Does the instructional quality of community-based clinical clerkships influence students' career preferences?

dc.creator	Masanobu Okayama
dc.creator	Eiji Kajii
dc.date	2011-08-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T22:13:05Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T22:13:05Z
dc.identifier	10.5116/ijme.4e4a.d171
dc.identifier	2042-6372
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/d7cd574edb594f60a6af9799e169209d
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/15756
dc.description	Objectives: The purpose of this study was to explore the association between student evaluation of their community-based clinical clerkship, their attitudes towards community health care and their career preferences. Methods: Self-administered pre- and post-questionnaire surveys were given to 693 fifth-year medical students participating in a two-week community-based clinical clerkship. Items measured were student preference for a career in primary care, student evaluation of the pro-gramme and student attitudes towards community health care. Results: Six hundred and forty-five students (93.1, 494 (76.6 male and 151 (23.4 female, completed the pre- and post-questionnaires. Student preference for a career in primary care (75.4 ± 20.2) increased after the clinical clerkship. By multivariate analysis, it was found that evaluation of the programme ('The programme was a worthwhile learning experience.' [multivariate regression coefficient: 0.143, p=0.014]) and their attitude ('I think practising community health care is worthwhile.' [0.367, p<0.001]) were strongly associated with the increase in preference for a career as a primary care physician after the clinical clerkship. Conclusions: Community-based education increases student preference for a future career as a primary care physician. Providing programmes of a high instructional quality further increases the chance of student physicians choosing a future career as a primary care physician.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	IJME
dc.relation	http://www.ijme.net/archive/2/instructional-quality-and-career-preference.pdf
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/2042-6372
dc.rights	CC BY
dc.source	International Journal of Medical Education, Vol 2, Pp 74-79 (2011)
dc.subject	primary care physician
dc.subject	career preference
dc.subject	community-based education
dc.subject	clinical clerkship
dc.subject	evaluation
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
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dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.title	Does the instructional quality of community-based clinical clerkships influence students' career preferences?
dc.type	article