Objective: Previous studies have investigated medical students’ interest in
family medicine, as well as their intentions to work in rural areas after taking part in
community-based clinical clerkships. Community-based clerkships are designed to teach
medical students community healthcare and to increase the number of physicians working in
rural communities following their graduation. However, few studies have examined which
clerkship experiences, specifically, enhance medical students’ positive perceptions on
community healthcare. This study aimed to examine the association between experiential
learning in community-based clerkships and students’ positive perceptions on community
healthcare.Patients and Methods: From 2015 to 2017, we conducted a questionnaire survey
of 290 final year medical students, before and after completion of their community-based
clerkships. The survey asked the students about their perceptions (categorized into
“Worthwhile” and “Confident”) of community healthcare and experiential learning during
their clerkships. We assessed 13 medical learning areas involving healthcare, medical
care, welfare, and nursing care practice. Multivariable logistic regression was used to
evaluate the factors associated with positive student perceptions.Results: Of the 290 students, 265 (91.3%) completed both the pre- and
post-questionnaires. Of these, 124 (46.8%) were female, 67 (25.2%) were from small towns
(of <100,000 people), and 87 (32.8%) selected clinical clerkships within depopulated
areas. A total of 205 (73.3%) students reported positive perceptions on community
healthcare. There was a significant association discovered between students’ positive
perceptions on community-based healthcare and them taking part in experiential learning in
mobile medical services (43 [16.2%] students experienced mobile medical services—adjusted
odds ratio 6.65, 95%, confidence intervals 1.67–26.4, p = 0.007).Conclusion: Medical students’ positive perceptions on community healthcare
were discovered to be associated with them taking part in experiential learning in mobile
medical services during their community-based clerkships.
Thoracoscopic image shows a thoracolith: its diameter was 13 mm and was soft and elastic, with a smooth surface. The core was black and was surrounded by yellow connective tissue. Given that mobility of the nodule is the key finding for the diagnosis, comparison with previous imaging studies is crucial.
A 45‐year‐old man was evaluated for right abdominal bulging. Computed tomography showed segmental flaccidity of the right abdominal muscle without an abdominal hernia. Although typical vesicles and pain were absent, we diagnosed herpes zoster (HZ) because of the presence of a few eschars on the affected area without a history of diabetes mellitus. Although transient unilateral abdominal muscle paralysis due to HZ without typical skin vesicles or pain is rare, it is imperative to consider the possibility of HZ and seek skin changes such as eschars in such cases.
The spine is homogeneously osteosclerotic and which appears to have no particular abnormal findings, however, that was proved to be a result of multiple metastases from prostate cancer. We should consider the possibility of prostate cancer if we see a “bright spine” on X‐ray examination.
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