The relationship between medical students' eagerness in clinical clerkships and their interest in medical departments
- VernacularTitle:医学生の臨床実習に対する自主性と診療科への興味の関連
- Author:
Yoshihiro KATAOKA
;
Ayumi TAKAYASHIKI
;
Tetsuhiro MAENO
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
clinical clerkships;
eagerness;
interest in medical departments;
self-assessment
- From:Medical Education
2010;41(1):7-11
- CountryJapan
- Language:Japanese
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Abstract:
Medical students must have motivation to participate in medical care during clinical clerkships. How much interest students have in each department might be a factor in making them more active in clerkships. To make clerkships more effective, we performed a questionnaire survey to investigate the relationship between students' interest in each department and their eagerness in clinical clerkships and to investigate factors to increase their eagerness.
1) Questionnaires were distributed to 92 sixth-year medical students at the University of Tsukuba. The questionnaire consisted of 6-point Likert scales of 4 specific student attitudes in clerkships. We asked the same questions about clerkships at medical departments that each student found more or less interesting.
2) We asked the students to report anecdotes about when they were motivated to learn more in the clerkships. We grouped similar answers into categories.
3) The response rate was 94%. The students were more eager in departments they found more interesting than in departments they found less interesting.
4) Thirty-eight students reported a total of 56 anecdotes. Among the categories, questions or words of encouragement from patients were mentioned in 29 anecdotes, and devoted faculty members were mentioned in 9 anecdotes.
5) These results suggest that medical students' eagerness in clinical clerkships could be increased by deepening their interest in medical departments and by improving communication with patients and physicians.
