Evaluating a weekly face-to-face informal discussion forum for final year medical students
- Author:
Samuel Easaw
;
Toh Peng Yeow
;
Li Ching Lee
;
Wai Sun Choo
;
Tow Shung Tan
;
Amir Sharifuddin Mohd Khir
;
Li Cher Loh
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
medical students, unmet needs, academic and non-academic topics, informal face-to-face discussion
- From:International e-Journal of Science, Medicine and Education
2012;6(1):36-37
- CountryMalaysia
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Realising possible unmet needs of final year
medical students we initiated a weekly informal face-toface
discussion forum between them and the teaching
faculty of the department of medicine. Various academic
and non-academic topics, as dictated by the students,
were discussed in 19 weekly sessions. Evaluation by the
students was subsequently done by means of an on-line
questionnaire after the final examinations. The aim of
this study was to evaluate this forum, undertaken for the
first time in our institution, by assessing student feedback. We conclude that although the number of attendees and responders were small, feedback was generally positive. This type of forum can be improved upon and serve as another portal for benefitting students.
- Full text:W020150928551439352300.pdf
