Jurnal Internasional Afrika vol. 11 issue 1 2021
African Journal of Emergency Medicine
A mandatory Emergency Medicine clerkship influences students’ career choices in a developing system
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Title
Jurnal Internasional Afrika vol. 11 issue 1 2021
African Journal of Emergency Medicine
A mandatory Emergency Medicine clerkship influences students’ career choices in a developing system
African Journal of Emergency Medicine
A mandatory Emergency Medicine clerkship influences students’ career choices in a developing system
Subject
Medical student
Emergency medicine
Career
Perception
Emergency medicine
Career
Perception
Description
Background: Attracting medical students for a front-line specialty, Emergency Medicine, is challenging in many
countries. The available literature is scarce and bounded to the mature emergency care and education systems. In
the countries where emergency medicine is a new specialty and has different contextual needs, the perception of
the students and their career interest in emergency medicine specialty is an unanswered question.
Objective: We aimed to study the effects of a mandatory Emergency Medicine (EM) clerkship on students’ perceptions
and their future career choice to be emergency physicians.
Methods: A voluntary de-identified survey was prospectively collected before and after the EM clerkship to
capture students’ perceptions in four domains (EM clerkship, EM physicians, EM patients, and EM specialty as a
career choice). The survey included 24 statements having five-point Likert scale for each statement. Nonparametric
Wilcoxon signed rank test was used for statistical analysis.
Results: Sixty-seven students responded to both surveys (response rate of 85%). Students’ perceptions have
significantly improved on the EM physicians, and their job after attending the clerkship (p < 0.001). They found
EM a respected (p = 0.038), flexible (p < 0.001), secure (p < 0.001), satisfying, and prestigious (p = 0.006) job.
They found EM physicians compassionate (p < 0.011), have adequate patient contact (p < 0.045) and control on
their time (0.004). Choosing EM as a future career has significantly increased after clerkship (p < 0.001).
Conclusions: Our mandatory EM clerkship significantly improved students’ perceptions on EM specialty as a
future career choice. A well-structured and mandatory EM clerkship can attract more students to be trained in the
EM
countries. The available literature is scarce and bounded to the mature emergency care and education systems. In
the countries where emergency medicine is a new specialty and has different contextual needs, the perception of
the students and their career interest in emergency medicine specialty is an unanswered question.
Objective: We aimed to study the effects of a mandatory Emergency Medicine (EM) clerkship on students’ perceptions
and their future career choice to be emergency physicians.
Methods: A voluntary de-identified survey was prospectively collected before and after the EM clerkship to
capture students’ perceptions in four domains (EM clerkship, EM physicians, EM patients, and EM specialty as a
career choice). The survey included 24 statements having five-point Likert scale for each statement. Nonparametric
Wilcoxon signed rank test was used for statistical analysis.
Results: Sixty-seven students responded to both surveys (response rate of 85%). Students’ perceptions have
significantly improved on the EM physicians, and their job after attending the clerkship (p < 0.001). They found
EM a respected (p = 0.038), flexible (p < 0.001), secure (p < 0.001), satisfying, and prestigious (p = 0.006) job.
They found EM physicians compassionate (p < 0.011), have adequate patient contact (p < 0.045) and control on
their time (0.004). Choosing EM as a future career has significantly increased after clerkship (p < 0.001).
Conclusions: Our mandatory EM clerkship significantly improved students’ perceptions on EM specialty as a
future career choice. A well-structured and mandatory EM clerkship can attract more students to be trained in the
EM
Creator
Arif Alper Cevik , Elif Dilek Cakal , Sami Shaban ,Margret El Zubeir , Fikri M. Abu-Zidan
Source
www.elsevier.com/locate/afjem
Date
9 August 2020
Contributor
peri irawan
Format
pdf
Language
english
Type
text
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Citation
Arif Alper Cevik , Elif Dilek Cakal , Sami Shaban ,Margret El Zubeir , Fikri M. Abu-Zidan, “Jurnal Internasional Afrika vol. 11 issue 1 2021
African Journal of Emergency Medicine
A mandatory Emergency Medicine clerkship influences students’ career choices in a developing system,” Repository Horizon University Indonesia, accessed November 22, 2024, https://repository.horizon.ac.id/items/show/2527.
African Journal of Emergency Medicine
A mandatory Emergency Medicine clerkship influences students’ career choices in a developing system,” Repository Horizon University Indonesia, accessed November 22, 2024, https://repository.horizon.ac.id/items/show/2527.