Extending community involvement in the medical curriculum: lessons from a case study

Seabrook, Mary; Lempp, Heidi; Woodfield, Steve

doi:10.1046/j.1365-2923.1999.00371.x

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“…Seabrook et al [14] found that a community-based program was beneficial for both community organizations and schools. Members of community organizations were able to obtain information regarding the university curriculum, and schoolteachers had the opportunity to learn about current medical issues and their application in the community.…”

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Benefits of off-campus education for students in the health sciences: a text-mining analysis

Nakagawa

Asakawa

Yamada³

et al. 2012

BMC Med Educ

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BackgroundIn Japan, few community-based approaches have been adopted in health-care professional education, and the appropriate content for such approaches has not been clarified. In establishing community-based education for health-care professionals, clarification of its learning effects is required. A community-based educational program was started in 2009 in the health sciences course at Gunma University, and one of the main elements in this program is conducting classes outside school. The purpose of this study was to investigate using text-analysis methods how the off-campus program affects students.MethodsIn all, 116 self-assessment worksheets submitted by students after participating in the off-campus classes were decomposed into words. The extracted words were carefully selected from the perspective of contained meaning or content. With the selected terms, the relations to each word were analyzed by means of cluster analysis.ResultsCluster analysis was used to select and divide 32 extracted words into four clusters: cluster 1—“actually/direct,” “learn/watch/hear,” “how,” “experience/participation,” “local residents,” “atmosphere in community-based clinical care settings,” “favorable,” “communication/conversation,” and “study”; cluster 2—“work of staff member” and “role”; cluster 3—“interaction/communication,” “understanding,” “feel,” “significant/important/necessity,” and “think”; and cluster 4—“community,” “confusing,” “enjoyable,” “proactive,” “knowledge,” “academic knowledge,” and “class.”ConclusionsThe students who participated in the program achieved different types of learning through the off-campus classes. They also had a positive impression of the community-based experience and interaction with the local residents, which is considered a favorable outcome. Off-campus programs could be a useful educational approach for students in health sciences.

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Benefits of off-campus education for students in the health sciences: a text-mining analysis

Nakagawa

Asakawa

Yamada³

et al. 2012

BMC Med Educ

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“…Therefore, further discussion or research is needed to verify the validity of the program. Seabrook et al reported that a community-based program was beneficial for both community organizations and schools; members of community organizations can obtain information regarding the university education curriculum, and school teachers have opportunities to learn about the latest medical issues and their applications in the community 13) . It was reported by Meyer et al that community-academic partnerships could contribute to the overall health of the community 14) , and Calleson et al reported that the balance between community needs and university requirements for knowledge was important 15) .…”

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What Kinds of Impressions Did Physical Therapy Students Receive through Participation in Off-campus Classes? - An Analysis Using Text-mining

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Abstract.[Purpose] A community-based education program has been conducted since 2009 at The School of Health Sciences, Gunma University. This study investigated how the off-campus program affected physical therapy students using text analysis methods.[Methods] The subjects were 60 physical therapy students, who participated in the off-campus classes. Each student submitted a self-assessment worksheet after participation. Using text analysis methods, the 60 worksheets were broken down into words. The extracted words were carefully selected in terms of meaning or content. Regarding the remaining terms, word relations to other words were analyzed by cluster analysis.[Results] Eighteen extracted words were divided into five clusters. From cluster 1, students were surprised at the differences from working in a hospital. Clusters 2 and 3 showed positive emotions, and cluster 4 showed the importance of communication or interaction with the residents.[Conclusion] Off-campus classes had a good effect on the students, allowing them to understand different types of learning and gain a positive impression about community-based experience and interactions with community residents. It will be necessary to combine the experience of off-campus classes with actual learning or study through in-campus classes, as well as to examine study outcomes targeting the community.

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“…Furthermore, community staff were impressed, and the classes managed by students were judged to have had a good overall effect. It was reported that such a community-based programs are beneficial for both community organizations and schools; members of community organizations can obtain information regarding the university education curriculum, and in the meantime, teachers have opportunities to learn about the latest medical issues and their applications in the community 12) . Moreover, it was reported that community-academic partnerships could contribute to the overall health of the community 13) , and that the balance between community needs and university requirements for knowledge was important 14) .…”

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What Can Be Achieved by Mutual-understanding among Community-dwelling Elderly People and Physical Therapy Students?

Nakagawa

Asakawa

2012

J Phys Ther Sci

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Abstract.[Purpose] The purpose was to clarify how community-based classes affected students, community staff, and elderly people.[Methods] Students collaborated in exercise classes for community-dwelling elderly people (participants) with teachers and community staff. After classes, questionnaires were completed by 60 participants, 9 community staff, and 24 students. Questionnaires consisted of a five-grade evaluation, a visual analogue scale (VAS), and impressions described in freely written sentences. All sentences written by participants and students were analyzed by text-mining method and cluster analysis.[Results] The results showed that the participants and community staff rated the classes as either 5 (very good) or 4 (good) in the five-grade evaluation. The results of VAS evaluation showed that the students rated the program and the elderly people as 86.5 ± 13.3 and 91.6 ± 9.9, respectively. Extracted words from participants' impressions were categorized into five clusters: "youth / young people," "exercise," "fun," and "good" formed each independent cluster. Extracted words from students' impressions were categorized into four clusters that implied positive feelings. [Conclusion] Interchange between elderly people and students achieved positive effects for both.

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Extending community involvement in the medical curriculum: lessons from a case study

Cited by 16 publications

References 6 publications

Benefits of off-campus education for students in the health sciences: a text-mining analysis

Benefits of off-campus education for students in the health sciences: a text-mining analysis

What Kinds of Impressions Did Physical Therapy Students Receive through Participation in Off-campus Classes? - An Analysis Using Text-mining

What Can Be Achieved by Mutual-understanding among Community-dwelling Elderly People and Physical Therapy Students?

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