Herbst de Cortina Sasha, Arora Gitanjli, Wells Traci, Hoffman Risa M
Center for World Health, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, California; Department of Pediatrics, University of California, Los Angeles, California; Department of Medicine and Division of Infectious Diseases, University of California, Los Angeles, California.
Center for World Health, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, California; Department of Pediatrics, University of California, Los Angeles, California; Department of Medicine and Division of Infectious Diseases, University of California, Los Angeles, California
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2016 Mar;94(3):563-7. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.15-0553. Epub 2016 Jan 11.
Given the lack of a standardized approach to medical student global health predeparture preparation, we evaluated an in-person, interactive predeparture orientation (PDO) at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) to understand program strengths, weaknesses, and areas for improvement. We administered anonymous surveys to assess the structure and content of the PDO and also surveyed a subset of students after travel on the utility of the PDO. We used Fisher's exact test to evaluate the association between prior global health experience and satisfaction with the PDO. One hundred and five students attended the PDO between 2010 and 2014 and completed the survey. One hundred and four students (99.0%) reported learning new information. Major strengths included faculty mentorship (N = 38, 19.7%), opportunities to interact with the UCLA global health community (N = 34, 17.6%), and sharing global health experiences (N = 32, 16.6%). Of students surveyed after their elective, 94.4% (N = 51) agreed or strongly agreed that the PDO provided effective preparation. Students with prior global health experience found the PDO to be as useful as students without experience (92.7% versus 94.4%, P = 1.0). On the basis of these findings, we believe that a well-composed PDO is beneficial for students participating in global health experiences and recommend further comparative studies of PDO content and delivery.
鉴于医学生全球健康出发前准备缺乏标准化方法,我们评估了加利福尼亚大学洛杉矶分校(UCLA)的一次面对面互动式出发前培训(PDO),以了解该项目的优势、劣势及改进领域。我们进行了匿名调查,以评估PDO的结构和内容,并在学生旅行后对一部分学生进行了调查,了解PDO的实用性。我们使用Fisher精确检验来评估先前全球健康经历与对PDO满意度之间的关联。2010年至2014年间,105名学生参加了PDO并完成了调查。104名学生(99.0%)报告学到了新信息。主要优势包括教师指导(N = 38,19.7%)、与UCLA全球健康社区互动的机会(N = 34,17.6%)以及分享全球健康经历(N = 32,16.6%)。在选修课程结束后接受调查的学生中,94.4%(N = 51)同意或强烈同意PDO提供了有效的准备。有过全球健康经历的学生认为PDO与没有相关经历的学生一样有用(92.7%对9