一个医学学生的在线社区:第一步的定性分析Subreddit帖子
Michael R Kann1, David Chen2, Grace W Huang2
1University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA USA.
Medical science educator
|March 27, 2025
概括
医学学生使用Step 1 subreddit获得关于考试准备,应对压力和适应通过/失败系统的同行建议. 这项分析揭示了关键的社区支持和不断发展的研究策略.
科学领域:
- 医学教育 医学教育
- 在线学习社区 在线学习社区
- 医学学生的福祉 医学生的福祉
背景情况:
- 第一步考试是医学学生的关键里程碑.
- 最近转向第1步的通过/失败评分系统已经改变了学生准备策略.
- 像Reddit的Step 1 subreddit这样的在线论坛已经成为同行学习和支持的重要资源.
研究的目的:
- 为了定性地探索医学学生如何利用Step 1 subreddit.
- 了解学生准备通过/不通过第一步考试的不断变化的策略和情绪.
- 在子reddit中识别与学术,情感和社区支持相关的主题.
主要方法:
- 利用Reddit应用程序编程接口 (API) 来从第一步子reddit收集帖子.
- 分析了2022年1月26日至2023年4月10日排名前500个职位.
- 采用了基础理论来对收集的帖子进行全面的主题分析.
主要成果:
- 确定了五个关键主题:心理/情感挑战,学术压倒,同行建议,社区支持和导航通过/失败的景观.
- 学生们报告说有很大的压力和感觉被内容和时间表所压倒.
- 该子网提供了关于资源,学习计划和内容优先级的宝贵建议,以及关键的情感支持和鼓励.
结论:
- 步骤1 subreddit 作为医学学生分享经验和策略的重要平台.
- 从这个论坛的见解可以告知教育工作者如何更好地支持学生通过考试准备.
- 了解学生主导的讨论对于优化医学教育中的学术和情感支持系统至关重要.
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