| Family medicine in undergraduate medical curriculum: a cost-effective approach to health care in Pakistan. | |
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PMID: 22455299 Owner: NLM Status: In-Process |
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BACKGROUND: Shifa College of Medicine introduced a two-week rotation in Family Medicine for their third-year medical students in 2008. The purpose of this study was to determine what impact it made on students and how many would consider becoming Family Physicians in future. METHODS: A questionnaire-based prospective study conducted at Shifa College of Medicine, Islamabad during academic year 2008. RESULTS: A total of 46 students rotated in Family Medicine throughout the academic year-2008. Fifteen students were aware of Family Medicine as a specialty prior to starting their rotation, and only 3 expressed an interest to pursue Family Medicine as a future career. At the start of the rotation only 15 students were able to give correct definition of Family Medicine and on questioning whether it should be a part of the undergraduate curriculum, only 24 answered yes while the rest were unsure. After the rotation, a significant number of students (37%; p < 0.01) considered having a career in Family Practice, and 80% (n = 37) were able to give correct definition of Family Medicine as a humanistic approach of medicine with aim to prevent, treat and rehabilitate. About its utility in the undergraduate curriculum, 44 (96%) students believed it should be a regular feature in their curriculum, while 30 (65%) students agreed that their outlook towards patient care had changed. When asked what they learnt most during the rotation, students quoted empathy and development of communication skills. CONCLUSION: Family medicine rotation as part of undergraduate medical curriculum may help in fostering an interest among medical students in this newly emerging subspecialty which could have a profound effect on delivery of quality health care in this country. |
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Saima P Iqbal |
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Type: Journal Article |
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Title: Journal of Ayub Medical College, Abbottabad : JAMC Volume: 22 ISSN: 1025-9589 ISO Abbreviation: J Ayub Med Coll Abbottabad Publication Date: 2010 Oct-Dec |
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Created Date: 2012-03-29 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 8910750 Medline TA: J Ayub Med Coll Abbottabad Country: Pakistan |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 207-9 Citation Subset: IM |
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Department of Community Health Sciences, Shifa College of Medicine, Islamabad, Pakistan. saimapi@yahoo.com |
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