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‘I found myself to be a down to earth Dutch girl’: a qualitative study into learning outcomes from international traineeships
Author(s) -
Niemantsverdriet Susan,
Majoor Gerard D,
Van Der Vleuten Cees P M,
Scherpbier Albert J J A
Publication year - 2004
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.1365-2929.2004.01843.x
Subject(s) - girl , psychology , earth (classical element) , medical education , medicine , developmental psychology , physics , mathematical physics
Objective To explore learning outcomes from international traineeships for undergraduate medical students. Methods In‐depth interviews were conducted with 24 undergraduate medical students at Maastricht University Medical School, the Netherlands. The 24 subjects were selected by purposeful sampling. Results Students reported meaningful learning outcomes in 6 domains: medical knowledge; skills; international health care organisation; international medical education; society and culture, and personal growth. Discussion International traineeships appear to provide good opportunities for students to meet the requirements of globalisation as well as some of the generic objectives of undergraduate medical education. The tentative findings of this study need to be confirmed by further studies.