students in their 9th term (63% females, mean age 29 years) were questioned regarding their attitudes towards IPE according to the Interdisciplinary Education Perception Scale questionnaire, the Kolb’s learning style and Big Five Inventory questionnaires. For all three instruments we used the Swedish translated versions. Results When investigated with a logistic regression, adjusting for age and gender, there were no significant associations between Big Five inventory, Kolb’s learning style and IEPS, except for the Reflective-Pragmatic learning style that was moderately associated with a higher IEPS score. Conclusion There was no clear correlation between personality, learning style and attitude towards IPE as measured by the IEPS among medical students in our study population. Further investigations would benefit from a combination of qualitative and quantitative design.

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