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Hopes and concerns of a first‐year medical school class
Author(s) -
FIELDS S. A.,
TOFFLER W. L.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
medical education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.776
H-Index - 138
eISSN - 1365-2923
pISSN - 0308-0110
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2923.1993.tb00242.x
Subject(s) - class (philosophy) , curriculum , medical education , variety (cybernetics) , intervention (counseling) , medical school , psychology , first class , medicine , nursing , pedagogy , artificial intelligence , computer science , data mining
Summary. To assess the hopes and concerns of first‐year medical students, the 1991 Oregon Health Sciences University (OHSU) Medical School class was surveyed during orientation. Using qualitative research methods, student responses were grouped into general categories. The most common ‘hopes’ were to provide personal care and develop relationships with patients, to attain self‐fulfilment, and to enjoy the personal challenge and variety of medicine. Common ‘concerns’ were family issues, outside intervention into medicine, and loss of self. The hopes and concerns of this class revolve primarily around personal issues, rather than issues relating to their local community or to society. This information may be useful in student counselling and curriculum development. Further research is necessary to evaluate changes in this class's attitudes over time. The methodology of this study may be useful in the evaluation of the attitudes of subsequent first‐year medical school classes at OHSU, and at other institutions.