Department of Basic Sciences, College of Science and Health Professions, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Department of Microbiology & Medical Parasitology, College of Medicine, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Sultan Qaboos Univ Med J. 2022 Feb;22(1):65-73. doi: 10.18295/squmj.5.2021.094. Epub 2022 Feb 28.
The preparatory year programme (PYP) at King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, is a one-year programme for students preparing for a full multi-year degree curriculum at a university. It offers a bridge between high-school and university-level studies of the students. This study aimed to evaluate the impact of the King Abdulaziz University PYP on students of the health professions education colleges from the viewpoints of the students and the faculty.
This descriptive study was conducted between May 2019 and January 2020 at King Abdulaziz University, in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia and was based on data collected from both students and faculty to assess their perceptions. The data were collected from students through self-administered questionnaires and from faculty members through structured interviews. Descriptive statistics were used for analysis.
A total of 633 students responded to the questionnaire (response rate: 88.3%), of which almost half agreed that the PYP made them self-confident and reinforced their discipline (49.2% and 46.9%, respectively). Less than two-thirds agreed that the preparatory year reinforced their sense of responsibility and helped them adapt to the university educational environment (60.6% and 64.3%, respectively). Conversely, more than half (58.5%) disagreed that the preparatory year classes helped them select their majors as well as that the preparatory year prepared them for their major classes (57.2%). A total of 24 faculty members who taught PYP students claimed that there should be careful consideration of the contents of the courses offered to the students in the preparatory year programme, especially the content related to the healthcare profession education. They argued that it is better to have a separate track in the PYP that includes subjects directly related to the study of health professions (such as molecular sciences, genetics, medical terminology, English for medical purposes, etc.).
The impact of the PYP on students attending the health professions colleges was found to be weak as per the perceptions of both students and faculty members. In-depth studies are necessary for further investigation of this impact.
沙特阿拉伯吉达的阿卜杜勒阿齐兹国王大学的预备课程（PYP）是为准备在大学攻读多年学位课程的学生提供的为期一年的课程。它为学生的高中和大学学习之间提供了一个桥梁。本研究旨在从学生和教师的角度评估阿卜杜勒阿齐兹国王大学预备课程对健康专业教育学院学生的影响。
这是一项描述性研究，于 2019 年 5 月至 2020 年 1 月在沙特阿拉伯吉达的阿卜杜勒阿齐兹国王大学进行，基于从学生和教师那里收集的数据来评估他们的看法。数据是通过学生的自我管理问卷和教师的结构化访谈收集的。采用描述性统计进行分析。
共有 633 名学生回答了问卷（回应率：88.3%），其中近一半的人认为 PYP 使他们自信并加强了他们的纪律（分别为 49.2%和 46.9%）。不到三分之二的人认为预备年增强了他们的责任感，并帮助他们适应大学教育环境（分别为 60.6%和 64.3%）。相反，超过一半（58.5%）的人不同意预备年课程有助于他们选择专业，也不同意预备年为他们的专业课程做好了准备（分别为 57.2%）。24 名教授 PYP 学生的教师表示，应该仔细考虑预备年课程为学生提供的内容，特别是与医疗保健专业教育相关的内容。他们认为，在 PYP 中最好有一个单独的轨道，包括与健康专业学习直接相关的科目（例如分子科学、遗传学、医学术语、医学用途英语等）。
根据学生和教师的看法，PYP 对健康专业学院学生的影响被认为是微弱的。需要进一步深入研究以进一步调查这种影响。
