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Elective courses for medical students during the preclinical curriculum: a systematic review and evaluation.
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- Factors Influencing an Early Career Choice of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Among Chinese Medical Students: An Exploratory Survey.Academic psychiatry : the journal of the American Association of Directors of Psychiatric Residency Training and the Association for Academic Psychiatry · 2026Article
- Engaging Medical Students in Curriculum Design: Evaluating a Model for Active Participation and Co-Creation of an Elective Course Curriculum.Advances in medical education and practice · 2026Article
- Perception of Undergraduate Medical Students on Elective Posting Block-2: A Relative Importance Index Approach.Cureus · 2026Article
- Medical humanities education in Vietnamese medical schools: a comparative perspective from the USA and Republic of Korea.BMC medical education · 2025Article
- Design and assessment of a public health course as a general education elective for non-medical undergraduates.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- A podcast to teach medical humanities at medical school: a text-mining study of students' lived experience.Medical education online · 2024Article
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- The medical humanities at United States medical schools: a mixed method analysis of publicly assessable information on 31 schools.BMC medical education · 2023Article
- "Antibiotic prescribing etiquette" an elective course for medical students: could we recruit potential physicians to fight resistance?BMC medical education · 2023Article
- Evaluation of learning outcomes of humanities curricula in medical students. A meta-review of narrative and systematic reviews.Frontiers in medicine · 2023Review
- Impact of a Preclinical Medical Student Anesthesiology Elective on the Attitudes and Perceptions of Medical Students Regarding Anesthesiology.Advances in medical education and practice · 2023Article
- Participation in a Longitudinal Seminar Series Increases Medical Student Engagement with the COVID-19 Pandemic.Southern medical journal · 2022Article
- The clinical elective course and its effects on medical students and graduates of Jordanian medical schools.BMC medical education · 2022Article
- Providing an interactive undergraduate elective on safety culture online - concept and evaluation.BMC medical education · 2022Article
- Science Scholars: Integrating Scientific Research Into Undergraduate Medical Education Through a Comprehensive Student-Led Preclinical Elective.MedEdPORTAL : the journal of teaching and learning resources · 2021Article
- Entice With Procedures, Inspire With Primary Care: A Preclerkship Pipeline Course.PRiMER (Leawood, Kan.) · 2021Article
- Electives in the medical curriculum - an opportunity to achieve students' satisfaction?BMC medical education · 2020Article
- Asthma-Themed Chest Diseases Elective Internship Program Experience at Dokuz Eylül University School of Medicine.Turkish thoracic journal · 2020Article
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Abstract
objectivePreclinical medical student electives are prevalent at medical schools across the United States, but the range of electives available and their impact on medical student education are not well described in the literature. The objective of this article is to review the literature relating to preclinical medical student electives and their impact on medical student educational outcomes.
methodsWe reviewed studies that met the following criteria: English-language articles describing preclinical US-based medical electives. We used PubMed journal databases and limited our search for the time period 1999-2014. We excluded electives based in other countries or electives designed for third or fourth year students. Data abstracted included the topic of the elective, qualitative descriptions of the electives, and any associated surveys or exam data associated with the electives. Data were synthesized using descriptive tables sorting electives by broad topic. Reported outcomes and statistical methods were analyzed to assess study quality.
resultsWe found a wide range of subjects taught in the form of preclinical medical school electives. We identified electives in clinical skills, the humanities, student lifestyle, specialty-specific electives, and an assortment of other miscellaneous electives. Surveys and exams administered to students showed that the electives were universally well received by students. Of the 37 electives identified, 15 electives used quantitative objective assessments, such as knowledge exams, while the remaining tended to use student self-reported results.
conclusionsPreclinical medical student electives are prevalent at medical schools across the United States and have a significant impact on medical student education.
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