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Abstract
PURPOSE: We changed a lot of the medical curricula to accept the freshman of graduate medical students in 2009. We surveyed the satisfaction of new medical curricula from graduate medical students.Entities:
Keywords: Curriculum; Medical graduate education; Medical students
Year: 2011 PMID: 25812557 PMCID: PMC8814493 DOI: 10.3946/kjme.2011.23.2.95
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Korean J Med Educ ISSN: 2005-727X
Socio-Demographic Data
| Characteristics | Group | No. (%) |
|---|---|---|
| Sex | Male | 56 (47.5) |
| Female | 62 (52.5) | |
| Age | Average (yr) | 27.1 |
| Marriage | Unmarried | 108 (91.5) |
| Married | 10 (8.5) | |
| Home town | Capital area | 61 (51.3) |
| Honam | 40 (34.2) | |
| Youngnam | 8 (6.8) | |
| Others | 9 (7.6) | |
| Total | 118 (100.0) |
The Future Field and Prospect of Major
| Data | No. (%) | |
|---|---|---|
| Future field | Basic medicine | 1 (0.8) |
| General physician | 23 (19.5) | |
| Clinical specialist | 84 (71.2) | |
| Others | 7 (5.9) | |
| USMLE | 3 (2.5) | |
| Prospect | Very positive | 4 (3.4) |
| Positive | 44 (37.3) | |
| Neutral | 67 (56.8) | |
| Negative | 2 (1.7) | |
| Very negative | 1 (0.8) | |
| Total | 118 (100.0) |
USMLE: United States Medical Licensing Examination.
Fig. 1.Percentage of Comprehension of Medical Students about Medical Lecture
Qualitative Assessment of Medical Curricula by 5 Likert Scales
| Data | Mean±SD |
|---|---|
| Overall medical curricula were well organized | 3.00±0.806 |
| Integrated subjects were organically related without repetition | 2.85±0.921 |
| Professors understood enough the purpose of integrated subjects | 3.08±0.797 |
| Professors have enough information to the subjects | 4.00±0.716 |
| Learning resources were given enough | 3.42±0.851 |
| Contents of lecture were ultramodern | 3.33±0.785 |
| Assignment were suitable for the subjects | 3.30±0.799 |
| Tests were helpful to the major | 3.78±0.741 |
| Communication between professor and student was good | 2.97±0.805 |
| Suggestion of students for lecture was well accepted | 3.01±0.920 |
| Curriculum for clinical skills is needed | 3.73±0.747 |
| Medical curricula were helpful for the future | 3.31±0.710 |
| Medical curricula influenced the future plan of postgraduation | 3.18±0.893 |
| Overall medical curricula were satisfied | 3.22±0.764 |
| Total | 3.30±0.709 |
SD: Standard deviation.
Quantitative Assessment of Medical Curricula
| Data | Much (%) | Adequate (%) | Low (%) | Total (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amount of subject | 40.7 | 49.1 | 10.2 | 100 |
| Time duration per subject | 11.9 | 63.6 | 24.5 | 100 |
| Time duration of theoretical lecture | 11.9 | 83.9 | 8.2 | 100 |
| Time duration of practice | 6.8 | 74.6 | 18.6 | 100 |
| Self-directed learning time | 8.5 | 66.9 | 24.6 | 100 |
| Amount of assignment | 23.7 | 72.9 | 3.4 | 100 |
| Amount of test range | 52.5 | 44.1 | 3.4 | 100 |
| Frequency of test | 50.8 | 44.9 | 4.3 | 100 |
| Number of students per a professor | 39.0 | 48.3 | 12.7 | 100 |
| Student centered curricula | 5.9 | 41.5 | 52.6 | 100 |
Improvement of Medical Curricula in Graduate Students
| Data | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Strengthening clinical major lecture | 18.9 |
| Strengthening clinical skills | 16.1 |
| Strengthening knowledge of various basic medicines | 13.8 |
| Increasing self-directed learning | 8.8 |
| Humanities and ethics | 7.9 |
| Decreasing subjects | 7.3 |
| Increasing basic medicine | 6.8 |
| Foreign language | 1.1 |
| No answer | 6.2 |
| Others | 13.1 |
| Total | 100 |