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Why medical students choose not to carry out an intercalated BSc: a questionnaire study

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dc.creator Lemon John
dc.creator Cleland Jennifer
dc.creator Nicholson Jamie A
dc.creator Galley Helen F
dc.date 2010-03-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned 2015-07-20T22:26:12Z
dc.date.available 2015-07-20T22:26:12Z
dc.identifier 10.1186/1472-6920-10-25
dc.identifier 1472-6920
dc.identifier https://doaj.org/article/b25d4d5ed89442b1847a6a879a1448dd
dc.identifier.uri http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/21571
dc.description <p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>At some medical schools, students can opt to undertake a 1 year intercalated degree, usually a BSc, in addition to their medical course. Over the last few years the numbers of students who have opted to undertake an intercalated degree have been steadily decreasing despite the advantages in securing foundation posts. The aim of this study was to find out why medical students opted not to take an intercalated degree.</p> <p>Methods</p> <p>All 4<sup>th </sup>and 5<sup>th </sup>year medical students (n = 343) who had elected not to take an intercalated degree were personally handed a questionnaire.</p> <p>Results</p> <p>293 completed questionnaires were returned (response rate 85%). The most common reason students opted not to intercalate was because they did not want to have another year of study (69.6%) or incur more debt (51.9%). Only 45 (15.3%) students said they had enough information to inform their decision: reported take up of information provision was poor.</p> <p>Conclusions</p> <p>Our findings indicate that the benefits of intercalating need to be better defined and presented to students in a way that they can make a more informed decision.</p>
dc.language English
dc.publisher BioMed Central
dc.relation http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6920/10/25
dc.relation https://doaj.org/toc/1472-6920
dc.rights CC BY
dc.source BMC Medical Education, Vol 10, Iss 1, p 25 (2010)
dc.subject Medicine (General)
dc.subject R5-920
dc.subject Medicine
dc.subject R
dc.subject DOAJ:Medicine (General)
dc.subject DOAJ:Health Sciences
dc.subject Special aspects of education
dc.subject LC8-6691
dc.subject Education
dc.subject L
dc.subject DOAJ:Education
dc.subject DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject Medicine (General)
dc.subject R5-920
dc.subject Medicine
dc.subject R
dc.subject DOAJ:Medicine (General)
dc.subject DOAJ:Health Sciences
dc.subject Special aspects of education
dc.subject LC8-6691
dc.subject Education
dc.subject L
dc.subject DOAJ:Education
dc.subject DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject Medicine (General)
dc.subject R5-920
dc.subject Medicine
dc.subject R
dc.subject Special aspects of education
dc.subject LC8-6691
dc.subject Education
dc.subject L
dc.subject Medicine (General)
dc.subject R5-920
dc.subject Medicine
dc.subject R
dc.subject Special aspects of education
dc.subject LC8-6691
dc.subject Education
dc.subject L
dc.subject Medicine (General)
dc.subject R5-920
dc.subject Medicine
dc.subject R
dc.subject Special aspects of education
dc.subject LC8-6691
dc.subject Education
dc.subject L
dc.title Why medical students choose not to carry out an intercalated BSc: a questionnaire study
dc.type article


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