Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia.
J Prim Care Community Health. 2021 Jan-Dec;12:21501327211002100. doi: 10.1177/21501327211002100.
Family Medicine was introduced as a major undergraduate clinical rotation in 2016 after the medical college at Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University revised its curriculum.
Assessing how students' medical knowledge has improved post Family Medicine introduction to the revised medical school curriculum.
This was a cross-sectional epidemiological study among fifth year clinical medical students (n = 219). A pretest and post-test was distributed to all fifth year clinical medical students voluntarily during the period of October 2017 to May 2018. They were asked to rate the exam as well.
The mean exam grades were 25.52 (SD = 4.44) and 34.16 (SD = 5.76) for pre-rotation and post-rotation, respectively. There was a statistically significant difference between post and pre rotation exam grade for the overall sample ( (218) = 23.73, < .0001) indicating that students had a statistically significantly higher exam grades post-rotation (M = 34.16, SD = 5.76) than pre-rotation (M = 25.52, SD = 4.44). Females had a statistically significantly larger difference in post-rotation and pre-rotation exam grade than males indicating that they improved more in the post rotation exam. It was found that nearly 60% (59.36%) of subjects considered the exam difficult before the rotation; however, only around 40% (40.18%) considered the exam difficult after the rotation.
Students benefited after taking the course of family medicine. This helps in advocating for both the importance of this specialty and for the university's decision in incorporating family medicine as a major clinical rotation for undergraduates.
2016 年，在阿卜杜勒阿齐兹国王大学医学院修改课程后，家庭医学被引入作为主要的本科临床实习。
评估学生在家庭医学介绍到修订后的医学院课程后医学知识的提高情况。
这是一项针对第五年临床医学生（n=219）的横断面流行病学研究。在 2017 年 10 月至 2018 年 5 月期间，向所有第五年临床医学生自愿分发了前测和后测，并要求他们对考试进行评分。
前轮转和后轮转的平均考试成绩分别为 25.52（SD=4.44）和 34.16（SD=5.76）。总体样本在后轮转和前轮转考试成绩之间存在统计学显著差异（（218）=23.73，<.0001），表明学生在后轮转（M=34.16，SD=5.76）的考试成绩比前轮转（M=25.52，SD=4.44）统计学显著更高。女性在后轮转和前轮转考试成绩之间的差异具有统计学显著性，表明她们在后轮转考试中提高更多。结果发现，近 60%（59.36%）的受试者在轮转前认为考试难度较大；然而，只有约 40%（40.18%）的受试者在轮转后认为考试难度较大。
学生在修完家庭医学课程后受益。这有助于提倡该专业的重要性，并支持大学决定将家庭医学作为本科生的主要临床实习。
