What do medical students learn from their community-medicine clerkships?
- VernacularTitle:地域医療実習で学生は何を学ぶのか？
- Author:
Yasushi MIYATA
;
Kazuo YAGITA
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
community-medicine clerkship;
portfolio;
reflection sheet;
community;
family
- From:Medical Education
2010;41(3):179-187
- CountryJapan
- Language:Japanese
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Abstract:
Many medical universities have developed community-medicine clerkships. However, few studies have examined what medical students have actually learned from these clerkships.
1) In 2006 students participated in a 2-week community-medicine clerkship, during which they were required to write about their experiences on a daily reflection sheet.
2) All reflection sheets were collected and analyzed. What students had learned from their clerkships was abstracted from the descriptions on their sheets, and the contents of students' learning were categorized.
3) The total number of abstracted learned items was 2243. The numbers of learned items for the areas of medical knowledge, communication, medical skills, clinical reasoning, clinical management, and patient management were 334, 232, 214, 111, 106, and 102, respectively. Learned items in these areas accounted for 49.0% of the total.
4) The numbers of learned items concerning the community and families were 84 (3.7%) and 117(5.2%), respectively, and were lower than the numbers for other categories.
5) A new strategy must be developed to enhance students' learning about the community and families.
