Ashwathy V T, Avanthi E, Narayanam Harini, Lokesh B N
Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Manipal University College Malaysia, Bukit Baru, Melaka, Malaysia.
Department of Pharmacology, SUIMS, Shimoga, Karnataka, India.
J Educ Health Promot. 2024 Apr 29;13:139. doi: 10.4103/jehp.jehp_1077_23. eCollection 2024.
Understanding the various principles in physiology is very important for medical students to apply their knowledge in clinical practice. Most of the students learn physiology just to clear exams. There is a need to understand the student's perception on the significance of learning physiology in medical colleges, its role in clinical practice, research, and the subject of career choice.
A descriptive cross-sectional questionnaire-based study was conducted in a medical college in Karnataka, India. A total of 100 medical students studying in year 2 MBBS were enrolled into the study. Responses were collected, validated, and analyzed to understand the perception.
All the participants (100%) felt physiology is an important subject in the medical curriculum and 93% of participants felt physiology knowledge was essential to become a better doctor. It was observed that 48% of the participants were interested in pursuing research in physiology and only 24% of the participants agreed on considering physiology as a carrier option.
Medical students perceived physiology as an important and interesting subject in the medical curriculum. However, only few of the students were inclined to do research in physiology and agreed on pursuing physiology as a carrier option. The scope of study in physiology is vast due to the large variety of interdisciplinary topics included in different systems. Subsequent decrease in job opportunity, lack of awareness of research opportunities, and lower pay scale in the medical colleges in India lead to less interest in students for considering physiology as a carrier option.
理解生理学的各种原理对于医学生将知识应用于临床实践非常重要。大多数学生学习生理学只是为了通过考试。有必要了解医学生对在医学院学习生理学的重要性、其在临床实践、研究以及职业选择方面的作用的看法。
在印度卡纳塔克邦的一所医学院进行了一项基于描述性横断面问卷的研究。共有100名就读于医学学士二年级的医学生被纳入该研究。收集、验证并分析了他们的回答以了解其看法。
所有参与者（100%）都认为生理学是医学课程中的一门重要学科，93%的参与者认为生理学知识对于成为一名更好的医生至关重要。据观察，48%的参与者对从事生理学研究感兴趣，只有24%的参与者同意将生理学作为职业选择。
医学生认为生理学是医学课程中一门重要且有趣的学科。然而，只有少数学生倾向于从事生理学研究并同意将生理学作为职业选择。由于不同系统中包含大量跨学科主题，生理学的研究范围很广。印度医学院随后出现的就业机会减少、对研究机会缺乏认识以及较低的薪资水平导致学生对将生理学作为职业选择的兴趣降低。
