Analysis of feedback from first-year undergraduate medical students who attended foundation course at a teaching institution in South India
BACKGROUND: Medical Council of India has suggested competency-based curriculum for undergraduate students to make it learner centric. One-month “Foundation course” was introduced at the beginning of the course to promote better adaptation to the new curriculum. A cross-sectional study was conducted...
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| description | BACKGROUND: Medical Council of India has suggested competency-based curriculum for undergraduate students to make it learner centric. One-month “Foundation course” was introduced at the beginning of the course to promote better adaptation to the new curriculum. A cross-sectional study was conducted to analyze the feedback from students who attended the foundation course.
MATERIALS And METHODS: All first-year Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery students who underwent 1-month foundation course were included in the study. The course was conducted in six modules. All the sessions were handled by efficient resource people and conducted in an interactive manner. A form in which response against each topic/talk was graded as average, good, or excellent was used to obtain the feedback. Data were analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences 16 software. Responses among various modules were subjected to Chi-square two-sided test with Yates's correction.
RESULTS: A total of 98 students (32 males and 66 females) attended the foundation course of 21 days. Among the modules conducted, basic skill training module was scored excellent (67%) remarks, followed by sports and extracurricular activities (64.6%) (P = 0.8806). Among the skill training module, both basic life support training and first aid on medicine/pediatrics achieved 92% excellent score. One of the orientation module sessions, research methodology, scored least. The descending order of excellent remarks was skill module > sports and extracurricular activities > field visit to the community and primary health center > orientation modules > enhancement of language.
CONCLUSION: Attention should be given to include more topics concerned to the modules of skill training and extracurricular activities in upcoming years. Foundation courses can increase the confidence and better adaptability of the students toward a new environment. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-dc0bee1afb75485296216e178cc76d732022-12-21T19:39:42ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsJournal of Education and Health Promotion2277-95312021-01-011018810.4103/jehp.jehp_294_20Analysis of feedback from first-year undergraduate medical students who attended foundation course at a teaching institution in South IndiaTinju JamesThekkuttuparambil Ananthanarayanan AjithDonia JosonBetsy ThomasBACKGROUND: Medical Council of India has suggested competency-based curriculum for undergraduate students to make it learner centric. One-month “Foundation course” was introduced at the beginning of the course to promote better adaptation to the new curriculum. A cross-sectional study was conducted to analyze the feedback from students who attended the foundation course. MATERIALS And METHODS: All first-year Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery students who underwent 1-month foundation course were included in the study. The course was conducted in six modules. All the sessions were handled by efficient resource people and conducted in an interactive manner. A form in which response against each topic/talk was graded as average, good, or excellent was used to obtain the feedback. Data were analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences 16 software. Responses among various modules were subjected to Chi-square two-sided test with Yates's correction. RESULTS: A total of 98 students (32 males and 66 females) attended the foundation course of 21 days. Among the modules conducted, basic skill training module was scored excellent (67%) remarks, followed by sports and extracurricular activities (64.6%) (P = 0.8806). Among the skill training module, both basic life support training and first aid on medicine/pediatrics achieved 92% excellent score. One of the orientation module sessions, research methodology, scored least. The descending order of excellent remarks was skill module > sports and extracurricular activities > field visit to the community and primary health center > orientation modules > enhancement of language. CONCLUSION: Attention should be given to include more topics concerned to the modules of skill training and extracurricular activities in upcoming years. Foundation courses can increase the confidence and better adaptability of the students toward a new environment.http://www.jehp.net/article.asp?issn=2277-9531;year=2021;volume=10;issue=1;spage=8;epage=8;aulast=Jamesbasic life supportcompetencyfirst aidsindian medical graduateskill |
| spellingShingle | Tinju James Thekkuttuparambil Ananthanarayanan Ajith Donia Joson Betsy Thomas Analysis of feedback from first-year undergraduate medical students who attended foundation course at a teaching institution in South India Journal of Education and Health Promotion basic life support competency first aids indian medical graduate skill |
| title | Analysis of feedback from first-year undergraduate medical students who attended foundation course at a teaching institution in South India |
| title_full | Analysis of feedback from first-year undergraduate medical students who attended foundation course at a teaching institution in South India |
| title_fullStr | Analysis of feedback from first-year undergraduate medical students who attended foundation course at a teaching institution in South India |
| title_full_unstemmed | Analysis of feedback from first-year undergraduate medical students who attended foundation course at a teaching institution in South India |
| title_short | Analysis of feedback from first-year undergraduate medical students who attended foundation course at a teaching institution in South India |
| title_sort | analysis of feedback from first year undergraduate medical students who attended foundation course at a teaching institution in south india |
| topic | basic life support competency first aids indian medical graduate skill |
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