历史重复:历史流行病对医学院课程的相关性
M Jones1,2, S Quenby1,2, J Odendaal1,2
1Division of Biomedical Sciences, Clinical Sciences Research Laboratories, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK.
Journal of medical education and curricular development
|November 13, 2023
概括
英国的医学学生希望在他们的课程中增加更多的流行病历史. 大多数学生发现了解过去的流行病对未来的准备有好处,尽管目前的知识很差.
科学领域:
- 医学教育 医学教育
- 流行病学 流行病学
- 公共卫生史 公共卫生史
背景情况:
- 冠状病毒大流行突显了理解流行病学进展的重要性.
- 历史上的流行病,比如1918年和2009年的流感,为临床医生提供了宝贵的教训.
- 现有的文献表明,医学学生对以前的流行病的知识存在差距.
研究的目的:
- 评估英国医学学生关于将流行病史纳入课程的观点.
- 收集利益相关者的观点,以了解历史流行病内容的教育价值.
主要方法:
- 一个横截面的在线调查被分发给英国的医学院.
- 混合方法方法结合了定量分析 (SPSS,Excel) 和自由文本答案的定性基础理论.
- 数据分析包括了枢纽表和费舍尔的精确测试.
主要成果:
- 在来自英国8所医学院的241名参与者中,98%的人完成了调查.
- 只有34%的人表示接受了与大流行有关的教学,但78%的人认为这是有益的.
- 观察到一个重要的知识差距,只有5.7%的知识问题得分为100%.
- 79%的学生认为学习历史流行病,特别是关于COVID-19的历史流行病,将对未来的实践有益.
结论:
- 这项研究是英国首次对医疗课程中有关流行病史的利益相关方观点进行评估.
- 调查结果表明,医学学生强烈希望增加历史内容,以加强对未来健康危机的准备.
- 整合流行病史可以更好地为未来的医生提供反复出现的公共卫生挑战.
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