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Students' perceptions towards a family medicine attachment experience.
Educ Health (Abingdon). 2003 Nov; 16(3):357-65.EH

Abstract

OBJECTIVE

To explore the students' perceptions about their experience in a family medicine (FM) preceptorship in order to provide a sound basis for offering guidance to family medicine undergraduate education.

METHODS

During one full academic year at King Saud University, College of Medicine, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, a self administered questionnaire was distributed to all students (n = 177) at the end of each 6 weeks family practice attachment course. Students were asked to rate their attachment by responding to a five-points Likert type scale questionnaire and other Yes/No questions reflecting different important points in teaching and training.

RESULTS

The teaching quality and the ability of the General Practitioners (GPs) preceptors to relate to students are rated very highly. Despite that, the majority of students (59.3%) feel their aims were not met during the attachment. Students indicate that there should be more teaching of practical procedure skills, more time allocated for discussion and a greater student involvement in the consultation.

CONCLUSION

There is much to be retained in FM preceptorships that involves the caring and communication aspects of learning patient care. The study showed that practical procedure skills are desirable features of a preceptorship programme and that an emphasis on doing vs. observing is preferred by students. Some conditions designed to improve preceptorships are outlined and basic practicalities of adding a preceptorship to a practice are considered.

Authors+Show Affiliations

Kalantan K
Department of Family & Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi, Arabia. kkalant@ksu.edu.sa
Pyrne N
No affiliation info available
Al-Faris E
No affiliation info available
Al-Taweel A
No affiliation info available
Al-Rowais N
No affiliation info available
Abdul Ghani H
No affiliation info available
Eldin Magzoub M
No affiliation info available

MeSH

Attitude of Health PersonnelCurriculumEducation, Medical, UndergraduateFamily PracticeFemaleHealth Services ResearchHumansMalePreceptorshipSaudi ArabiaSchools, MedicalStudents, MedicalSurveys and Questionnaires

Pub Type(s)

Journal Article

Language

eng

PubMed ID

14741884

Citation

Kalantan, Khalid, et al. "Students' Perceptions Towards a Family Medicine Attachment Experience." Education for Health (Abingdon, England), vol. 16, no. 3, 2003, pp. 357-65.
Kalantan K, Pyrne N, Al-Faris E, et al. Students' perceptions towards a family medicine attachment experience. Educ Health (Abingdon). 2003;16(3):357-65.
Kalantan, K., Pyrne, N., Al-Faris, E., Al-Taweel, A., Al-Rowais, N., Abdul Ghani, H., & Eldin Magzoub, M. (2003). Students' perceptions towards a family medicine attachment experience. Education for Health (Abingdon, England), 16(3), 357-65.
Kalantan K, et al. Students' Perceptions Towards a Family Medicine Attachment Experience. Educ Health (Abingdon). 2003;16(3):357-65. PubMed PMID: 14741884.
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TY - JOUR T1 - Students' perceptions towards a family medicine attachment experience. AU - Kalantan,Khalid, AU - Pyrne,Niall, AU - Al-Faris,Eiad, AU - Al-Taweel,Ahmed, AU - Al-Rowais,Norah, AU - Abdul Ghani,Hamza, AU - Eldin Magzoub,Mohi, PY - 2004/1/27/pubmed PY - 2004/2/27/medline PY - 2004/1/27/entrez SP - 357 EP - 65 JF - Education for health (Abingdon, England) JO - Educ Health (Abingdon) VL - 16 IS - 3 N2 - OBJECTIVE: To explore the students' perceptions about their experience in a family medicine (FM) preceptorship in order to provide a sound basis for offering guidance to family medicine undergraduate education. METHODS: During one full academic year at King Saud University, College of Medicine, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, a self administered questionnaire was distributed to all students (n = 177) at the end of each 6 weeks family practice attachment course. Students were asked to rate their attachment by responding to a five-points Likert type scale questionnaire and other Yes/No questions reflecting different important points in teaching and training. RESULTS: The teaching quality and the ability of the General Practitioners (GPs) preceptors to relate to students are rated very highly. Despite that, the majority of students (59.3%) feel their aims were not met during the attachment. Students indicate that there should be more teaching of practical procedure skills, more time allocated for discussion and a greater student involvement in the consultation. CONCLUSION: There is much to be retained in FM preceptorships that involves the caring and communication aspects of learning patient care. The study showed that practical procedure skills are desirable features of a preceptorship programme and that an emphasis on doing vs. observing is preferred by students. Some conditions designed to improve preceptorships are outlined and basic practicalities of adding a preceptorship to a practice are considered. SN - 1357-6283 UR - https://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/citation/14741884/Students'_perceptions_towards_a_family_medicine_attachment_experience_ DB - PRIME DP - Unbound Medicine ER -