Satisfaction with a Program for Early Exposure of Medical Students to Nursing at Osaka City University
- VernacularTitle:医療・福祉現場での早期体験実習における医学部実習生の自己評価と看護師の評価
- Author:
Kenichi YASUNARI
;
Akira ASADA
;
Kohichi YAMANO
;
Yoshiki NISHIZAWA
;
Mitsuo SHINDO
;
Kei TSUMURA
;
Kazuhiro HIROHASHI
;
Tetsuo ARAKAWA
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
early exposure;
settings;
medical students;
nurses
- From:Medical Education
2004;35(2):121-126
- CountryJapan
- Language:Japanese
-
Abstract:
A program for early-exposure of first-year medical students to nursing and patient care was started at Osaka City University in 1994. Eighty students completed the program in the 2002 academic year. To improve methods of teaching and evaluation, we analyzed the responses of students and nursing instructors to questionnaires about satisfaction with the program after each practice session. Students were randomized to four settings (university hospital, general hospital, general emergency hospital, and general geriatric hospital). Responses of students and instructors did not differ between settings suggest that early exposure was uniform. Medical students gave higher scores for interest in and significance of early exposure, although nursing instructors did not. The success of the program of early exposure of medical students to nursing care will be used to further improve the curriculum.
