A medical curriculum: evaluation by final-year students

Abstract

Seventy-five students, at the end of their final year, responded to a postal questionnaire designed to assess their views on their medical curriculum. The responses of those intending to enter general practice were compared with those of intending hospital doctors and comparison were also made between respondents who had enrolled for a 6-year course and those who had enrolled for the newer 5-year course.

An assessment of priority and educational value in a medical curriculum

“…A British investigation (Walker et al 1981) revealed the same trend but more strongly. Table 2 summarizes the data from medical students in the final year at Aberdeen University, showing the 10 subjects regarded as most essential to the training of doctors and the time allocated to each of these 10 subjects.…”

Self-evaluation of present clinical skills by medical students in the years 3 to 6 – a pilot study in four European countries

“…Various studies report that students have difficulties putting their theoretical knowledge into clinical practice and recognise deficiencies in the required basic skills in medical activities [4]. A study was able to demonstrate that a quarter of the medical students reported having difficulties transferring pre-clinical basic knowledge into clinical work [5]. …”

L’apprentissage des techniques de communication : attitudes des étudiants en médecine dans un hôpital universitaire au Liban

“…L'attitude des étudiants en médecine face à l'apprentissage des TC a été explorée dans plusieurs études de la littéra-ture médicale 9,10 . Au Liban, cet apprentissage ne faisait pas partie, jusqu'à la date du présent travail, des programmes des facultés de médecine.…”