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ArticlePloS one2020

The effectiveness of a Malaysian House Officer (HO) preparatory course for medical graduates on self-perceived confidence and readiness: A quasi-experimental study.

Aneesa Abdul Rashid, Sazlina Shariff Ghazali, Iliana Mohamad, Maliza Mawardi, Husna Musa, Dalila Roslan

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Article in PloS one, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 2 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT04944277 nacompletednot on this mapstarted 2021, after this paper: background citation

Assessing Effectiveness of a Text-based Mental Health Coaching Application in Improving Mental Well-Being Among House Officers, IMU Faculty, IMU Corporate Staff and IMU Students in Malaysia

TypeinterventionalSponsorIMU University, MalaysiaRan2021 to 2022Enrolled353ConditionsAnxiety, Depression, Stress, ResilienceArmsThoughtFullChat Application
NCT05291143 nacompletednot on this mapstarted 2022, after this paper: background citation

The Effectiveness of Short Videos on Knowledge of Proper Home Blood Pressure Monitoring (HBPM) Among Malaysian Medical Students

TypeinterventionalSponsorUniversiti Putra MalaysiaRan2022 to 2024Enrolled87ConditionsHypertension, Blood PressureArmsShort videos on blood pressure monitoring
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6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Aneesa Abdul RashidFamily Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Malaysia.ORCID 0000-0002-7944-1364
Sazlina Shariff GhazaliFamily Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Malaysia.
Iliana MohamadMedigrow (Medicorp Resources), Batu Caves, Selangor, Malaysia.
Maliza MawardiFamily Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Malaysia.
Husna MusaPaediatrics Department, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Malaysia.
Dalila RoslanKuala Pilah Health District Office, Ministry of Health Malaysia, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia.
Universiti Putra Malaysia · MYMinistry of Health · MY

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionHouse Officer (HO) Preparatory Courses in Malaysia are designed to prepare medical graduates to work as a HO. The courses are designed to address the issues related to lack of confidence and readiness to work, which could lead to stress and HO dropping out of work. The modules focus on how to prepare medical graduates into the real-life working scenario. Hence, we determined the effectiveness of a HO Preparatory Course on the level of confidence and readiness to work among medical graduates. METHODOLOGY: A quasi-experimental study was conducted at three time-points (pre-intervention, post-intervention and one-month after working as a HO) on the level of confidence and readiness of medical graduates. The intervention was the Medicorp module, which included information and training needed for the HO such as common clinical cases in the wards, case referrals, experience sharing and hands on clinical training. We recruited eligible participants undergoing the course between April-November 2018. The adapted IMU Student Competency Survey was used to measure the confidence and readiness levels, which were scored from a Likert scale of 1-5. The higher score indicated higher levels of confidence or readiness.

resultsA total of 239 participants were recruited at baseline (90% response rate). They were mostly female (77.8%), Malays (79.1%), single (90.0%), graduated overseas (73.6%), in 2018 (65.3%). The mean (SE) confidence scores significantly increased from 2.18 (1.00) pre-course to 3.50 (0.75) immediately after course and 3.79 (0.92) after one-month of work (p <0.001, η2 = 0.710). The mean (SE) readiness scores at pre-course, immediately and one-month post work were 2.36 (1.03), 3.46(0.78) and 3.70(0.90), respectively (p< 0.001, η2 = 0.612).

conclusionThe HO Preparatory Course module was effective in increasing levels of confidence and readiness for medical graduates, most of whom are overseas graduates; namely Egypt, Russia and Indonesia.

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Self ConceptAdultAttitude of Health PersonnelEducational MeasurementFemaleHealth PersonnelHumansInternship and ResidencyMalaysiaMaleNon-Randomized Controlled Trials as TopicSurveys and QuestionnairesYoung Adult

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