Amini Mitra, Mikaeili Fattaneh, Handjani Farhad, Hatam Gholamreza, Asgari Qasem
Clinical Education Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
Department of Parasitology and Mycology, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
J Educ Health Promot. 2021 Oct 29;10:390. doi: 10.4103/jehp.jehp_1656_20. eCollection 2021.
Parasitology course is one of the basic science courses in the educational curriculum for medical students. Since the integration of basic and clinical sciences has helped students better understand the basic science course content, the aim of the present study was to determine the effect of integration of basic and clinical aspects of a specific topic in a parasitology course on medical students learning.
A randomized controlled trial was conducted on 110 undergraduate fifth-semester medical students from April to July 2018. The students were randomly divided into two groups, based on student identification number: Intervention and control groups. The topic selected for this study from the parasitology course was "cutaneous leishmaniasis." At the beginning of the program, a dermatologist presented the clinical aspects of the topic to the intervention group. Then, a parasitologist delivered a traditional lecture about the basic aspects of the topic to both groups. The students' scores on questions related to cutaneous leishmaniasis in the final exam were used as a measure of learning and teaching outcomes. A questionnaire that consisted of seven items and three open-ended questions was used based on the objectives of the randomized controlled trial. Statistical analysis was performed by SPSS software.
Based on the result of the final examination, there was no significant difference in the learning rate of students between the intervention and control groups ( ≥ 0.05). According to students' comments, the teaching of clinical science alongside basic science increased the importance of the topic and the students' interest in basic science. Most students agreed that this method prepares them for their clinical years.
Many medical students believe that the content of many basic science courses are forgotten in the future. Therefore, basic science education alongside clinical science presentations are suggested.
寄生虫学课程是医学生教育课程中的基础科学课程之一。由于基础科学与临床科学的整合有助于学生更好地理解基础科学课程内容，本研究的目的是确定在寄生虫学课程中整合特定主题的基础与临床方面对医学生学习的影响。
2018年4月至7月，对110名本科五年级医学生进行了一项随机对照试验。根据学生学号将学生随机分为两组：干预组和对照组。本研究从寄生虫学课程中选取的主题是“皮肤利什曼病”。在课程开始时，一名皮肤科医生向干预组介绍了该主题的临床方面。然后，一名寄生虫学家向两组学生进行了关于该主题基础方面的传统讲座。期末考试中与皮肤利什曼病相关问题的学生成绩被用作学习和教学成果的衡量标准。根据随机对照试验的目标，使用了一份包含七个项目和三个开放式问题的问卷。采用SPSS软件进行统计分析。
根据期末考试结果，干预组和对照组学生的学习率没有显著差异（≥0.05）。根据学生的评论，基础科学与临床科学同步教学增加了该主题的重要性以及学生对基础科学的兴趣。大多数学生认为这种方法为他们的临床学习阶段做好了准备。
许多医学生认为许多基础科学课程的内容在未来会被遗忘。因此，建议在临床科学授课的同时进行基础科学教育。
