Clinical experience of medical students in a developing country
Objective: \ This paper compares the clinical experience in acute conditions of the undergraduate students of a medical school from a developing country (Malaysia) with those from a developed country (UK). Methods: This study was conducted at the School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains M...
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| author | Alam Sher, Malik Quah, Ban Seng |
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| description | Objective: \
This paper compares the clinical experience in acute
conditions of the undergraduate students of a medical school from a developing country
(Malaysia) with those from a developed country (UK).
Methods:
This study was conducted at the School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains
Malaysia (USM). Through questionnaire survey enquiry was made about 27 acute medical conditions (i.e. conditions related to internal medicine, paediatrics, and
psychiatry), 15 acute surgical conditions (i.e. conditions related to general surgery,
orthopaedics, ophthalmology, otorhinolaryngology, gynaecology and obstetrics), 15
surgical operations and 26 practical procedures. The results obtained were compared with
published data from the UK.
Results:
Acute medical conditions were seen by higher number of the USM students but
with less frequency than the British students. The USM students saw practical procedures
more frequently than the British students did, but almost an equal number performed
these procedures independently. The British students attended surgical operations more
frequently than the USM students did.
Conclusion:
Given the limitations of comparison (epidemiological, cultural and
geographical differences, conventional curriculum (in the British medical schools) vs.
problem based learning curriculum (in the Malaysian medical school)) the overall
clinical experience of the medical students in the USM and the UK was comparable. The
USM students had more opportunities to observe cases and procedures but ‘‘hands on’’
experience was similar to that of the British students. |
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| spelling | unimas-167352017-06-21T05:53:57Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/16735/ Clinical experience of medical students in a developing country Alam Sher, Malik Quah, Ban Seng R Medicine (General) Objective: \ This paper compares the clinical experience in acute conditions of the undergraduate students of a medical school from a developing country (Malaysia) with those from a developed country (UK). Methods: This study was conducted at the School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM). Through questionnaire survey enquiry was made about 27 acute medical conditions (i.e. conditions related to internal medicine, paediatrics, and psychiatry), 15 acute surgical conditions (i.e. conditions related to general surgery, orthopaedics, ophthalmology, otorhinolaryngology, gynaecology and obstetrics), 15 surgical operations and 26 practical procedures. The results obtained were compared with published data from the UK. Results: Acute medical conditions were seen by higher number of the USM students but with less frequency than the British students. The USM students saw practical procedures more frequently than the British students did, but almost an equal number performed these procedures independently. The British students attended surgical operations more frequently than the USM students did. Conclusion: Given the limitations of comparison (epidemiological, cultural and geographical differences, conventional curriculum (in the British medical schools) vs. problem based learning curriculum (in the Malaysian medical school)) the overall clinical experience of the medical students in the USM and the UK was comparable. The USM students had more opportunities to observe cases and procedures but ‘‘hands on’’ experience was similar to that of the British students. Taylor & Francis Ltd 2003 Article PeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/16735/1/Clinical%20Experience%20of%20Medical%20Students%20%28abstract%29.pdf Alam Sher, Malik and Quah, Ban Seng (2003) Clinical experience of medical students in a developing country. Education for Health, 16 (2). pp. 163-175. ISSN 1357–6283 http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals DOI: 10.1080/1357628031000116925 |
| spellingShingle | R Medicine (General) Alam Sher, Malik Quah, Ban Seng Clinical experience of medical students in a developing country |
| title | Clinical experience of medical students in a developing country |
| title_full | Clinical experience of medical students in a developing country |
| title_fullStr | Clinical experience of medical students in a developing country |
| title_full_unstemmed | Clinical experience of medical students in a developing country |
| title_short | Clinical experience of medical students in a developing country |
| title_sort | clinical experience of medical students in a developing country |
| topic | R Medicine (General) |
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