The Effectiveness of a Foundation Year 1 Doctor Preparation Course for Final Year Medical Students.
Preparation course
foundation doctor
medical student
undergraduate curriculum
Journal
Journal of medical education and curricular development
ISSN: 2382-1205
Titre abrégé: J Med Educ Curric Dev
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101690298
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Historique:
received:
14
09
2020
accepted:
04
12
2020
entrez:
18
1
2021
pubmed:
19
1
2021
medline:
19
1
2021
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Starting work as a junior doctor can be daunting for any medical student. There are numerous aspects of the hidden curriculum which many students fail to acquire during their training. To evaluate the effectiveness of a novel foundation year one (FY1) doctor preparation course focusing on certain core topics, practical tips and components of the hidden curriculum. The primary objective was to improve the confidence level and knowledge of final year medical students transitioning to FY1 doctors. A 2-day, practical course titled 'Preparation 2 Practice' delivering hands-on, small-group and lecture-based teaching, covering core medical student undergraduate curriculum topics in medicine and surgery. The course content spanned therapeutics, documentation skills and managing acute clinical tasks encountered by FY1 doctors during an on-call shift. A pre- and post-course survey and knowledge assessment were carried out to assess the effectiveness of the course. The assessment was MCQ-based, derived from topics covered within our course. The 20-question test and a short survey were administered electronically. Twenty students from a single UK medical school attended the course. 100% participation was observed in the pre- and post-course test and survey. The median post-course test result was 22 (IQR 20.25-23.75) which was higher than the median pre-course test score of 18.75 (IQR 17-21.75). A Wilcoxon sign rank test revealed a statistically significant difference between the pre- and post-course test results ( The results show a significant improvement in perceived confidence and knowledge on core curriculum topics amongst final year medical students having attended our FY1 doctor preparation course. We conclude that there is scope for similar supplementary courses as an adjunct to the undergraduate medical curriculum.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
BACKGROUND
Starting work as a junior doctor can be daunting for any medical student. There are numerous aspects of the hidden curriculum which many students fail to acquire during their training.
OBJECTIVES
OBJECTIVE
To evaluate the effectiveness of a novel foundation year one (FY1) doctor preparation course focusing on certain core topics, practical tips and components of the hidden curriculum. The primary objective was to improve the confidence level and knowledge of final year medical students transitioning to FY1 doctors.
METHOD
METHODS
A 2-day, practical course titled 'Preparation 2 Practice' delivering hands-on, small-group and lecture-based teaching, covering core medical student undergraduate curriculum topics in medicine and surgery. The course content spanned therapeutics, documentation skills and managing acute clinical tasks encountered by FY1 doctors during an on-call shift. A pre- and post-course survey and knowledge assessment were carried out to assess the effectiveness of the course. The assessment was MCQ-based, derived from topics covered within our course. The 20-question test and a short survey were administered electronically.
RESULTS
RESULTS
Twenty students from a single UK medical school attended the course. 100% participation was observed in the pre- and post-course test and survey. The median post-course test result was 22 (IQR 20.25-23.75) which was higher than the median pre-course test score of 18.75 (IQR 17-21.75). A Wilcoxon sign rank test revealed a statistically significant difference between the pre- and post-course test results (
CONCLUSION
CONCLUSIONS
The results show a significant improvement in perceived confidence and knowledge on core curriculum topics amongst final year medical students having attended our FY1 doctor preparation course. We conclude that there is scope for similar supplementary courses as an adjunct to the undergraduate medical curriculum.
Identifiants
pubmed: 33458247
doi: 10.1177/2382120520984184
pii: 10.1177_2382120520984184
pmc: PMC7797572
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
2382120520984184Informations de copyright
© The Author(s) 2021.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Declaration of conflicting interests:The author(s) declared the following potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship and/or publication of this article: All Authors are members of The Master Surgeon Trust, UK charity which was responsible for developing, running and organising the course analysed within this paper. However, as this is a free course and organised by a not for profit organisation, no conflicting interests exist.
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