Canadian Medical Students’ Perceptions of Public Health Education in the Undergraduate Medical Curriculum

Tyler, Ingrid; Hau, Monica; Buxton, Jane A.; Elliott, Lawrence; Harvey, Bart J.; Hockin, J; Mowat, David L.

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“…The invisibility of PHM with an ill-defined niche is also noted in recent literature about the speciality in the UK [11], New Zealand [18] and Canada [35], and amongst medical students in France [11]. In the US [16], Ghana [36] and New Zealand [19], PH physicians are comparatively poorly regarded and remunerated.…”

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Motivations of South African physicians specialising in public health

Zweigenthal

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London

2018

Global Health Action

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Background: South African physicians can specialise in public health through a four-year ‘registrar’ programme. Despite national health policies that seemingly value public health (PH) approaches, the Public Health Medicine (PHM) speciality is largely invisible in the health services. Nevertheless, many physicians enrol for specialist training. Objectives: This study investigated physicians’ motivations for specialising in PHM, their intended career paths, perceptions of training, and perspectives about the future of the speciality. Methods: Focus groups and in-depth interviews were conducted with specialists-in-training and newly qualified specialists, and thematic analysis of transcripts was performed. Results: Motivations, often driven by difficult experiences as young physicians in poorly resourced clinical settings, stemmed from a commitment to improving communities’ health and desire to impact on perceived failing health systems. Rather than ‘exiting’ the South African health service, selecting PHM specialist training enacted participants’ ‘loyalty’ to population health. Participants anticipated carving out their own careers due to an absence of public sector career paths. They believed specialists’ contribution centred on providing ‘public health intelligence’ – finding and interpreting information; supporting services through management and leadership; and inputting into policymaking and planning. Conclusions: Competencies of PHM specialists should be refined to inform and improve management of this scarce human resource for health. This is particularly important given the proposed major health reforms towards universal health coverage in South Africa presently. In addition, findings highlight the importance of physicians’ early work experiences where avenues for expressing ‘voice’, mediated by ‘loyalty’, could be utilised to improve public sector health systems.

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Motivations of South African physicians specialising in public health

Zweigenthal

Pick

London

2018

Global Health Action

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“…[5][6][7]11,12,17 Similar difficulties have also been reported in public health education at the undergraduate level. 18,19 The program developed in occupational medicine at Université de Montréal has progressively shifted over the past few years from theoretical teaching to a more dynamic educational approach. The use of various interactive learning methods helps make the training more dynamic and also reaches a greater number of students.…”

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The Challenge of Teaching Occupational Medicine to Medical Students

Baillargeon

Maheux

Gilbert

2011

Journal of Occupational &Amp; Environmental Medicine

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Nonrecognition and mismanagement of work-related diseases is often linked to inadequate medical training. However, undergraduate training in occupational medicine faces many challenges, including lack of student interest and limited curriculum time. The purpose of this article is to present an undergraduate training program developed in one medical school to ensure that all medical students acquire the basic knowledge to recognize work-related health conditions and understand the fundamental principles of workers' comprehensive care. The program involves various learning methods including case studies, small-group learning, interactive large-group teaching, field activities, and e-learning. It has resulted in improving students' attitudes and competencies in occupational medicine and requires little curriculum time.

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“…A rapidez com que se dá a comunicação síncrona exige que o moderador seja veloz na digitação e atento à simultaneidade das mensagens enviadas (Bordini & Sperb, 2011;Fox et al, 2007a;Walsh, White, & Greaney, 2009), o que pode fazer com que sejam necessá-rias mais pessoas para ajudar em outras tarefas das quais o moderador não poderia dar conta sozinho. Além disso, o moderador precisa dominar o programa utilizado e o estilo de discussão síncrona, bem como deve estar familiarizado com os artifícios empregados na comunicação virtual para compensar a falta de contato oral e corporal (Bordini & Sperb, 2011;Fox et al, 2007a;Tyler et al, 2009). De fato, nos grupos focais online síncronos, a responsabilidade do moderador em manter o grupo focado no tópico de discussão parece maior, uma vez que os participantes tendem a se dispersar e que conversas paralelas são comuns (Abreu et al, 2009;Franklin & Lowry, 2001).…”

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“…Os outros nove artigos mencionaram que o moderador era um dos pesquisadores (6 artigos), um membro da equipe de pesquisa (1 artigo) ou não tinha relação com o estudo (2 artigos). Nestes últimos (Cunningham et al, 2006;Tyler et al, 2009), optou-se por um moderador profissional, especialista na condução de grupo focais e experiente no programa usado para a realização do grupo online síncrono.…”

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Grupos Focais Online e Pesquisa em Psicologia: Revisão de Estudos Empíricos entre 2001 e 2011

Bordini

Sperb

2013

Inter. Psicol.

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RESUMOO grupo focal é uma técnica de coleta de dados muito utilizada em pesquisa, predominantemente, no seu formato presencial. Nas últimas décadas, alguns grupos focais presenciais vêm migrando para o ambiente virtual. No entanto, a realização dos grupos focais por meio do uso de computadores e da internet gera uma série de especificidades. O objetivo deste trabalho é investigar e discutir como os pesquisadores do campo da psicologia têm utilizado os grupos focais online em seus estudos empíricos. A partir de uma revisão de artigos publicados entre 2001 e 2011, apresentam-se recomendações para o emprego dessa técnica, baseadas nas diversas particularidades relatadas pelos pesquisadores. Palavras-chave: grupos focais online; grupos focais virtuais; internet; métodos de pesquisa; psicologia. ABSTRACT Online Focus Groups and Psychological Research: A Review of Empirical Studies Between 2001 and 2011Focus group is a technique of data collection often used in research, usually in the face-to-face format. In recent decades, a part of such face-to-face focus groups has migrated to the virtual environment. However, conducting focus groups using computers and internet generates a number of specificities. This paper aims to investigate and discuss the use of online focus groups in psychological empirical research. Through a review of articles published between 2001 and 2011, we present recommendations for using this technique, drawn upon several peculiarities reported by the researches.

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Canadian Medical Students’ Perceptions of Public Health Education in the Undergraduate Medical Curriculum

Cited by 39 publications

References 6 publications

Motivations of South African physicians specialising in public health

Motivations of South African physicians specialising in public health

The Challenge of Teaching Occupational Medicine to Medical Students

Grupos Focais Online e Pesquisa em Psicologia: Revisão de Estudos Empíricos entre 2001 e 2011

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