Introducing global health into the undergraduate medical school curriculum using an e-learning program: a mixed method pilot study
| Autor: | Douglas Archibald, Anne E. McCarthy, Lana Augustincic Polec, Imane Belcaid, Pauline Duke, Douglas Gruner, Kevin Pottie, Vicki Sabourin, Mahli Brindamour, Jill Allison |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Adult
Male Self-assessment Program evaluation Self-Assessment Educational measurement education Pilot Projects Global Health Education Young Adult Global health Humans Medicine Curriculum Qualitative Research Medicine(all) Medical education business.industry Teaching General Medicine Focus Groups Focus group Knowledge acquisition Female Educational Measurement business Computer-Assisted Instruction Education Medical Undergraduate Program Evaluation Research Article Qualitative research |
| Zdroj: | BMC Medical Education |
| ISSN: | 1472-6920 |
| Popis: | Background Physicians need global health competencies to provide effective care to culturally and linguistically diverse patients. Medical schools are seeking innovative approaches to support global health learning. This pilot study evaluated e-learning versus peer-reviewed articles to improve conceptual knowledge of global health. Methods A mixed methods study using a randomized-controlled trial (RCT) and qualitative inquiry consisting of four post-intervention focus groups. Outcomes included pre/post knowledge quiz and self-assessment measures based on validated tools from a Global Health CanMEDS Competency Model. RCT results were analyzed using SPSS-21 and focus group transcripts coded using NVivo-9 and recoded using thematic analysis. Results One hundred and sixty-one pre-clerkship medical students from three Canadian medical schools participated in 2012–2013: 59 completed all elements of the RCT, 24 participated in the focus groups. Overall, comparing pre to post results, both groups showed a significant increase in the mean knowledge (quiz) scores and for 5/7 self-assessed competencies (p |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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