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ArticleCureus2023

The Impact of Asking Medical Students What They Want to Learn on Student Participation in Lectures.

Ankur Segon, Yogita Sharma-Segon

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Article in Cureus, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ankur SegonMedicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, USA.
Yogita Sharma-SegonMedicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, USA.
The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe General Internal Medicine Acting Internship (GIM AI) at our school is a compulsory, one-month-long experience. Morning report-style case-based discussions were conducted on a weekly basis as part of the acting internship and were poorly attended. We sought to redesign our academic half day didactic curriculum and increase voluntary student attendance by allowing students to actively participate in determining the content of the acting internship academic half day.

interventionPrior to the beginning of the acting internship, students were sent an email survey listing seven inpatient topics to rank on a scale of 1-5 (1=not at all interested, 5=very interested). Based on student feedback, one additional topic was added: antibiotic use for common inpatient diagnoses. Topics that received the highest score were selected for topic-based sessions. A total of 32 teaching sessions were conducted over eight months. Twenty-four of these sessions were topic-based and the remainder were case-based. Student attendance at these sessions was voluntary. KEY

resultsCase-based discussions had the lowest preference ranking (n=94, mean=2.9), while cross-cover-based discussions (n=94, mean=4.3, p=0.001) and antibiotic use (n=52, mean=4.3, p=0.001) received the highest scores. Thirty-four percent (41/120) of possible learners attended case-based discussions, while 78% (281/360) of possible learners attended topic-based sessions (p<0.001). Learners reported a statistically significant improvement in comfort level in recognizing and managing 73% of sub-topics (29 out of 41) covered in topic-based sessions.

conclusionsA learner-centered approach to curriculum design led to robust student engagement in our acting internship academic half day. Fourth-year students prefer specific topic-based teaching sessions over case-based, morning report-style sessions.

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acting internshipattendancecurriculum developmentlearner engagementmedical education

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PMID38259417
PMCPMC10800295
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