1.Effect on Undergraduate Medical Students of Exposure to a Summer Camp for Children with Asthma.
Shigemi YOSHIHARA ; Toshio ABE ; Yumi YAMADA ; Makoto WATANABE ; Mika ONO ; Mariko OYAMA ; Sanae KANAZAWA ; Michio NUMATA ; Kiyoshi NISHIKURA ; Daisuke NAKAJIMA ; Megumi HOSHI ; Norimasa FUKUDA ; Tamotsu ANDO ; Noriko KANNO ; Osamu ARISAKA ; Mitsuoki EGUCHI
Medical Education 2001;32(1):39-45
We investigated the effects on medical education of early exposure of undergraduate students to a summer camp for children with asthma. An objective evaluation by the editorial staff found final improvements in the following areas (in descending order of frequency): learning of basic medical behavior (91% of students); cooperative attitude of medical staff in general treatment with the patient and the patient's family (88%); understanding of childhood growth and development (80%); knowledge of childhood asthma (69%); and mastery of basic techniques for therapy and examination (41%). The differences in the ratio of improvement (%) before and after visiting the camp, were (in descending order of frequency): cooperative attitude of medical care staff in general medical treatment with the patient and the patient's family (47%); understanding of childhood growth and development (45%); knowledge of childhood asthma (38%); learning of basic medical manner (34%); and mastery of basic techniques for therapy and examination (25%). These findings suggest that a summer camp is useful for exposing undergraduate medical students to children with asthma and is effective for helping them understand patients and family-oriented pediatric medicine.
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