To Study The Perceptions of First Year MBBS Students Towards Early Clinical Exposure (ECE) In Anatomy ( Original Study)
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Dental and Medical Sciences (IOSR-JDMS) - Year 2017, Vol 17, Issue 2
Abstract
Background: Despite increasing attention to provide clinical knowledge to preclinical medical students with early patient exposures, little is known about associated outcomes for students. In this study we have compared two groups where one group of preclinical students was faced to traditional teaching method and other group was exposed to early clinical settings. Early clinical exposure is always one of the biggest concerns for Ist year MBBS medical students who will be going to have clinical educations in future. ECE can be an important and efficient factor in improving the learning ability of students, increases motivation among students and can be a great help in the recall of knowledge in medical students. It has been also found that early clinical exposure (ECE) for medical students has been proposed as an effective factor in reducing stress and motivating toward the rest of their education as a clinical student. This study aimed at evaluation of ECE effects on first year MBBS students while teaching applied anatomy. Methods: In this study we have involved 100, medical students of first year MBBS course. All the students are divided into two groups, group A and group B. Both the groups were exposed to pretest. Then didactic lecture was taken of group B and group A was taught the similar topic on the patients, means group A was exposed to early clinical settings. Again the post test was taken of both the groups and the results of post test of both the groups were compared. Results: Amongst 50 students of group A, most of the students (98%) believed that ECE improved their interest on continuation of their field of study. They believed that ECE helped them in visualizing concepts and remembering facts about their medical lessons more than those who were not exposed to clinical settings. Other important effects of ECE were stress reduction, self steam increase and gaining better attitude about further clinical activities. Conclusions: According to the MCQ and questionnaire analysis, the results showed that ECE can be an important and efficient factor in improving the motivation and can be a great help in the recall of knowledge in medical students. Preclinical students received different benefits from the different experiences. Medical schools should define objectives of early clinical experiences and offer options accordingly. A combination of experiences may help students to achieve best clinical knowledge , clinical skills, and understanding the basic of medical profession and broad exposure for career decisions. The study demonstrated that students enjoyed the experience of early clinical exposure and it motivate the learning process.
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Dr Surekha W. Meshram, Dr. Ujwal Gajbe
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