ArticleKorean journal of medical education2026
Changes in first year medical students' attitudes and perceptions toward cultural diversity: a pilot study in Korea.
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purposeCultural diversity (CD) education in undergraduate medical training has gained increasing attention as patient populations become more diverse. This pilot study examined preliminary changes in first-year medical students' attitudes and perceptions toward CD following a single structured session informed by Dogra's (2005) perspective on CD education at a Korean medical school.
methodsA single-group pre-post design was employed with 85 first-year medical students during the 2023-2024 academic year. A 14-item questionnaire, drawn from Panthi and his colleagues and reclassified by the authors into four domains (Domain 1: Q1-Q3; Domain 2: Q4-Q6; Domain 3: Q7-Q9; Domain 4: Q10-Q14), organized with reference to Dogra's (2005) distinction between cultural expertise and cultural sensibility, was administered immediately before and after a 3-hour structured session. Items were rated on a 5-point Likert scale, with Bonferroni correction applied for item-level comparisons (adjusted p<0.004).
resultsA total of 51 of 85 students (60.0%) completed both surveys and were included in the analysis. The total attitude score increased significantly from 51.77±5.47 to 57.27±6.14 (Cohen's d=0.92). Significant improvements were observed in nine items (Q1, Q3, Q4, Q5, Q10-Q14). Items related to empathy and openness (Q2), bias self-awareness (Q6), and acculturative attitudes (Q7-Q9) did not reach corrected significance.
conclusionAttitudinal responsiveness varied across domains. Value-congruent and clinically oriented attitudes shifted through direct instruction, acculturative attitudes showed only surface-level trends, and bias self-awareness showed no change.
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