In:
Tıp Eğitimi Dünyası, Tip Egitimi Dunyasi, Vol. 20, No. 61 ( 2021-08-31), p. 5-25
Abstract:
Aim: This study aims to examine the feelings, views, and interpretations of the graduate students (2018, 2019 and 2020) of Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University Faculty of Medicine (COMUFM) towards their faculties.Methods: This study was based on the principles of phenomenological qualitative research design. Convenient sampling method was used in the study. The data were obtained from 32 medical faculty graduates who are general practitioners. The data in the study were collected through letters written by the graduates to the faculties they graduated. To ensure the validity and reliability of this study, which was designed as a qualitative research, several strategies such as voluntary participation, external auditing, participant verification, and direct quotation from participants' statements (verbatim examples) were used. The data were analyzed using content analysis.Results: The letters written by the graduates were coded, and the theme and categories were obtained from these codes. Only one theme was obtained in the study: My faculty. Under this theme, the categories are (1) my feelings, (2) my education, (3) faculty members, (4) what do students and graduates have to do, (5) how should medical education be, and (6) what others think about COMUFM. The codes created under these categories were visualized and presented through verbatim examples from the participants.Conclusions: The most prominent feelings obtained were self-confidence towards the faculty, fear, anxiety, inadequacy, lack in the sense of belonging to the faculty, professional alienation, disappointment about medical education, lack of knowledge and skills, feeling of competence, being satisfied with the education provided by the faculty members. The most common views obtained were lack of knowledge, the inadequacy of education for the approaches to patient, being unable to obtain required skills, theoretical training more than practical training, the lack of connection between basic science and clinical science, the mismatch between education and real life, the education of all medical faculties in Turkey is problematic, some of the internships should be removed, and the faculty members provide quality education and opportunity to experience for their students. The graduates addressed the fellow students by suggesting "the ones who would like to train themselves try to take the responsibility of the patient", "we need focus on residency training", "we need to put what we have learned into practice", "we need to learn effective self-learning strategies", "motivation should be kept high", " we should be hard on the faculty member’s heels who have always aimed to increase students’ knowledge and skills”, "You must correct your deficiencies", "not to harm the patient should be our priority". The graduates suggested that the medical students should care about the clinical skills, the physicians should be trained to work in a team, they should be trained more effectively in terms of the authorities and responsibilities they will take, overcome the ego related to your profession, work selflessly, should take case reports seriously in the training, clinical training should be fully hands-on, it should be ensured that students benefit from the experience of graduates, medical students should be better trained in terms of communication and social skills.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
1303-328X
Language:
Unknown
Publisher:
Tip Egitimi Dunyasi
Publication Date:
2021
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