Effect on Undergraduate Medical Students of Exposure to a Summer Camp for Children with Asthma.
- VernacularTitle:臨床実習前の医学生・看護学生におけるぜん息児キャンプ体験学習の教育的効果
- Author:
Shigemi YOSHIHARA
;
Toshio ABE
;
Yumi YAMADA
;
Makoto WATANABE
;
Mika ONO
;
Mariko OYAMA
;
Sanae KANAZAWA
;
Michio NUMATA
;
Kiyoshi NISHIKURA
;
Daisuke NAKAJIMA
;
Megumi HOSHI
;
Norimasa FUKUDA
;
Tamotsu ANDO
;
Noriko KANNO
;
Osamu ARISAKA
;
Mitsuoki EGUCHI
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
summer camp;
childhood asthma;
early exposure;
medical student;
pediatric medicine;
medical education
- From:Medical Education
2001;32(1):39-45
- CountryJapan
- Language:Japanese
-
Abstract:
We investigated the effects on medical education of early exposure of undergraduate students to a summer camp for children with asthma. An objective evaluation by the editorial staff found final improvements in the following areas (in descending order of frequency): learning of basic medical behavior (91% of students); cooperative attitude of medical staff in general treatment with the patient and the patient's family (88%); understanding of childhood growth and development (80%); knowledge of childhood asthma (69%); and mastery of basic techniques for therapy and examination (41%). The differences in the ratio of improvement (%) before and after visiting the camp, were (in descending order of frequency): cooperative attitude of medical care staff in general medical treatment with the patient and the patient's family (47%); understanding of childhood growth and development (45%); knowledge of childhood asthma (38%); learning of basic medical manner (34%); and mastery of basic techniques for therapy and examination (25%). These findings suggest that a summer camp is useful for exposing undergraduate medical students to children with asthma and is effective for helping them understand patients and family-oriented pediatric medicine.
