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The Phase I and Phase II undergraduate teaching programmes of the School of Medical Sciences were reviewed at the end of the 1985/86 academic year. It was found that deviations from the School's philosophy had crept into the implementation process. Modifications were therefore made in Phase I and Phase II programmes with a view to:--(i) reducing content, (ii) promoting integration, (iii) improving clinical examination skills of students, and (iv) providing more opportunities to students for self learning, reinforcement and application of knowledge. The number of assessment items in Phase I and the frequency of assessment in Phase II were also found to be inappropriate and so modifications in assessment were made to rectify this situation.

Matched MeSH terms: Education, Medical, Undergraduate*

Fulltext Psychoneurotic profiles of Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia medical students

Kassim K, Kyaw O

Med J Malaysia, 1986 Dec;41(4):331-5.

PMID: 3670156

The Middlesex Hospital Questionnaire (later known as The Crown - Crisp Experiential Index) was used on medical students of the Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur. It was found that Year II medical students scored the highest; the female students scored higher than male students in all classes. The female students were more anxious, phobic, obsessional, hypochondriacal and depressive than male students.

Matched MeSH terms: Education, Medical, Undergraduate

Fulltext Career choice of final-year female medical students at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM)

Shahabuddin SH

Med J Malaysia, 1986 Dec;41(4):327-30.

PMID: 3670155

In recent years, female enrollment into medical faculties almost all over the world has increased tremendously. In the UKM, female medical students constitute 47.6% of the total enrollment for 1985; in the first year, they form 61.1% of the medical class. Once accepted, a woman has an equal if not better chance of graduation. However, it is during the later years of the career of female doctors that cause most concern because it has been shown that fewer women than men acquire additional qualifications. In view of their increasing enrollment, career aspirations of female doctors will have an important impact on the health services. A survey was conducted among 149 final-year medical students in 1985. This study revealed that irrespective of sex, the majority of medical students do wish to pursue postgraduate education. However, of those who do not wish to undergo further training, the majority are female students. The pattern of choice of speciality also differs in that females do not choose surgical-based disciplines.

Matched MeSH terms: Education, Medical, Undergraduate

Fulltext The general practitioner--how much psychiatric education?

Dass D

Med J Malaysia, 1981 Dec;36(4):263-7.

PMID: 7334967

Matched MeSH terms: Education, Medical, Undergraduate

Fulltext Reorientation of medical education for primary health care

Sahan AK

Med J Malaysia, 1987 Mar;42(1):1-8.

PMID: 3431498

There is universal concern on the current inequitable coverage and low quality of health care. The lead roles of medical practitioners in health care and how they are prepared for such roles are being re-examined in many countries. This paper attempts to rationalise the need to reorientate medical education towards primary health care, and to suggest possible emphasis and direction for change.

Matched MeSH terms: Education, Medical/trends*

Fulltext A curriculum in medical ethics and medical humanities

Puthucheary SD

Med J Malaysia, 1980 Sep;35(1):86-95.

PMID: 7254006

The code of ethics derived from the Hippocratic Oath needs to be supplemented by a formal curriculum in Medical Ethics and Medical Humanities in our Medical schools. The need and justification for it, a review of the medical ethics curricula in American. European. British and Australian Universities, together with an outline of the proposed curriculum is described.

Matched MeSH terms: Education, Medical, Undergraduate*

Fulltext Significant morbidity associated with asthma: a need for increased doctor and patient education

Liam CK

Med J Malaysia, 2003 Oct;58(4):471-4.

PMID: 15190620

Matched MeSH terms: Education, Medical*

Teaching the basic medical sciences

Singh G

Med J Malaysia, 1978 Mar;32(3):198-200.

PMID: 683041

Matched MeSH terms: Education, Medical*

Postgraduate training in anaesthesiology in Malaysia--the past, the present and the future

Delilkan AE, Sachithanandan T, Lim SW

Med J Malaysia, 1977 Jun;31(4):347-8.

PMID: 927244

Matched MeSH terms: Education, Medical, Continuing/trends*

Editorial: Post-graduate medical education and examinations

Sandosham AA

Med J Malaysia, 1973 Dec;28(2):63-4.

PMID: 4276221

Matched MeSH terms: Education, Medical, Graduate*

Editorial: The case for a unified organization for post-graduate medical education

Sandosham AA

Med J Malaysia, 1975 Dec;30(2):72-3.

PMID: 1228384

Matched MeSH terms: Education, Medical, Continuing/standards*

Knowledge, attitude, practice and perception on sunscreen and skin cancer among doctors and pharmacists

Low QJ, Teo KZ, Lim TH, Cheo SW, Yap WYE

Med J Malaysia, 2021 03;76(2):212-217.

PMID: 33742630

INTRODUCTION: Excessive ultraviolet light (UV) can cause premature skin aging and potentially skin cancer. Currently there is a lack of awareness among health care professionals and the public on sun protection. The objectives of this study were to determine knowledge on sunscreen and skin cancer among health care professionals, to evaluate the knowledge, attitude, practice and perception of doctors and pharmacists toward the usage of sunscreen as protection against UV radiation.

MATERIALS AND METHODS: This is a cross-sectional study conducted among doctors and pharmacists in Hospital Sultanah Nora Ismail, Batu Pahat, Johor, Malaysia. Questionnaires were used in this study.

RESULTS: A total of 384 participants completed the questionnaires. The participants consisted of 323 doctors (84.1%) and 61 pharmacists (15.9%). The age group of the participants ranged between 25 till 55 years old. Ninety doctors (27.9%) and thirty-one pharmacists (51.0%) reported used sunscreen daily (p<0.001). This finding showed that there was a deficit in the practice of sun protection. Pharmacists scored a higher knowledge score of median 12 (IQR=3.0) while the doctors scored 11 (IQR=2.0). This study showed a significant association between ethnicity and skin cancer knowledge (p<0.05).

CONCLUSION: This study demonstrated a lack of knowledge of sunscreen and skin cancer prevention among health care practitioners. This finding supports better medical education program on this topic.

Matched MeSH terms: Education, Medical

Writing Articles on Continuing Medical Education for Medical Journals

Sivalingam N, Rampal L

Med J Malaysia, 2021 03;76(2):119-124.

PMID: 33742616

Sharing of knowledge through Continuing Medical Education (CME) contribute immensely to professional development of skills in clinical medical practice. Thus, the writing of CME articles should adopt an approach that addresses the needs of the readers by attempting to fill gaps in their knowledge, skills, and ethics about clinical care. As such CME articles should be comprehensive and focused on specific areas. The specific learning outcomes should be well defined. In designing and development of such articles, pedagogic principles are to be borne in mind. In this article we outline a guide to writing a CME article, incorporating both the principles of instructional design and directed selflearning. The ideal CME articles will transit through multimedia-enhanced interactive online learning, with greater use of connectivity through the internet. Synchronous and asynchronous learning is in greater need, as distance and online learning are increasingly popular. Authors of CME articles will need to eventually design CME articles to be interactive, enriched with multimedia to engage their readers. Lesson plans employing instructional design principles should aim to promote both instructions for learning and formative assessment ensuring learning have taken place, and outcomes have been achieved. This article describes on how to write effective CME articles for medical journals.

Matched MeSH terms: Education, Medical, Continuing

The impact of stressors on the learning outcome of high-fidelity patient simulation in undergraduate medical students

Nachiappan M, Bikramjit P, Aung WT, Htoo HKS, Sudipta P

Med J Malaysia, 2020 05;75(3):209-215.

PMID: 32467534

INTRODUCTION: Simulation of the clinical setting incorporates an educational approach connecting a learner to a particular environment of learning. Undergraduate students in the health sector experience anxiety during simulation that influences their performance which ultimately affects their learning outcome. This study attempts to correlate the impact of stressors on learning outcome of high-fidelity patient simulation (HFPS) in undergraduate medical education.

OBJECTIVE: This research is to analyze the impact of stressors and its relevance on the learning outcome of HFPS as a teaching-learning tool for the management of emergency surgical conditions including trauma.

MATERIALS AND METHODS: This study is a Quasi-experimental time series design. A total number of 347 final-year undergraduate (MBBS) students of Melaka-Manipal Medical College, Malaysia. They were grouped and assessed individually by pre-test and post-tests on their knowledge, performance and associated stressor scores. The one-way repeated measure of Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) was used to determine the statistically significant differences in total score at pre-test simulation and post-test-simulation sessions. Friedman test was used for assessment of individual components of stressors. Pre-test and post-tests scores were compared to note progress in confidence and stress reduction. P value <0.001 was considered statistically significant.

RESULTS: ANOVA with Bonferroni post hoc analysis showed a statistically significant (p <0.001) difference in stressor score over time. The drop-in stress was significant initially but flattened out later.

CONCLUSION: Stress significantly decreased as the students were exposed to more sessions of HFPS which ultimately translated into better learning outcome.

Matched MeSH terms: Education, Medical, Undergraduate*

Do final-year medical students have sufficient knowledge of pain management?

Chit HH, Samsudin A, Kyaing YY

Med J Malaysia, 2020 09;75(5):568-573.

PMID: 32918428

BACKGROUND: The prevalence of pain is high and there have also been serious complications related to undermanaged pain. Deficiency in pain education is among the causes of the problem. Studies in the last two decades have consistently reported that knowledge and attitude regarding pain management was generally poor among the medical students. The aim of this study is to assess the knowledge and attitudes among the Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIAMS) final year medical students regarding pain management.

METHODS: This is a cross-sectional study and "Knowledge and Attitudes Survey Regarding Pain (KASRP)" questionnaire developed by Ferrell and McCaffery (revised in 2014) was used. Data was collected in July 2019 in which students had to complete the hard copy questionnaire before a teaching session began. Participation of students was voluntary, anonymous and written informed consent was also obtained. Data were analysed using SPSS, version 16.

RESULTS: Out of 118 enrolled students, 110 participated in this study giving a response rate of 93%. The results showed a low number of correct response to the questions on analgesics, assessment, and treatment. The mean percentage score of correct answers was 52.23±8.67% (range: 29.27% to 70.73%). The results reflected that students were poor in both knowledge and attitude regarding pain management.

CONCLUSION: Final year medical students, frontliners-to-be in hospital care, should have good knowledge and attitudes in pain management. Findings, however, revealed that UNIMAS final year medical students still need to get improved in this aspect of patient care. A larger study involving students from all the medical schools in Malaysia is needed before reviewing the undergraduate curriculum for pain.

Matched MeSH terms: Education, Medical, Undergraduate*

Making collapsing pulse user-friendly

Puthiaparampil T

Med J Malaysia, 2020 07;75(4):406-408.

PMID: 32724004

Collapsing pulse is generally elicited by elevating the patient's arm. However, the pulse becoming stronger on arm elevation is a physiological phenomenon, which is bound to create confusion, if routine lifting of the arm in search of collapsing pulse is practiced. The name 'collapsing pulse' represents only the second component of this sign. It masks the more important first component - the slapping, bounding upstroke, characterised by its other name 'water-hammer pulse'. It is possible to elicit this sign by appreciating the slapping character on routine pulse examination. The insistence on arm lifting in medical school teaching is better avoided.

Matched MeSH terms: Education, Medical

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