Surangsrirat S, Panichkul S, Aimpun P, Rangsin R, Mungthin M, Taamasri P, Napradit P, Hatthachote P, Suwan K, Areekul W. Teaching medical ethics: Phramongkutklao College of Medicine's model.
J Med Assoc Thai 2005;
88 Suppl 3:S105-9. [PMID:
16858948]
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Abstract
BACKGROUND
Third-year (first preclinical year) Royal Thai Army (RTA) medical cadets were exposed to a rural community in a community medicine field activity. The poor, kind rural people gave good conditions for student's professional development and empathy.
OBJECTIVES
To report a community medicine field work activity for professional development of the RTA medical school.
MATERIAL AND METHOD
Descriptive analysis on two occasions to evaluate the third-year RTA medical cadets' impressions immediately after the community medicine field activity in a rural area in central Thailand and one year later using baseline scores of cadets' impressions against our institute's objectives.
RESULTS
At the end of the field work, 90.9% of the cadets reported they achieved several institute objectives. The four most frequent mentioned were ethical development (70.6%), professionalism (84.3%), human relationship & communication skills (92.2%), and capability to work in the cmmunity (64.7%). Furthermore, RTA medical cadets rated the staff as good role models (51%).
CONCLUSION
The community field work course provided a good environment for the third year medical cadets in building morality and professional development to be good doctors.
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