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Author(s) -
Hege Inga,
Siebeck Matthias,
Fischer Martin R
Publication year - 2007
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.1365-2923.2007.02873.x
Subject(s) - inga , curriculum , citation , library science , unit (ring theory) , computer science , information retrieval , world wide web , sociology , psychology , mathematics education , pedagogy , agronomy , biology
The rank ordering of this list by students and faculty brought several mismatches to light. The correlation between student and faculty ratings was only moderate (r 1⁄4 0AE49). Although both groups rated skill building as the most important objective, students found being exposed to new experiences as important as skill building, whereas faculty considered this far less important. Furthermore, faculty ranked !awareness and understanding of health disparities" much lower than students did. Instead, they gave more weight to more general objectives, such as !strengthen confidence and self-efficacy". Students, by contrast, found the latter the least important of all objectives. As a result of this self-study process, several programme changes have been made, including the provision of more clinical experiences for students. In conclusion, as the programme continues to evolve, students and faculty members may reach more closely matched expectations, espouse congruent goals, and collaborate to create an environment in which learning experience can be refined.