1. To Assess the Attitude of MBBS Students towards Implementation of Early Clinical Exposure Module in First Professional Year Subjects.
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shora, Arish Nazir, Rasool, Uzma, and Khurshid, Nowsheeba
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STUDENT attitudes , *STUDENT volunteers , *PROFESSIONALISM , *LIKES & dislikes , *LIKERT scale - Abstract
Introduction- The apex body of the medical education introduced new curriculum for the Indian Medical Graduates (IMG) with Early Clinical Exposure (ECE) as one of the modules in 2019. Limited studies on ECE implementation from India have been reported. So this study was planned to assess the attitude of MBBS students towards implementation of ECE module in first professional year subjects. Material and Method- The present study was a questionnaire based cross-sectional study carried out on first year MBBS students regarding ECE. The ECE sessions were conducted following the recommendations given by the apex body. After completion of all the scheduled ECEs, at a prearranged time and day, the volunteering students were given a feedback questionnaire on the ECE module in the form of online Google form. Both, open-ended and closed- ended questions were included in the questionnaire asking opinions of the students on the ECE sessions and the suggestions, likes and dislikes about the session. Likert scale was used to rate the responses. Data was tabulated an analyzed. Result- In current study, the mean age of the participants was 19±2.2years with female and male ratio to be 1:1. Maximally i.e. 57.11%students strongly agreed and only 2.68% students strongly disagreed to the ECE questionnaire stating the sessions to be interesting and their application for clinical knowledge in first year subjects to be effective. Many students i.e. 29(10.82%) believed that more ECE sessions should be held and others suggested that ECE classes should be held in hospital/community setting and smaller groups should be made for case discussion. Students maximally liked the case discussion in hospital and community setting along with audio visual case discussion. ConclusionThis study found that in the existing Indian medical school system, ECE is the most significant tool for enhancing professional abilities and attitude and the students viewed ECE as engaging, inspiring, and beneficial for the clinical application of basic sciences [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024