Adambounou Kokou, Kouevidjin Akoété Beleave
Biophysics and Medical Imaging Laboratory, University of Lomé, Lomé, 01BP 1515, Togo.
BMC Med Educ. 2025 Jun 2;25(1):822. doi: 10.1186/s12909-025-07421-2.
To analyse the socio-academic profile of medical students at the Faculty of Health Sciences of the University of Lomé in Togo and their perceptions of the quality of their training.
This cross-sectional study was conducted from June 24, 2021, to August 24, 2021, and included second- to eighth-year medical students enrolled at the Faculty of Health Sciences of the University of Lomé from 2020 to 2021. Data were collected electronically via a Google Form and physically on paper and analysed via SPSS version 24 and Microsoft Excel version.
701 students participated in the study (corresponding to a response rate of 63.4%), 600 (85.6%) were Togolese. There were 70.2% males among the participants, with a scientific baccalaureate in mathematics and natural sciences (77.3%) or in mathematics and physical sciences (22.7%). Their average age upon entering medical school was 17.9 years ± 1.1. Only 4.1% had a parent (father or mother) who was a physician. The main motivations for pursuing medical studies included passion for medicine (57.1%), the materialisation of a childhood dream (39.1%), and social prestige (19.8%). A significant proportion (86.5%) deemed the number of students selected for the first year inadequate compared to available slots, whereas approximately 70% found the number of students admitted in the second year excessive relative to training capacity. The atmospheric conditions in first-year classrooms were rated poorly by 58.9% of the students. The probability of success was significantly greater for students with a baccalaureate in mathematics and physical sciences and those who obtained at least a good grade in the baccalaureate (p˂0.05). The hospital-university framework was considered unsuitable for adequate theoretical and practical training by 74.3% of the students. However, 81.6% rated the supervision of hospital internships as average or good. More than half of the surveyed students (58.2%) wished to take the hospital internship exam, and 55.8% considered pursuing an academic career.
Medical students at the University of Lomé had a varied profile and a mixed perception of the quality of their training. Efforts need to be made by all stakeholders to provide better training for students.
分析多哥洛美大学健康科学学院医学生的社会学术概况及其对培训质量的看法。
本横断面研究于2021年6月24日至8月24日进行，纳入了2020年至2021年在洛美大学健康科学学院注册的二至八年级医学生。数据通过谷歌表单以电子方式收集，并以纸质形式收集，通过SPSS 24版和Microsoft Excel版进行分析。
701名学生参与了研究（对应回复率为63.4%），其中600名（85.6%）是多哥人。参与者中男性占70.2%，拥有数学与自然科学（77.3%）或数学与物理科学（22.7%）的科学学士学位。他们进入医学院时的平均年龄为17.9岁±1.1岁。只有4.1%的学生有父母（父亲或母亲）是医生。攻读医学的主要动机包括对医学充满热情（57.1%）、儿时梦想的实现（39.1%）以及社会声望（19.8%）。很大一部分（86.5%）认为与可用名额相比，第一年录取的学生数量不足，而约70%的人认为相对于培训能力，第二年录取的学生数量过多。58.9%的学生对一年级教室的大气条件评价较差。拥有数学与物理科学学士学位的学生以及在学士学位考试中至少取得良好成绩的学生成功的概率显著更高（p˂0.05）。74.3%的学生认为医院 - 大学框架不适用于充分的理论和实践培训。然而，81.6%的人对医院实习的监督评价为中等或良好。超过一半的受访学生（58.2%）希望参加医院实习考试，55.8%的人考虑从事学术职业。
洛美大学的医学生概况各异，对培训质量的看法不一。所有利益相关者需要努力为学生提供更好的培训。
