Siddiqui Imran A, Bin Abdulrahman Khalid A, Alsultan Mohammed A
Department of Medical Education and Postgraduate Studies, Saudi Commission for Health Specialties, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
College of Medicine, Al-Imam Muhammad Ibn Saud Islamic University (IMSIU), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Adv Med Educ Pract. 2015 Mar 23;6:205-10. doi: 10.2147/AMEP.S77717. eCollection 2015.
Every year nearly 1,500 students enter into medical program after passing high school and national aptitude exams. However, many students experience frustration, failure, and psychological morbidities like stress, depression, and anxiety because they are not aware of their learning styles or do not have effective learning skills and strategies. The College of Medicine of Al-Imam Muhammad ibn Saud Islamic University has adopted the outcome based, community oriented, Spiral Curriculum. Although the curriculum is innovative, on the other hand, it is very demanding.
The purpose of this paper is to share educational structure and evaluation results of the course on effective learning and study skills for the 1st year medical students.
To prepare our students in order to cope with this demanding but promising curriculum, we conducted an effective and comprehensive learning skills course for 16 weeks in the first semester of year 1 in the medical program. Performance of each student was assessed and the course evaluation was done by students at the end of the course.
The attendance of the students throughout the course was over 90%. The average performance of students in the summative assessment was 78% and the course was generally liked by the students.
Students overall had a positive attitude toward the learning skills course. Majority of the students showed interest in attending the sessions regularly and realized the significance of this course to improve their learning skills.
每年有近1500名学生在通过高中和国家能力测试后进入医学专业。然而，许多学生经历挫折、失败以及压力、抑郁和焦虑等心理疾病，因为他们不了解自己的学习方式，或者没有有效的学习技巧和策略。伊玛目穆罕默德·本·沙特伊斯兰大学医学院采用了基于结果、以社区为导向的螺旋式课程。虽然该课程具有创新性，但另一方面，它要求很高。
本文旨在分享针对一年级医学生的有效学习与学习技巧课程的教学结构和评估结果。
为使我们的学生能够应对这一要求高但前景广阔的课程，我们在医学专业一年级第一学期开展了为期16周的有效且全面的学习技巧课程。对每位学生的表现进行评估，并在课程结束时由学生进行课程评价。
学生在整个课程中的出勤率超过90%。学生在总结性评估中的平均成绩为78%，该课程总体上受到学生喜爱。
学生总体上对学习技巧课程持积极态度。大多数学生表现出定期参加课程的兴趣，并认识到该课程对提高他们学习技巧的重要性。
