A Survey about Improvements of Clinical Training in Medical Students.
- Author:
Seong Ho CHANG
1
;
Deok Sun AHN
;
Se Wha YOO
;
Hyoung Kyu KIM
Author Information
1. College of Medicine, Korea University, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Clinical training;
Survey;
Improvement;
Workshop
- MeSH:
Education;
Humans;
Linear Energy Transfer;
Medical Staff;
Students, Medical*;
Surveys and Questionnaires
- From:Korean Journal of Medical Education
1993;5(1):34-40
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
This study was carried out to provide some principles for the improvement of clinical training in medical students. To investigate the current problems in our systems of clinical training, we made sev eral questionnaires and distributed to the individuals of each survey groups. Senior medical students (59), interns (31), residents (14) and medical staffs (15) were included in these survey groups. The summarized current problems in clinical training are as follows : 1) lack of personnels in charge of clinical training, 2) lack of objective criteria for the evaluation of clinical training, 3) lack of involvement of students in clinical patient management, 4) needs of improvement in contents of clinical education, 5) lack of strict execution of education program, 6) lack of places for clinical education, 7) lack of interests in clinical training of the staffs, 8) needs of the orientation for the students about hospital systems. With this summary we held workshop for the staffs (29) in charge of clinical education. The summarized methods to improve clinical education were to promote interests in clinical education of staffs, to select the personnel in charge of clinical education, to make assignment of patient to the students, to let the student write patient progress note, to improve evaluation method for clinical education, to orient student about clinical education.
