scholarly journals Medical Education in the 21st Century: Students Driving the Global Agenda

2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-5 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Singh ◽  
J. McCool ◽  
J. Weller ◽  
A. Woodward
Keyword(s):  
Medical Education ◽  
Medical Curriculum ◽  
International Health ◽  
Leadership Role ◽  
Individual Student ◽  
Host Institution ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Student Exchanges ◽  
The Individual ◽  
High Level

This descriptive article examines the potential for student-led initiatives in international health to be better integrated with formal medical education systems. Students have embraced the challenges and opportunities provided by globalisation to take a leadership role on international issues. Medical students are involved with a diverse portfolio of international activities, including work to internationalise the medical curriculum, the establishment of “hands-on” development projects, efforts to promote student exchanges, and engagement with high-level international policy fora. Such experiences not only add to the personal and professional development of the individual student, but also have the potential to contribute to the academic environment of the host institution as well as more broadly influencing the determinants of international health outcomes. There are challenges and risks associated with independent student initiatives, however these risks can be mitigated if institutions work in partnership with their students and peers internationally.

scholarly journals CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES OF MEDICAL EDUCATION UNDER CONDITIONS OF CORONAVIRUS DISEASE (COVID-19) PANDEMIA

2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
I.M. Poiasnyk ◽  
V.A. Gryb
Keyword(s):  
Medical Education ◽  
Online Learning ◽  
Adaptive Learning ◽  
Medical Training ◽  
Core Competencies ◽  
Transformative Change ◽  
Phone Calls ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
High Level ◽  
Physician Patient

The article analyzes how higher medical education is currently undergoing a gradual butsignificant change to the transformation into online learning adapt accordingly in orderto fulfill the core competencies of medical training and to provide quality education tomedical students during the COVID-19 pandemia.Objective – to study the challenges and opportunities faced by medical schoolsin introduction of the remote learning for basic science teaching in response to theCOVID-19 crisis.Conclusions. Despite the pace of this transition, both formal and informal studentfeedback indicated that students have an extremely high level of satisfaction andengagement with online learning activities. The use of emergent technology (e.g.,artificial intelligence for adaptive learning, virtual simulation, and telehealth) foreducation is most likely to be indispensable components of transformative change andpost-COVID medical education. These measures could then be followed by hands-onexperience that is provided in a safe environment. As physicians begin to use telehealth(phone calls, video visits, and communication over online medical record applications)to communicate with their patients, students should be included (and instructed) in thislearning environment. It is likely that telehealth will persist long after the pandemicrecedes perhaps even as a preferred method of physician-patient interaction in somesituations. Therefore, it is essential that students graduate from medical school welltrained in telehealth including technological aspects as well as learning the mostprofessional models of the physician-patient distance interaction.

scholarly journals Learning How to Tailor Programmatic Offerings to Support Low-income, First-generation, and Racially Minoritized Student Success

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-57
Author(s):  
Adrianna Kezar ◽  
Rosemary J. Perez ◽  
Joseph A. Kitchen ◽  
Ronald E. Hallett
Keyword(s):  
Learning Community ◽  
Low Income ◽  
First Generation ◽  
Individual Student ◽  
Group Level ◽  
Large Numbers ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Comprehensive College ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Racialized Minority

This study focused on the process of how the staff at the Thompson Scholars Learning Community (TSLC), a comprehensive college transition program, tailored the programmatic offerings to meet the needs of low-income, first generation and racialized minority students. Because college students are complex individuals, each of whom faces a unique set of challenges and opportunities, it is reasonable to hypothesize that tailoring support services to the multiple needs of each student may make them more effective. The research identifies a four-part iterative and cyclical process to tailor the programmatic offerings for students – beginning with the individual student and then using information about individual needs to scale to broader group level tailoring.  This broadening or scaling process is a new contribution to the literature that has not previously been identified.  The tailored approach we identified works at both individual and group levels, which makes it viable as an intervention for large numbers of students. The effort to attend to and learn about individual students ensures that the intervention still meets the needs of individuals, but the testing of these interventions more broadly allows for understanding how these approaches will work for diverse group level tailoring.

Leadership training for undergraduate medical students

2016 ◽  
Vol 29 (3) ◽  
pp. 348-351 ◽  
Author(s):  
Victor Maddalena
Keyword(s):  
Medical Education ◽  
Medical Students ◽  
Undergraduate Medical Education ◽  
Leadership Training ◽  
Medical Curriculum ◽  
Leadership Role ◽  
Undergraduate Medical Students ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Medical Education Program ◽  
Management And Leadership

Purpose Physicians play an important leadership role in the management and governance of the healthcare system. Yet, many physicians lack formal management and leadership training to prepare them for this challenging role. This Viewpoint article argues that leadership concepts need to be introduced to undergraduate medical students early and throughout their medical education. Design/methodology/approach Leadership is an integral part of medical practice. The recent inclusion of “Leader” competency in the CanMEDS 2015 represents a subtle but important shift from the previous “manager” competency. Providing medical students with the basics of leadership concepts early in their medical education allows them to integrate leadership principles into their professional practice. Findings The Faculty of Medicine at the Memorial University of Newfoundland (MUN) has developed an eight-module, fully online Physician Leadership Certificate for their undergraduate medical education program. This program is cited as an example of an undergraduate medical curriculum that offers leadership training throughout the 4 years of the MD program. Originality/value There are a number of continuing professional development opportunities for physicians in the area of management and leadership. This Viewpoint article challenges undergraduate medical education programs to develop and integrate leadership training in their curricula.

Empathy in Podiatric Medical Education: Challenges and Opportunities for Comprehensive Care

2020 ◽  
Vol 110 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Barbosa ◽  
Michael J. Huchital ◽  
Jeffrey J. Weiss
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Medical Education ◽  
Education Reform ◽  
Web Sites ◽  
Medical Curriculum ◽  
Health Care Students ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Comprehensive Health ◽  
Education Medical ◽  
Key Terms

Background Many regard empathy as a critical component of comprehensive health care. Much interest has been generated in the field of medical empathy, in particular as it relates to education. Many desirable outcomes correlate with perceived empathy during the patient encounter, but paradoxically, empathy levels have been reported to decline during the years of medical education. Several new approaches have been described in the literature that intend to teach or develop empathy skills in health-care students. Methods PubMed, PsycINFO, and Google Scholar databases were searched for the terms empathy education, medical education, medical student, podiatric medical education, medical empathy, compassion, emotional intelligence, biopsychosocial model, and bedside manner. After implementing inclusion and exclusion criteria, articles were selected for preparation of a literature review. Analysis of the podiatric medical education on empathy was conducted by reviewing descriptions of all courses listed on each of the nine US podiatric medical schools' Web sites. The 2018 Curricular Guide for Podiatric Medical Education was analyzed. Results In this review, we examine the current state of empathy from a context of medical education in general, followed by a specific analysis in podiatric medicine. We define key terms, describe the measuring of empathy in medicine, explore outcomes of empathy in the health-care setting, review the reports of a decline in medical education, and highlight some of the current efforts to develop the skill in education. An overview of empathy in the podiatric medical curriculum is presented. Conclusions To improve the quality of care that physicians provide, a transformation in podiatric medical education is necessary. A variety of tools are available for education reform with the target of developing empathy skills in podiatric medical students.

Creative Self-Efficacy: An Essential Transition Skill for Students With Learning Disabilities

2021 ◽  
pp. 105345122110249
Author(s):  
Jennifer Elaine Smith
Keyword(s):  
Learning Disabilities ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Creative Thinking ◽  
Individual Student ◽  
Students With Learning Disabilities ◽  
Questioning Techniques ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Creative Self ◽  
High Level ◽  
Creative Thinking Ability

The ability to think creatively is a vital transition skill for students with learning disabilities in the 21st century. Participation in careers with a high level of creative thinking ability not only sets the individual student up for success, but also the community in which they live. Creative self-efficacy is the belief in one’s ability to be creative and is a basic component of creativity. A positive relationship is indicated between higher creative self-efficacy and higher creative production. Thus, the development of a positive creative self serves as a supportive element for students with learning disabilities in their current and future endeavors. This article describes the importance and need for creative thinking and creative self-efficacy development in education and suggests the use of questioning techniques as a strategy for developing these important skills when working with students with learning disabilities.

Patient consent to medical students in general practice

2018 ◽  
Vol 68 (suppl 1) ◽  
pp. bjgp18X697229
Author(s):  
Matthew Webb ◽  
Sarah Thirlwall ◽  
Bob McKinley
Keyword(s):  
Medical Education ◽  
General Practice ◽  
Medical Students ◽  
Medical School ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Teaching Quality ◽  
School Students ◽  
Patient Journey ◽  
Patient Consent ◽  
High Level

BackgroundInformed consent is required for active participation of patients in medical education. At Keele Medical School, we require practices to advertise that they teach undergraduate students and to obtain appropriate patient consent at various stages of the patient journey.AimThe study aimed to explore patients’ experience of consent to involvement in undergraduate medical education in general practice.MethodDuring the final year at Keele University Medical School, students undertake a patient satisfaction survey. A questionnaire was attached to the reverse of this survey during the academic year 2016–2017. The questionnaire explored the stage of the patient journey consent was obtained, whether they were offered an alternative appointment and how comfortable they were with medical students being involved in their care.ResultsA total of 489 questionnaires were completed covering 62 GP practices. 97% of patients reported that consent was obtained at least once during their encounter and the majority reported that this occurred at booking. 98% of patients were comfortable or very comfortable with a medical student leading their consultation. However, 28% of those surveyed stated that they were either not given the option of not seeing the student or there was no other alternative appointment available.ConclusionThe results indicate that in the vast majority of cases patient consent is obtained at least once during their attendance. Patients expressed a high level of satisfaction with medical students’ involvement in their care. Further work is required to evaluate the role of the data as a marker of individual practice teaching quality.

Territorial Distribution of Alcohol and Drug Addictions Mortality Concerning Regional Disparities in the Slovak Republic from Year 1996 to Year 2015

2020 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Mortality Rate ◽  
Slovak Republic ◽  
Regional Disparities ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Extreme Position ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Female Sex ◽  
Male Sex ◽  
The Individual ◽  
High Level

BACKGROUND: This paper deals with territorial distribution of the alcohol and drug addictions mortality at a level of the districts of the Slovak Republic. AIM: The aim of the paper is to explore the relations within the administrative territorial division of the Slovak Republic, that is, between the individual districts and hence, to reveal possibly hidden relation in alcohol and drug mortality. METHODS: The analysis is divided and executed into the two fragments – one belongs to the female sex, the other one belongs to the male sex. The standardised mortality rate is computed according to a sequence of the mathematical relations. The Euclidean distance is employed to compute the similarity within each pair of a whole data set. The cluster analysis examines is performed. The clusters are created by means of the mutual distances of the districts. The data is collected from the database of the Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic for all the districts of the Slovak Republic. The covered time span begins in the year 1996 and ends in the year 2015. RESULTS: The most substantial point is that the Slovak Republic possesses the regional disparities in a field of mortality expressed by the standardised mortality rate computed particularly for the diagnoses assigned to the alcohol and drug addictions at a considerably high level. However, the female sex and the male sex have the different outcome. The Bratislava III District keeps absolutely the most extreme position. It forms an own cluster for the both sexes too. The Topoľčany District bears a similar extreme position from a point of view of the male sex. All the Bratislava districts keep their mutual notable dissimilarity. Contrariwise, evaluation of a development of the regional disparities among the districts looks like notably heterogeneously. CONCLUSIONS: There are considerable regional discrepancies throughout the districts of the Slovak Republic. Hence, it is necessary to create a common platform how to proceed with the solution of this issue.

Quantitative indicators of air traffic controllers’ attitude to the danger of errors

2020 ◽  
pp. 68-78
Author(s):  
O. M. Reva ◽  
V. V. Kamyshin ◽  
S. P. Borsuk ◽  
V. A. Shulhin ◽  
A. V. Nevynitsyn
Keyword(s):  
Human Factor ◽  
Differential Method ◽  
Air Traffic ◽  
Professional Activity ◽  
Aviation Accidents ◽  
Air Traffic Controllers ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Level Of Significance ◽  
The Individual ◽  
High Level

The negative and persistent impact of the human factor on the statistics of aviation accidents and serious incidents makes proactive studies of the attitude of “front line” aviation operators (air traffic controllers, flight crewmembers) to dangerous actions or professional conditions as a key component of the current paradigm of ICAO safety concept. This “attitude” is determined through the indicators of the influence of the human factor on decision-making, which also include the systems of preferences of air traffic controllers on the indicators and characteristics of professional activity, illustrating both the individual perception of potential risks and dangers, and the peculiarities of generalized group thinking that have developed in a particular society. Preference systems are an ordered (ranked) series of n = 21 errors: from the most dangerous to the least dangerous and characterize only the danger preference of one error over another. The degree of this preference is determined only by the difference in the ranks of the errors and does not answer the question of how much time one error is more dangerous in relation to another. The differential method for identifying the comparative danger of errors, as well as the multistep technology for identifying and filtering out marginal opinions were applied. From the initial sample of m = 37 professional air traffic controllers, two subgroups mB=20 and mG=7 people were identified with statisti-cally significant at a high level of significance within the group consistency of opinions a = 1%. Nonpara-metric optimization of the corresponding group preference systems resulted in Kemeny’s medians, in which the related (middle) ranks were missing. Based on these medians, weighted coefficients of error hazards were determined by the mathematical prioritization method. It is substantiated that with the ac-cepted accuracy of calculations, the results obtained at the second iteration of this method are more ac-ceptable. The values of the error hazard coefficients, together with their ranks established in the preference systems, allow a more complete quantitative and qualitative analysis of the attitude of both individual air traffic controllers and their professional groups to hazardous actions or conditions.

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