Document ID (ISN) | 111808 |
CIS number |
11-0480 |
ISSN - Serial title |
0962-7480 - Occupational Medicine |
Year |
2010 |
Convention or series no. |
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Author(s) |
Shanahan E.M., Lindemann I., Ahern M.J. |
Title |
Engaging medical students in occupational and environmental medicine - A new approach |
Bibliographic information |
Oct. 2010, Vol.60, No.7, p.566-568. 10 ref. |
Abstract |
The objective of this study was to renew a curriculum in occupational and environmental medicine (OEM) within a graduate medical programme in Australia, with an emphasis on student involvement to maximize their interest in the topic. A second year student cohort of a four-year graduate medical programme was surveyed as to their preferences for the content of a short course of OEM embedded in their medical course. The course was extensively rewritten as a result of the student survey, with a number of topics deleted from the old course and new topics added. In order to validate the content of the new course, local occupational physicians (OPs) were also surveyed as to their opinion of an appropriate curriculum in OEM for medical students. The new course was taught to the subsequent cohort of second year medical students. The students' ratings of the course pre- and post-revision were compared. The student satisfaction rates of the course significantly improved as a result of the changes. The content of the student-led curriculum was mostly similar to the course proposed by the local OP with a few key exceptions. |
Descriptors (primary) |
occupational hygiene; occupational medicine; university training |
Descriptors (secondary) |
subjective assessment; survey; programme evaluation; industrial physicians |
Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
Subject(s) |
Medicine, hygiene and first aid
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Broad subject area(s) |
Occupational medicine, epidemiology
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Browse category(ies) |
Workplace health promotion
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