The University of Auckland, New Zealand.
Counties Manukau Health, Auckland, New Zealand.
Int J Soc Psychiatry. 2022 Sep;68(6):1238-1247. doi: 10.1177/00207640221113751. Epub 2022 Jul 26.
A series of podcasts and videos was created to assist medical students with learning about suicide prevention. The aim of this research was to explore medical students experiences of using a suicide prevention learning resource.
A multimedia repository of learning resources for suicide prevention was designed and created for use across all years of the medical programme at The University of Auckland. Emphasis was placed on ensuring that the resource was culturally safe. The impact of the learning resource was evaluated with a qualitative approach using focus group methodology. Two focus groups were audio-recorded, transcribed and a thematic analysis was conducted employing three cycles of coding.
Three themes were identified: perceiving that suicide is complex and sensitive; tailoring knowledge to match students' developmental stage and context; and elements that facilitated interaction with the resource.
Suicide is unsurprisingly a challenging topic for medical students. The students in this study actively engaged with this resource on suicide prevention, which supplemented their core learning of the topic. Early access to resources developed in a culturally safe way within a spiral curriculum empowers students to understand that they have an important contribution to make in preventing suicide. This may prepare them for encountering suicide with peers, family members and in clinical practice.
制作了一系列播客和视频，以帮助医学生了解预防自杀的知识。本研究旨在探讨医学生使用预防自杀学习资源的体验。
为奥克兰大学的整个医学项目设计和创建了一个预防自杀的多媒体学习资源库，重点是确保资源在文化上是安全的。使用焦点小组方法，通过定性方法评估学习资源的影响。录制了两个焦点小组的音频，进行了转录，并通过三轮编码进行了主题分析。
确定了三个主题：认为自杀是复杂和敏感的；根据学生的发展阶段和背景调整知识；以及促进与资源互动的因素。
对医学生来说，自杀无疑是一个具有挑战性的话题。本研究中的学生积极参与预防自杀的这项资源，这补充了他们对该主题的核心学习。在螺旋式课程中尽早获得以文化安全方式开发的资源，使学生能够理解他们在预防自杀方面有重要的贡献。这可能使他们为在与同龄人、家庭成员和临床实践中遇到自杀做好准备。
