Interactive peer-guided examination preparation course for second-year international full-time medical students: quantitative and qualitative evaluation.
GMS J Med Educ
; 35(5): Doc57, 2018.
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ABSTRACT
Background:
It has been documented that international students face diverse challenges due to language and cultural barriers. International medical students suffer from personal distress, a lack of support and perform poorer than local fellow-students in clinical examinations. It has been documented that international medical students benefit from peer-led tutorials in their first year. We investigated the effectiveness of a tutorial offered for international medical students in their second year.Methods:
A peer-guided examination preparation course with interactive elements for second year international medical students was designed, learning objectives were defined. Two evaluations were undertaken In a quantitative assessment, students were asked to fill out five multiple-choice-questions at the beginning of every session of the tutorial (pre-test) as well as to participate in a post-test at the end of the semester in which all former multiple-choice-questions were re-used. Using a qualitative approach, participants were asked for their thoughts and comments in a semi-structured interview at the end of the semester.Results:
International students (N=12) showed significantly better results in the post- than in the pre-test (t(11)=-8.48, p<.001, d=1.95). Within the interviews, international students (N=10) reported to have benefited from technical and didactic, as well as social learning experiences. The individual lectures students were asked to contribute were discussed controversially.Conclusion:
Our peer-guided tutorial for second year international medical students is an effective and well accepted possibility to prepare these students for examinations.Palavras-chave
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Grupo Associado
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Estudantes de Medicina
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Currículo
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Habilidades para Realização de Testes
Tipo de estudo:
Qualitative_research
Limite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
País/Região como assunto:
Europa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
GMS J Med Educ
Ano de publicação:
2018
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Alemanha