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  • 标题:The summer premedical program for matriculating medical students: a student-led initiative
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  • 作者:Ayman M. Awad ; Abdulhadi A. AlAmodi ; Mohammad A. Shareef
  • 期刊名称:Advances in Physiology Education
  • 印刷版ISSN:1043-4046
  • 电子版ISSN:1522-1229
  • 出版年度:2014
  • 卷号:38
  • 期号:1
  • 页码:56-61
  • DOI:10.1152/advan.00085.2013
  • 语种:English
  • 出版社:The American Physiological Society
  • 摘要:

    The freshman academic year is one of the most difficult years that a medical student experiences in his/her academic life at a medical school. Freshmen are frequently faced with several challenges, such as adaptation to a new academic environment and its associated different methods of teaching, learning, skills, and assessment. The aim of this study was to describe a 4-wk innovative summer premedical program developed by senior medical students at the College of Medicine, Alfaisal University, in an attempt to improve/smooth the experience(s) of prospective freshmen. This report describes the objectives/strategies/methodologies used to tackle the top three identified freshman challenges, namely, 1) advancement of the academic/scholastic/educational background, 2) the development of college-required skills to succeed and excel in the freshman year, and 3) adaption to the college environment. At the end of the program, a survey was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of the summer premedical program. Seventy-two students attended this program over the past three summers from 2010 to 2012, and twenty-nine students answered the survey with a response rate of 74.7%. Overall, >90% of the survey respondents reported an improvement in their understanding of basic medical science, integration, presentation skills, medical terminology, and junior-senior relationships. Furthermore, the survey highlighted the need for more focus on skills such as time management, participation in large-group discussions, and use of electronic resources, as >50% of respondents reported no improvement in these areas. In conclusion, this is the first report, to our knowledge, that describes a program developed by senior medical students to improve the experience of freshmen.

  • 关键词:summer premedical program; matriculating students; freshmen; premedical education
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