Future of Medical Education Journal
Volume:13 Issue: 1, Mar 2023

The rise of COVID-19 has made changes in medical education and residency preparedness as residency interviews have shifted from an in person to virtual platform. This study looks at the differences between confidence scores based on the number of preparation events attended by the students in order to assess fourth year student confidence.

Survey research was conducted for this study using a non-experimental research design with an invited sample size of 125 medical students in their fourth year. The independent variable was the number of training sessions attended. The dependent variable was the confidence score of the student. Our team gathered data on the confidence of fourth year medical students as they prepared for virtual interviews and determined the differences, if any, in confidence in their ability to interview based on the amount of preparation.

The overall response rate was 28 percent out of a total of 124 possible participants. A total of 30 participants were used in analysis. Using linear regression, results demonstrate a statistically significant (p<.05) result and a strong moderate correlation (r=.549) of how many interview assignments and activities the students completed correlated positively with the overall confidence the student had in their interview performance. 

The findings of this study show a strong correlation between the level of participation in virtual interview preparedness events and the level of confidence in students preparing for interviews, demonstrating the importance of residency interview preparedness for virtual platforms.

The purpose of the study was to analyse interprofessional learning experience and the overall experience of the breast cancer awareness workshop among undergraduate medical and nursing students.  

This was a cross-sectional study using mixed method design. The study was carried out for medical students of College of Medicine and Health Sciences, National University of Science and Technology, Oman and nursing students of Sohar Nursing Institute and the North Batinah Nursing Institute in November 2019. A total of 170 students attended the breast cancer awareness workshop. Out of which 105 (55 -medical and 50 – nursing) students filled the post workshop survey questionnaire. Thematic content analysis was done for open ended questions and quantitative type questions were analysed using SPSS software version 22.

The feedback survey looked on four domains of learning experience 1) Interprofessional experience: students of nursing (54.8%) preferred to have frequent inter-professional training sessions when compared to medical students (6.2%) (P-value<0.001). 2) Teaching-learning strategies used: Hand-on activities (Breast self-examination activity on breast model method) was more preferred method when compared to others. 3) Personal: Students expressed to have improved knowledge on breast cancer and breast self-examination. 4) Overall experience: 96.1 % students agreed that the workshop was organized well and 98% felt the information was presented clearly.      

Interprofessional education is essential for collaborative practice in future which is important for quality of care and patient safety. Breast cancer and breast self-examination awareness programs can be a convenient way of initiating interprofessional education among health care students.

Feature films can be powerful teaching tools and are increasingly used in teaching health sciences. Their power is irresistible as many films consider medical issues. However, there are only few studies which have quantified the effectiveness of using feature films as a method of teaching. Adequate assessment is critical to establish the legitimacy of using the film as a teaching activity.

A Quasi-experimental Study was initiated after Ethics Committee approval at Karuna Medical College, Palakkad, Kerala. Informed consent was taken. 90 students were divided into two groups using lottery system. Six movie clips corresponding to the topic were chosen. For one group the topic was delivered through a traditional method and for another group video of the same topic was also shown. Posttest was collected in form of Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) and crossing over was done. Six sessions were conducted. Fifteen-day memory retention test was conducted for both groups to assess if movies clips helped in student learning and long-term memory retention.

A total of 90 students participated. Assessment scores were significantly higher for the groups which were taught using movies along with traditional teaching for 5 out of 6 sessions. It was found that movie clips enhanced learning and long-term memory retention as P value was statistically significant. Most of the participants agreed that movie clips along with the traditional teaching has made their understanding better

Cinemeducation is an effective auxiliary tool to traditional teaching learning methods for teaching Forensic Medicine to undergraduates.

Investigating the curricula, teaching activities, and interaction in education settings is essential to improve educational effectiveness. There is some evidence in the literature that general medical graduates do not adequately assess their skills and abilities to perform professional responsibilities. This study aimed to investigate the clinical education challenges at Zahedan University of Medical Sciences (ZAUMS) from the students’ perspectives.

In this cross-sectional analytic study, the viewpoints of 273 (stagers, n=153, and interns, n=120) students of ZAUMS were investigated using a researcher-made questionnaire consisting of 28 5-Likert items in four areas of a) education, b) equipment, c) professors/assistants/the staff, and d) evaluation method. They were selected based on the availability sampling method.

The investigated challenges among stagers (87.96 ± 17.03) were lower than interns (106.90 ±15.80). This difference was observed to be statistically significant (P˂0.001). The highest scores regarding clinical education challenges were related to item 17 (availability of appropriate amenities in the hospital pavilion, including suitable rooms and internet access). The lowest score was related to item 1 (increasing the student's motivation and interest by commencing the hospital and clinical education at the beginning of the internship).

The upward trend in gaining experiences and patient exposure is effective in students' attitudes. Since one of the crucial factors in education is a passion for learning, these results may indicate that applying theoretical teaching can be more helpful in influencing students' learning than mere theoretical teaching.

This study was conducted to determine the attitudes of students of the Faculty of Health in Tabriz University of Medical Sciences towards their field of study and future careers.

In this cross-sectional-descriptive study, 90 undergraduate students were randomly selected as the study population. Data were collected using questionnaires from the University of Minnesota, including 16 questionnaires, and analyzed using Stata Version 15 and descriptive statistical.

The mean scores of students' attitudes of environmental health engineering, occupational health engineering, and public health towards the field of study and career future were 46.83 ± 9.49, 51.99 ± 9.14, and 49.66 ± 7.87 (ranging from 16 to 80), respectively. More than 70 % of students were interested in working in the field of health sciences, but did not have a very positive attitude towards the field of study and career future. Nonetheless, the view of students of occupational health engineering was relatively more positive than other students, and the view of environmental health engineering students was more negative. Results showed a reverse statistically significant correlation between attitude with age and academic year (P=0.001). Also, there was a positive significant correlation (P = 0.01, r = 0.966) between students' attitudes toward the field of study and their Career future.

Students' attitudes toward their field of study and career future were not positively evaluated. Increasing the number of graduates, lack of job security, and the labor market were the most important factors reducing students' attitudes.

 Today, most universities around the world are looking for educational methods that promote healthcare providers. Due to the lack of study in this field and the importance of healthcare providers providing care services to patients, therefore, the purpose of this study was to compare the effect of the lecture and Jigsaw teaching technique on first-aid learning in healthcare provider students.

 In this semi-experimental study, 50 healthcare provider students were randomly divided into control (traditional method) and case (Jigsaw method) groups with health care training for four sessions of 90 minutes in the form of basic first aid lessoning. At the first and end of the study, pre and post–exams have been taken from both groups. 

 In this research, the 50 students were studied in case and control groups. There were no significant differences in terms of age (P=0.678), sex (P=0.474), location (P=0.77), marital status (P=0.774), and total GPA (P=0.68) between the experimental and control groups. The results also showed that the difference between the mean and standard deviation of pre-and post-test results in the experimental group was significantly higher than in the control group (p<0.001). Thus, the effectiveness of the jigsaw educational method on the learning of the control group was confirmed.

 The results showed that the Jigsaw training method can be very effective in the learning rate of healthcare provider students. Additional studies are recommended to achieve reliable results.

This study aimed to assess the faculty members' perspective on the use of logbook to improve the quality of dental students’ education.

This descriptive analytical study assessed the perspectives of all faculty members of Qazvin Dental School about using logbook in 2019. A questionnaire with four domains: 1) necessity of using a logbook (score range: 7-21), 2) format design and logbook implementation process (score range: 8-24), 3) logbook content quality (score range: 20-60), and 4) method of completion of logbook (score range: 2-10) was used to assess. The internal consistency of the items was assessed using Cronbach’s alpha method (alpha-Cronbach: 0.81). Data were analyzed using SPSS 21 (p<0.05).

Of the faculty members, 19.4% were males and 80.6% were females, with a mean work experience of 6.81±5.3 years. The acquired mean total score was 18.72±2.57 out of 21 for the necessity domain, 15.33±2.78 out of 24 for the format design domain, 46.66±7.77 out of 60 for the content domain, and 8.00±1.43 out of 10 for the completion domain. Gender had a significant correlation only with the necessity domain score (P<0.05). Work experience had a significant correlation only with the completion domain score (P<0.05).

Over two-thirds of the faculty members agreed with the necessity of using a logbook and believed that its completion is highly important.

Today, dental emphasis has been placed on prevention. The pamphlet is a great tool for conveying information and raising awareness. In this study, the aim was to determine the effectiveness of an educational pamphlet on parents' awareness of the dental problems of primary school children in Mashhad, Iran.

601 parents of primary school children were selected by random clustering method from primary schools in 7 districts of Mashhad. In each training area, a girls 'primary school for the interventional group and a girls' school for the control group entered the study.In the first session, Questionnaire 1 was delivered to parents of children and they were asked to complete the questionnaire. Then in the intervention groups, the educational pamphlets were delivered to the parents. One month after the delivery of the pamphlet, during the second session, Questionnaire 2 was completed again by the same group and scored, and the score was recorded before and after the intervention for the parents. In the control group, the training pamphlet was delivered during the second session after filling out questionnaire2.

In the first assessment, two groups had no significant difference in awareness level (P=0.537), but they showed significant difference after second evaluation (P<0.001). The parents' awareness score in the second questionnaire increased by 6.10 times in the intervention group and 0.834 times in the control group.

According to the results, pamphlets are a good tool to increase parental dento-facial awareness.