Experiences and perspectives on patient-centered education of medical students in Korea

• 영문명: Experiences and perspectives on patient-centered education of medical students in Korea
• 발행기관: 한국의학교육학회
• 저자명: Inji Yeom Kiduk Kim Junhwan Choi Dong-Mi Yoo
• 간행물 정보: 『Korean Journal of Medical Education』제34권 제4호, 259~271쪽, 전체 13쪽
• 주제분류: 의약학 > 기타의약학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2022.12.31

영문 초록

Purpose: This study analyzed the current status of and correlations between Korean medical students’ experiences and perspectives surrounding patient-centered medical education (PCME). Methods: A structured PCME questionnaire composed of three categories, understanding patients within social and cultural contexts, understanding patients’ individual health contexts through communication, and placement of patients at the center of medical education, was used. The students were stratified into pre-medical (Pre-med), medical (Med), and policlinic (PK) groups because of curriculum differences by grade. The χ2 test was applied to analyze the association between students’ experiences with and perspectives on PCME. A Cramer’s V of 0.200 was considered a large effect size for any association between experiences with and perspectives on PCME. Results: Among the respondents, 50.6% answered that they did not know about patient-centered medicine before the survey. With increasing school years went up from Pre-med to PK, fewer students agreed that PCME should be added to pre-clinical medicine curricula (p<0.001), that patients should be in the center throughout medical education (p=0.011), and that patients’ personal histories, values, and objectives are important PCME (p=0.001). Students who said they learned PCME for each category were more likely to consider PCME important (Cramer’s V was 0.219 and 0.271 for “with,” and “for the patients” respectively, p<0.001 for “about/with/for the patients”). Students in all groups chose clinical practice as the best method for PCME (p=0.021). Med group chose the lectures as the most effective tool to learn about the importance of communication (p<0.001). Conclusion: Students who experienced PCME were likely to perceive PCME as important and it showed that experiences of PCME had positive effects on PCME perceptions. Despite students’ preferences for clinical practice as the best method for PCME, PK reported that they did not learn PCME, and regarded PCME as less important compared to students at earlier stages of their medical education. Therefore, more intensive and holistic PCME curricula rather than only clinical practice exposure may be necessary.

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Patient-centered care Patient-centered medicine Medical education Republic of Korea Patient-centered medical education