Expectations of Polish undergraduate medical students for medical humanities classes: a survey-based pilot study.
Medical education
Medical humanities
Medical schools
Medical students’s perception
Poland
Quality of education
University menagment
Journal
BMC medical education
ISSN: 1472-6920
Titre abrégé: BMC Med Educ
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101088679
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
18 Oct 2023
18 Oct 2023
Historique:
received:
15
03
2023
accepted:
13
10
2023
medline:
23
10
2023
pubmed:
19
10
2023
entrez:
18
10
2023
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Medical schools teach Medical Humanities (MH) to provide students with knowledge about the human experience related to health, illness, disease, medicine, and healthcare. Due to the previously observed negative opinions about MH courses, we examined the expectations of medical students in Poland toward humanities subjects. We conducted a voluntary, anonymous electronic survey in one medical school (single-center study) and collected data from 166 medical students. The results were analyzed by comparing continuous and categorical variables between groups (gender, year of study, previous participation in MH classes). The students expected to learn how to communicate with patients and their families, especially about difficult topics. They also expected the classes to be active, stress-free, and without passing grades. The preferred MH teacher was a physician, although choosing a psychologist or other qualified person as an MH teacher was also popular. Previous participants in MH courses were more likely to expect such a course to be compulsory than those who had yet to attend it. Considering the students' expectations when designing MH classes could increase students' satisfaction with MH courses.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
BACKGROUND
Medical schools teach Medical Humanities (MH) to provide students with knowledge about the human experience related to health, illness, disease, medicine, and healthcare. Due to the previously observed negative opinions about MH courses, we examined the expectations of medical students in Poland toward humanities subjects.
METHODS
METHODS
We conducted a voluntary, anonymous electronic survey in one medical school (single-center study) and collected data from 166 medical students. The results were analyzed by comparing continuous and categorical variables between groups (gender, year of study, previous participation in MH classes).
RESULTS
RESULTS
The students expected to learn how to communicate with patients and their families, especially about difficult topics. They also expected the classes to be active, stress-free, and without passing grades. The preferred MH teacher was a physician, although choosing a psychologist or other qualified person as an MH teacher was also popular. Previous participants in MH courses were more likely to expect such a course to be compulsory than those who had yet to attend it.
CONCLUSION
CONCLUSIONS
Considering the students' expectations when designing MH classes could increase students' satisfaction with MH courses.
Identifiants
pubmed: 37853376
doi: 10.1186/s12909-023-04771-7
pii: 10.1186/s12909-023-04771-7
pmc: PMC10585903
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
775Informations de copyright
© 2023. BioMed Central Ltd., part of Springer Nature.
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