概括
医学院课程适度影响性知识,而不是态度. 与一年级同学相比,三年级学生表现出更好的性健康知识,促使课程更新.
科学领域:
- 医学教育 医学教育
- 性健康 性的健康
- 课程开发 课程开发
背景情况:
- 评估医学教育对学生知识和态度的影响对于有效的课程设计至关重要.
- 了解医疗课程如何影响性健康知识和态度,对于培养合格的医疗保健专业人员至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 评估南安普顿大学医学课程对学生的性态度和知识的影响.
- 确定医学课程中课程影响最明显的特定阶段.
主要方法:
- 在南安普顿大学的三组不同的医学学生中进行了一项调查.
- 参与者代表了医学本科课程的不同阶段.
主要成果:
- 在学生群体中观察到的性态度的显著变化很少.
- 与第一年和新入学学生相比,第三年医学学生的性知识显著增加.
- 这表明课程进步和增强性健康知识之间存在正相关性.
结论:
- 医学课程似乎增强了性知识,特别是在研究的第三年.
- 虽然态度的变化很小,但课程在传授性知识方面的有效性值得承认.
- 这些发现为医学本科课程提供了信息,并导致了修改.
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