Students’ view upon graduation: a survey of medical education in Taiwan

dc.creator	Chan Wing P
dc.creator	Wu Ting-Yu
dc.creator	Hsieh Ming-Shium
dc.creator	Chou Ting-Ywan
dc.creator	Wong Chih-Shung
dc.creator	Fang Ji-Tseng
dc.creator	Chang Nen-Chung
dc.creator	Hong Chuang-Ye
dc.creator	Tzeng Chii-Ruey
dc.date	2012-12-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-08-12T11:36:35Z
dc.date.available	2015-08-12T11:36:35Z
dc.identifier	10.1186/1472-6920-12-127
dc.identifier	1472-6920
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/7f9ae4e662d94f5d92a87dfe478c510b
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/31392
dc.description	<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Improving the quality of medical education is a key goal of government policy in Taiwan. The aim of this study was to reflect the responses of medical education from the perspective of graduating medical students in Taiwan. This is the first survey study of medical education in Taiwan.</p> <p>Methods</p> <p>Using the Medical School Graduation Questionnaire from the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), we distributed 406 questionnaires to medical students of four medical schools in their last semester, and received 270 back (response rate, 66.5%). There were 11 medical schools in Taiwan. Most questions were assessed on a 5-point Likert scale.</p> <p>Results</p> <p>Students identified genetics, biochemistry, and ethics as the three most important premedical subjects preparing them for medical education and gross anatomy, physiology, and pharmacology as the three most helpful basic science subjects preparing them for clinical clerkships and electives. Most Taiwanese students were satisfied with their learning experience in internal medicine. Only 55.9% of students were confident that they had acquired the clinical skills required to become a resident, and 70.7% were satisfied with the quality of their medical education.</p> <p>Conclusion</p> <p>The study offers preliminary results on the views of graduating students on the medical education system in Taiwan. In particular, our government and medical educators need to continuously put more effort into building students’ confidence in their clinical skills.</p>
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	BioMed Central
dc.relation	http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6920/12/127
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1472-6920
dc.rights	CC BY
dc.source	BMC Medical Education, Vol 12, Iss 1, p 127 (2012)
dc.subject	Medical education
dc.subject	Questionnaire
dc.subject	Student viewpoint
dc.subject	Survey
dc.subject	Taiwan
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
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dc.title	Students’ view upon graduation: a survey of medical education in Taiwan
dc.type	article