From Student to Teacher: Medical Student Perceptions of Teaching Children and a Novel Application of the One Minute Preceptor

Autor: Laura Cline, Muna Canales
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: International Journal of Medical Students, Vol 8, Iss 3 (2020)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2076-6327
DOI: 10.5195/ijms.2020.651
Popis: Background: As students progress through medical school, the student assumes teaching roles, but without formal training regarding how to teach. Methods: We administered surveys to 1st, 2nd and 4th year medical students asking about perceptions of teaching. The surveys were completed in the Fall (2019) and again in late Spring (2020). In the interim, students were given the opportunity to teach 5th graders during an outreach program. We gave the medical student volunteers a brief interactive session about the One Minute Preceptor (OMP) as a tool to teach the children. In the Spring survey, medical students who used the OMP were also asked about its utility in the pediatric setting. Results: Seventy-four students completed survey 1 and, of these, 51 completed the follow-up survey. Mean age was 24-27; 57% were female. Across both surveys, ?70% were comfortable with and felt they understood their role as a teacher of trainees, peers, and patients. However,
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