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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.


ABSTRACT: 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 networks Results. 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.

SUBMITTER: Potocnjak I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6240827 | biostudies-other | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other

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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.

Potočnjak Ines I   Crumbach Monika Elisabeth ME   Hrgetić Vitols Anna Mara AM   Hrnčić Sandra S   Lambers Christopher C   Braš Marijana M   Ježek Davor D   Seiwerth Sven S   Degoricija Vesna V  

Croatian medical journal 20181001 5


<h4>Aim</h4>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.<h4>Methods</h4>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  ...[more]

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