Interest of Medical Students for Learning about Topics in Social Medicine.
- VernacularTitle:社会医学系課題に対する医学生の興味
- Author:
Mihoko MORI
;
Akizumi TSUTSUMI
;
Tatsuya ISHITAKE
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
interest in learning topics;
sociomedical topics;
small-group learning;
problem-based learning
- From:Medical Education
2003;34(1):57-60
- CountryJapan
- Language:Japanese
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Abstract:
Many medical students seem to be more interested in clinical medicine topics than in social medicine topics. Through a problem-based, small-group learning course, we examined whether students' degrees of interest differ between topics and change during learning. At the start of the course, students were more interested in clinical/practical medicine topics than in industrial/environmental health topics. However, after the course their degrees of interest in both types of topic had increased and showed no significant difference. In particular, the degree of interest in sociomedical topics increased. In problem-based learning, knowing students' interests in learning about topics helps improve teaching strategies.
