Office of Medical Education, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, South Korea.
Department of Medical Education, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, South Korea.
BMC Med Educ. 2023 Apr 22;23(1):278. doi: 10.1186/s12909-023-04245-w.
The importance of extracurricular activities (EAs) has been emphasized in medical education. These activities could enhance medical students' emotional and physical health and afford them developmental opportunities. Despite the growing amount of research related to this theme, few studies review and synthesize the existing literature. This study aims to provide an understanding of the educational implications of EAs in medical colleges and constructs an integrated conceptual framework concerning their types and learning outcomes by literature review.
An integrative literature review was conducted following Torraco's method, with the aim to generate a new framework for the given topic. The authors utilized Scopus and PubMed as databases, using search terms "extracurricular," "medical," and "students." Initially, titles and abstracts were screened to include relevant studies, and the researchers verified the eligibility of the articles by following the inclusion and exclusion criteria. Of the 263 articles identified, 64 empirical studies were selected for further review.
EAs in undergraduate medical education can be classified into direct extracurricular activities and indirect extracurricular activities, the latter of which is sorted into nine sub-categories. We identified seven main categories regarding the learning outcomes of EAs. In addition to general activities (e.g., pro-social activities, team sports), some distinctive activities such as research have been largely addressed in previous studies. The results of EAs were discussed in relation to academic growth, career development, and psychological experiences.
This review identified the types and learning outcomes of EAs in the context of medical education, thereby suggesting ways to improve the quality of EAs and maximize their educational effects.
课外活动（EAs）在医学教育中的重要性已得到强调。这些活动可以增强医学生的身心健康，并为他们提供发展机会。尽管与这一主题相关的研究越来越多，但很少有研究对现有文献进行综述和综合。本研究旨在通过文献回顾了解医学院课外活动的教育意义，并构建一个关于其类型和学习成果的综合概念框架。
采用 Torraco 的方法进行综合文献回顾，旨在为给定主题生成新框架。作者使用 Scopus 和 PubMed 作为数据库，使用“课外活动”、“医学”和“学生”等搜索词。最初，筛选标题和摘要以纳入相关研究，研究人员通过遵循纳入和排除标准来验证文章的资格。在确定的 263 篇文章中，有 64 篇实证研究被选中进行进一步审查。
本科医学教育中的课外活动可分为直接课外活动和间接课外活动，后者又分为九个亚类。我们确定了课外活动学习成果的七个主要类别。除了一般活动（如亲社会活动、团队运动）外，一些独特的活动，如研究，在以前的研究中也得到了广泛关注。课外活动的结果与学术成长、职业发展和心理体验有关。
本综述确定了医学教育背景下课外活动的类型和学习成果，从而提出了提高课外活动质量和最大限度发挥其教育效果的方法。
