Does a brief clerkship change Hong Kong medical students' ideas about general practice?
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| Titel: | Does a brief clerkship change Hong Kong medical students' ideas about general practice? |
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| Autoren: | Lam, CLK, Dixon, AS, Lam, TP |
| Quelle: | Medical Education. 34:339-347 |
| Verlagsinformationen: | Wiley, 2000. |
| Publikationsjahr: | 2000 |
| Schlagwörter: | Family Practice - Education, Students, Medical, Attitude of Health Personnel, 02 engineering and technology, Education, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Bias, Medical, Clinical clerkship, Clinical Clerkship - Methods, 0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering, Humans, Students, Undergraduate, Communication, 4. Education, Students, Medical - Psychology, Clinical Clerkship, Attitude Of Health Personnel, Focus Groups, Education, Medical, Undergraduate - Methods, 3. Good health, Attitude, Family practice, Bias (Epidemiology), Hong Kong, Undergraduate - Methods, Medical - Psychology, Family Practice, Education, Medical, Undergraduate |
| Beschreibung: | This study examines the impact on students of a brief general practice clerkship, during a curriculum that is otherwise almost entirely hospital-based and in a practice environment that often does not encourage good primary care.15 focus group discussions were held with a total of 110 students, as part of an action research project. Student responses were audiotaped, transcribed and then analysed for recurrent themes.General Practice Unit, University of Hong Kong.Medical studentsThere was evidence of pre-existing negative stereotypes of general practice, but in many cases these were dispelled by the relationships students developed during their attachment to general practitioners in the community. In an overcrowded curriculum, students ration their time and energy, focusing their learning pragmatically on subjects that have a high profile during examinations.Even in healthcare and medical school systems that are specialist-dominated, and in which the circumstances of practice do not always encourage high standards of care, the general practice clerkship can allow students to gain an understanding of the importance of primary care, and of the significance of the general practitioner's role in the healthcare system. |
| Publikationsart: | Article |
| Sprache: | English |
| ISSN: | 1365-2923 0308-0110 |
| DOI: | 10.1046/j.1365-2923.2000.00554.x |
| Zugangs-URL: | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10760117 https://core.ac.uk/display/37972503 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10760117 http://hub.hku.hk/handle/10722/151546 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10760117/ https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1046/j.1365-2923.2000.00554.x http://hdl.handle.net/10722/151546 |
| Rights: | Wiley TDM |
| Dokumentencode: | edsair.doi.dedup.....50dd2d2cca17aab98a23c919b16ea1be |
| Datenbank: | OpenAIRE |
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Nájsť tento článok vo Web of Science | Abstract: | This study examines the impact on students of a brief general practice clerkship, during a curriculum that is otherwise almost entirely hospital-based and in a practice environment that often does not encourage good primary care.15 focus group discussions were held with a total of 110 students, as part of an action research project. Student responses were audiotaped, transcribed and then analysed for recurrent themes.General Practice Unit, University of Hong Kong.Medical studentsThere was evidence of pre-existing negative stereotypes of general practice, but in many cases these were dispelled by the relationships students developed during their attachment to general practitioners in the community. In an overcrowded curriculum, students ration their time and energy, focusing their learning pragmatically on subjects that have a high profile during examinations.Even in healthcare and medical school systems that are specialist-dominated, and in which the circumstances of practice do not always encourage high standards of care, the general practice clerkship can allow students to gain an understanding of the importance of primary care, and of the significance of the general practitioner's role in the healthcare system. |
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| ISSN: | 13652923 03080110 |
| DOI: | 10.1046/j.1365-2923.2000.00554.x |