Kim Do-Hwan, An Ah Reum, Kim Eun Jeong, Lee Jong-Koo, Lee Seung-Hee
Department of Medical Education, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Public Health Medical Service, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea.
Korean J Med Educ. 2017 Jun;29(2):111-116. doi: 10.3946/kjme.2017.58. Epub 2017 May 29.
The problem regarding the geographic imbalance of the physician workforce has been a long-standing problem in South Korea. Additionally, rural medicine and public health have been marginalized across whole undergraduate curriculums. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of an extracurricular program targeting medical students interested in rural and public health.
A 2-day extracurricular program was held twice in 2015 and 2016. A total of 53 students were selected among eighty students who voluntarily applied to participate in the program. The effectiveness of the program was evaluated by pre- and post-program surveys.
The overall satisfaction for the program was 5.35 out of 6. The participants showed a significant improvement in perception of the clerkship experience in a rural and public health care setting as well as the importance of rural medicine and public health in South Korea.
In conclusion, this study showed the acceptability of a short-term extracurricular program for medical students interested in rural and public health.
医生劳动力地理分布不均衡的问题在韩国一直存在。此外,农村医学和公共卫生在整个本科课程中一直处于边缘地位。本研究的目的是评估一项针对对农村和公共卫生感兴趣的医学生的课外项目的效果。
2015年和2016年举办了两次为期两天的课外项目。从80名自愿申请参加该项目的学生中选出了53名学生。通过项目前后的调查来评估该项目的效果。
该项目的总体满意度为6分中的5.35分。参与者在对农村和公共卫生保健环境中的临床实习经历的认知以及韩国农村医学和公共卫生的重要性方面有了显著提高。
总之,本研究表明了针对对农村和公共卫生感兴趣的医学生的短期课外项目的可接受性。