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https://doi.org/10.3325/cmj.2018.59.267
The attitudes of international medical students toward educational methods and styles applied in a 6-year longitudinal course in fundamentals of medical skills in Croatia
Ines Potočnjak
orcid.org/0000-0001-9351-9669
; Department of Medicine, Sestre Milosrdnice University Hospital Center, Zagreb, Croatia
Monika Elisabeth Crumbach
orcid.org/0000-0002-5165-5766
; Medical Studies in English University of Zagreb School of Medicine, Zagreb, Croatia
Anna Mara Hrgetić Vitols
orcid.org/0000-0002-0902-4311
; Medical Studies in English,University of Zagreb School of Medicine, Zagreb, Croatia
Sandra Hrnčić
; Medical Studies in English University of Zagreb School of Medicine, Zagreb, Croatia
Christopher Lambers
; Medical Studies in English University of Zagreb School of Medicine, Zagreb, Croatia
Marijana Braš
; University of Zagreb School of Medicine, Zagreb, Croatia
Davor Ježek
; Department of Histology and Embryology, University of Zagreb School of Medicine, Zagreb, Croatia
Sven Seiwerth
; Clinical Department of Pathology and Cytology, University HospitalCenter Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Vesna Degoricija
orcid.org/0000-0001-6226-4018
; University of Zagreb School of Medicine, Zagreb, Croatia
Sažetak
Aim To investigate international medical students’ attitudes
toward the impact of 6-year longitudinal course,
Fundamentals of Medical Skills (FMS), at Medical Studies in
English at the University of Zagreb on the development of
their practical, clinical, and communication skills.
Methods This cross-sectional study used a 23-item online
survey to collect data from five generations of students
attending the FMS course from January 31 to February 3,
2017. First-year students were not included. Invitations and
reminders were sent to 202 FMS students by e-mail, SMS,
and in closed groups in social networksResults The response rate was 69.8% (141/202 students).
The majority of students found the course useful (83.7%);
favored practical over communication skills (92.9%); found
practical skills more useful in higher years (82.3%); thought
more time was needed to practice by simulation on mannequins
(75.2%); preferred Objective Structured Clinical Examination
(OSCE) stations to traditional oral exams (78%);
and would recommend a course like FMS to future students
or students at other universities (79.4%). Significantly
more women than men favored practical over communication
skills (P = 0.044). Significantly more 5th and 6th students
than students at lower years preferred OSCE stations
to traditional learning (P = 0.025) and would recommend a
course like FMS to future students or students at other universities
(P = 0.001).
Conclusion Students positively evaluated the FMS course,
but underestimated the communication skills aspect.
Ključne riječi
Hrčak ID:
239194
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Datum izdavanja:
16.10.2018.
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