设拉子大学医学院公共卫生硕士项目学生观点评估

Assessment of students' perspectives about master of public health program in medical school of Shiraz University.

作者信息

Farahangiz Saman, Salehi Alireza, Rezaee Rita, Imanieh Mohammad Hadi

机构信息

MPH Department, Medical School, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran;

Research Center for Traditional Medicine and History of Medicine, Medical School, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran;

出版信息

J Adv Med Educ Prof. 2016 Jan;4(1):39-43.

PMID:26793725

原文链接:https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4711815/

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

Integration of public health and medical education has been thought to have an important role in medical students' training. Shiraz University of Medical Sciences has developed an MD/MPH dual degree educational program for the talented volunteer students. The aim of this study was to assess the students' viewpoints about various aspects of Shiraz MD/MPH program.

METHODS

This cross-sectional study was conducted on Shiraz undergraduate medical students, who were enrolled in MD/MPH program. A self-structured questionnaire in Persian consisting of 4 parts was used; it included demographic factors including 16 questions which evaluated the students' perspective of the goals, content, skill development, applicability and meeting their expectations; 7 questions evaluating the self-reported increase of knowledge; and 3 multiple choice questions to assess the students' motivations and opinions on the impact of the program on their future career. Descriptive statistics was used for data analysis.

RESULTS

All MD/MPH students (89) with a mean age of 21.4±1.34 participated in this study. Forty one of the students (46.1%) were male and 48 (53.9%) female. Overall, 86.1% of them had positive views about the goals of the program; also, 83.5%, 81.2% and 81.9% of them reported a positive viewpoint about the contents, the applicability and development of specific skills, and meeting their expectations, respectively. The students' most frequent motivation was "learning how to research systematically" (73%). The majority of the students reported this program to be moderately to highly effective in increasing their knowledge in the provided courses.

CONCLUSION

The students had a positive view about almost all of the aspects of the MD/MPH program; this may be indicative of the program being successful in delivering the goals, increasing the students' knowledge and skills, and meeting their expectations to date. Students' enthusiasm for the educational program may lead to their motivation for better learning and thus in the program's success.

摘要

引言

公共卫生与医学教育的整合被认为在医学生培训中发挥着重要作用。设拉子医科大学为有才华的志愿学生开发了医学博士/公共卫生硕士双学位教育项目。本研究的目的是评估学生对设拉子医学博士/公共卫生硕士项目各个方面的看法。

方法

本横断面研究针对设拉子本科医学生进行，这些学生参加了医学博士/公共卫生硕士项目。使用了一份波斯语的自编问卷，问卷由4部分组成；包括人口统计学因素，其中有16个问题评估了学生对目标、内容、技能发展、适用性以及是否符合他们期望的看法；7个问题评估自我报告的知识增加情况；以及3个多项选择题，以评估学生对该项目对其未来职业影响的动机和意见。数据分析采用描述性统计。

结果

所有医学博士/公共卫生硕士学生（89名）参与了本研究，平均年龄为21.4±1.34岁。其中41名学生（46.1%）为男性，48名（53.9%）为女性。总体而言，86.1%的学生对该项目的目标持积极看法；此外，分别有83.5%、81.2%和81.9%的学生对内容、特定技能的适用性和发展以及符合他们的期望持积极看法。学生最常见的动机是“学习如何系统地进行研究”（73%）。大多数学生报告该项目在增加他们在所提供课程方面的知识方面具有中等至高度的有效性。