Kumar Priyanka, Pickering Christina M, Atta Lyla, Burns Austin G, Chu Robert F, Gracie Thomas, Qin Caroline X, Whang Katherine A, Goldberg Harry R
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Med Teach. 2021 Mar;43(3):314-319. doi: 10.1080/0142159X.2020.1841891. Epub 2020 Nov 26.
The Student Curriculum Review Team (SCRT) was founded at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (JHUSOM) in 2012 to refine pre-clinical courses. Since then, SCRT has provided a voice for student feedback - offering forums for discussion through 'Town Hall meetings' and confidential avenues for peer-to-peer comments. Here, we assess the perceived efficacy and utility of SCRT among the student body and faculty course directors.
A cross-sectional analysis was conducted in 2019 using an anonymous survey distributed to second- (MS2) and third-year (MS3) medical students as well as faculty course directors at JHUSOM.
A total of 113 student surveys and 13 faculty surveys were returned. The majority of students (97%) endorsed SCRT as effective in enabling them to express their concerns. Most faculty (69%) reported SCRT's impact on their respective course as positive and found SCRT suggestions to be 'realistic and actionable.' Students (84%) and faculty (62%) alike considered SCRT to meet needs not met by other curricular organizations at JHUSOM.
Students and faculty find that SCRT satisfies an unfilled position in the landscape of curricular feedback at JHUSOM. This study may be beneficial for other academic institutions considering ways to better engage students in curricular reform.
学生课程审查团队（SCRT）于2012年在约翰霍普金斯大学医学院（JHUSOM）成立，旨在完善临床前课程。从那时起，SCRT为学生反馈提供了一个发声渠道——通过“市政厅会议”提供讨论论坛，并为同学之间的评论提供保密途径。在此，我们评估了SCRT在学生群体和教师课程主任中的感知效果和实用性。
2019年进行了一项横断面分析，使用匿名调查问卷，分发给JHUSOM的二年级（MS2）和三年级（MS3）医学生以及教师课程主任。
共收回113份学生调查问卷和13份教师调查问卷。大多数学生（97%）认可SCRT能有效让他们表达担忧。大多数教师（69%）报告称SCRT对其各自课程的影响是积极的，并认为SCRT的建议“现实且可操作”。学生（84%）和教师（62%）都认为SCRT满足了JHUSOM其他课程组织未满足的需求。
学生和教师发现，SCRT填补了JHUSOM课程反馈领域的一个空白。这项研究可能对其他考虑如何更好地让学生参与课程改革的学术机构有益。
