Comparison of Subjective/Objective Evaluation of Medical Students at Social Medicine Training between Different Grades in the Same Academic Year: Focus on Student Readiness
- VernacularTitle:カリキュラム移行により1年前倒しされた社会医学実習における同年度異学年の学生自己評価・客観的評価の比較 : レディネスに着目して
- Author:
Tomoo HIDAKA
1
;
Shota ENDO
1
;
Hideaki KASUGA
1
;
Yusuke MASUISHI
1
;
Takeyasu KAKAMU
1
;
Tetsuhito FUKUSHIMA
1
Author Information
- Keywords: family health practice tutorial; social medicine training; medical education model core curriculum; communication; natural experiment
- From:Medical Education 2021;52(4):313-317
- CountryJapan
- Language:Japanese
- Abstract: Background: The aims of the present study were to reveal the impact of the introduction of social medicine training one year earlier in a new university curriculum on subjective/objective evaluation of medical students, and to discuss the readiness of said students. Methods: In this natural experiment study, subjects comprised 73 third- (n = 31) and fourth-grade (n = 42) medical students who participated in social medicine training, namely “Family Health Practice Tutorial,” in 2017. The data consisted of student’s self-assessment and assessment from clients. The associations between these assessments and student grade were analyzed using the Mann-Whitney U test and ordinal logistic regression. Results: The score for “Language” in the assessment from the clients was significantly lower in the third-grade students than in the fourth-grade students after adjustment for gender (odds ratio = 0.147; 95% confidence interval = [0.027, 0.797]). Discussion: Insufficient readiness for language to residents in the community was found in third-grade medical students. Advanced communication training prior to practice for third-grade students may contribute to sustainable social medicine training in the community.
