Questionnaire Survey of Clinical Clerkships for Students in the Sixth Academic Year.
- VernacularTitle:第６学年に対するクリニカル・クラークシップのアンケート調査
- Author:
Kanji FUKUDA
;
Mikihiro KIHARA
;
Tsukasa TAKEMURA
;
Takashi ASHIDA
;
Yutaka HIRANO
;
Motokazu KITANO
;
Etsuo FUJITA
;
Masahiro WATATANI
;
Naoki HASHIMOTO
;
Toshinori KAMISAKO
;
Osamu MATSUO
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
undergraduate clinical training;
medical student;
teaching staff;
nurse;
clinical clerkship;
questionnaire survey
- From:Medical Education
2001;32(4):247-256
- CountryJapan
- Language:Japanese
-
Abstract:
Kinki University School of Medicine introduced clerkships for undergraduate clinical training in 1999. Clinical clerkships are performed for the first 8 weeks of the sixth academic year. In 1999 and 2000 we conducted questionnaire surveys asking students about this system. The teaching staff encourages students to participate extensively in clinical situations, which reflects the consensus about this system. We also performed similar surveys of nurses and teaching staff. Clinical clerkships did not increase the incidence of problems between patients and medical staff. Many students felt their motivation to be a physician was increased. Although the findings of these questionnaire surveys indicate that our clerkship system works successfully, they also revealed some problems for sixth-year students. Although we recognize the significance of this system for undergraduate clinical training, further improvement is required.
