Open AccessCommencing Technical Clinical Skills Training in the Early Stages of Medical Education: Exploring Student Views
Author(s) -
Josephine Seale,
Madeleine Knoetze,
Anita Phung,
D. C. Prior,
Colin Butchers
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
medical science educator
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.257
H-Index - 13
ISSN - 2156-8650
DOI - 10.1007/s40670-018-00657-2
Subject(s) - medical education , curriculum , preparedness , focus group , thematic analysis , feeling , psychology , skills management , medicine , pedagogy , qualitative research , social science , social psychology , marketing , sociology , political science , law , business
Medical schools are increasingly introducing technical clinical skills training from year 1. However, little research has determined students' views of such training. This study compared the perceptions of student groups which received different levels of technical skills training during the early years of their undergraduate medical degree.