Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, College of Medicine and Medical Sciences, Arabian Gulf University, Manama, Bahrain.
College of Medicine and Medical Sciences, Arabian Gulf University, Manama, Bahrain.
East Mediterr Health J. 2020 Feb 24;26(2):233-238. doi: 10.26719/2020.26.2.233.
English is the language of instructions in many medical schools in the Arab world. Its use may create a language barrier and adversely affect an individual's learning and later professional life.
This study examined the views of final-year Arab medical students of a language barrier and its effect on their learning and academic performance, and their language preference for medial education.
All final-year medical students (n = 142, 62% females) at the Arabian Gulf University, Bahrain, were invited to respond to a self-completed questionnaire. Differences in responses according to English proficiency and sex were assessed.
Of the 142 students, 99 (70%) responded. Most students did not feel a language barrier irrespective of their proficiency in English (P = 0.088). Most respondents did not think that language issues made studying more difficult, although there was a significant difference in responses between students considered proficient in English and those less proficient (P = 0.005). Most students (82%) were not aware or were not sure of medical terms in Arabic, but 66% were confident that they would be able to communicate with patients in Arabic. About half of the students (51%) supported medicine being taught only in English and 36% supported teaching in Arabic and English.
Most students thought that learning in English did not affect their academic learning and performance. However, a good proportion supported being taught medicine in Arabic and English.
在阿拉伯世界的许多医学院中，英语是教学语言。使用英语可能会造成语言障碍，并对个人的学习和以后的职业生涯产生不利影响。
本研究调查了最后一年的阿拉伯医学生对语言障碍及其对学习和学业成绩的影响的看法，以及他们对医学教育的语言偏好。
巴林阿拉伯海湾大学的所有最后一年的医学生（n=142，62%为女性）都被邀请回答一份自我完成的问卷。根据英语水平和性别评估了对问题的不同回答。
在 142 名学生中，有 99 名（70%）做出了回应。无论英语水平如何，大多数学生都没有感觉到语言障碍（P=0.088）。尽管英语水平较好的学生和较差的学生之间的回答存在显著差异（P=0.005），但大多数受访者认为语言问题不会使学习更加困难。大多数学生（82%）不知道或不确定阿拉伯语中的医学术语，但 66%的学生有信心能够用阿拉伯语与患者沟通。大约一半的学生（51%）支持仅用英语教授医学，而 36%的学生支持用阿拉伯语和英语教授医学。
大多数学生认为英语学习不会影响他们的学业学习和表现。但是，很大一部分学生支持用阿拉伯语和英语教授医学。
