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Journal of Medical Education

Abstract

Background: Early clinical exposure is viewed as a supportive measure to guide students in professional identity formation. As part of the early clinical exposure courses, three groups of mentors at one medical school in Taipei provided students with regular, but optional social gatherings. However, the attendance at these gatherings had been sporadic and inconsistent. Methods: This study aims at investigating students' decision on attending these events. Participants completed a five-question survey asking for reasons why they chose to attend the social gatherings. The questions are relating to meeting location, mentor's participation, refreshment offered, meeting time, and information/activities. Participants rated in 5 point Likert scale and provided additional comments in an open-ended question. Results: 69 out of 99 ECE course participants took this survey. Based on the outcome, the order of the determining factors in students' session attendance was (1) meeting time (Mean = 4.53/SD = 0.72); (2) location (Mean = 4.01/SD = 1.11); (3) mentors' participation (Mean = 3.89/SD = 0.93); (4) session information/activities (Mean = 3.74/SD = 0.93); (5) Refreshment offered (Mean = 3.28/SD = 1.14). Conclusion: From the comments provided by the survey participants, although the convenience of the meeting location played an important role in decreasing students' attendance, the bonding with their mentors attracted the students' participation in gatherings.

First Page

75

Last Page

84

DOI

10.6145/jme.201906_23(2).0002

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