Cargando…
Identification of multicultural learning experiences following an international cross campus medical student exchange programme between the UK and Malaysia: a qualitative study
OBJECTIVES: In an increasingly global society, there is a need to develop culturally competent doctors who can work effectively across diverse populations. International learning opportunities in undergraduate healthcare programmes show various benefits. In medical education, these occur predominant...
Autores principales: | , , , , |
---|---|
Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
Publicado: |
BMJ Publishing Group
2023
|
Materias: | |
Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10565258/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37798022 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2023-072808 |
_version_ | 1785118659615653888 |
---|---|
author | Rothwell, Charlotte Guilding, Clare Veasuvalingam, Bhavani McKeegan, Kenneth Illing, Jan |
author_facet | Rothwell, Charlotte Guilding, Clare Veasuvalingam, Bhavani McKeegan, Kenneth Illing, Jan |
author_sort | Rothwell, Charlotte |
collection | PubMed |
description | OBJECTIVES: In an increasingly global society, there is a need to develop culturally competent doctors who can work effectively across diverse populations. International learning opportunities in undergraduate healthcare programmes show various benefits. In medical education, these occur predominantly towards the end of degree programmes as electives, with scant examples of programmes for preclinical students. This study set out to identify the multicultural learning experiences following an early year international medical student exchange programme between the UK and Malaysian campuses of one UK medical school. SETTING: Two cohorts of international exchange programme for second year medical students in the UK and Malaysia. DESIGN: Interpretivist qualitative design using semistructured interviews/focus groups with students and faculty. METHODS: Participants were asked about their learning experiences during and after the exchange. Data were recorded with consent and transcribed verbatim. Thematic analysis was used to analyse the data. RESULTS: Four themes were identified: (1) overall benefits of the exchange programme, (2) personal growth and development, (3) understanding and observing a different educational environment and (4) experiencing different healthcare systems. CONCLUSION: The international exchange programme highlighted differences in learning approaches, students from both campuses gained valuable learning experiences which increased their personal growth, confidence, cultural competence, giving them an appreciation of a better work–life balance and effective time management skills. It is often a challenge to prepare healthcare professionals for work in a global multicultural workplace and we would suggest that exchange programmes early on in a medical curriculum would go some way to addressing this challenge. |
format | Online Article Text |
id | pubmed-10565258 |
institution | National Center for Biotechnology Information |
language | English |
publishDate | 2023 |
publisher | BMJ Publishing Group |
record_format | MEDLINE/PubMed |
spelling | pubmed-105652582023-10-12 Identification of multicultural learning experiences following an international cross campus medical student exchange programme between the UK and Malaysia: a qualitative study Rothwell, Charlotte Guilding, Clare Veasuvalingam, Bhavani McKeegan, Kenneth Illing, Jan BMJ Open Medical Education and Training OBJECTIVES: In an increasingly global society, there is a need to develop culturally competent doctors who can work effectively across diverse populations. International learning opportunities in undergraduate healthcare programmes show various benefits. In medical education, these occur predominantly towards the end of degree programmes as electives, with scant examples of programmes for preclinical students. This study set out to identify the multicultural learning experiences following an early year international medical student exchange programme between the UK and Malaysian campuses of one UK medical school. SETTING: Two cohorts of international exchange programme for second year medical students in the UK and Malaysia. DESIGN: Interpretivist qualitative design using semistructured interviews/focus groups with students and faculty. METHODS: Participants were asked about their learning experiences during and after the exchange. Data were recorded with consent and transcribed verbatim. Thematic analysis was used to analyse the data. RESULTS: Four themes were identified: (1) overall benefits of the exchange programme, (2) personal growth and development, (3) understanding and observing a different educational environment and (4) experiencing different healthcare systems. CONCLUSION: The international exchange programme highlighted differences in learning approaches, students from both campuses gained valuable learning experiences which increased their personal growth, confidence, cultural competence, giving them an appreciation of a better work–life balance and effective time management skills. It is often a challenge to prepare healthcare professionals for work in a global multicultural workplace and we would suggest that exchange programmes early on in a medical curriculum would go some way to addressing this challenge. BMJ Publishing Group 2023-10-05 /pmc/articles/PMC10565258/ /pubmed/37798022 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2023-072808 Text en © Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2023. Re-use permitted under CC BY-NC. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited, appropriate credit is given, any changes made indicated, and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) . |
spellingShingle | Medical Education and Training Rothwell, Charlotte Guilding, Clare Veasuvalingam, Bhavani McKeegan, Kenneth Illing, Jan Identification of multicultural learning experiences following an international cross campus medical student exchange programme between the UK and Malaysia: a qualitative study |
title | Identification of multicultural learning experiences following an international cross campus medical student exchange programme between the UK and Malaysia: a qualitative study |
title_full | Identification of multicultural learning experiences following an international cross campus medical student exchange programme between the UK and Malaysia: a qualitative study |
title_fullStr | Identification of multicultural learning experiences following an international cross campus medical student exchange programme between the UK and Malaysia: a qualitative study |
title_full_unstemmed | Identification of multicultural learning experiences following an international cross campus medical student exchange programme between the UK and Malaysia: a qualitative study |
title_short | Identification of multicultural learning experiences following an international cross campus medical student exchange programme between the UK and Malaysia: a qualitative study |
title_sort | identification of multicultural learning experiences following an international cross campus medical student exchange programme between the uk and malaysia: a qualitative study |
topic | Medical Education and Training |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10565258/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37798022 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2023-072808 |
work_keys_str_mv | AT rothwellcharlotte identificationofmulticulturallearningexperiencesfollowinganinternationalcrosscampusmedicalstudentexchangeprogrammebetweentheukandmalaysiaaqualitativestudy AT guildingclare identificationofmulticulturallearningexperiencesfollowinganinternationalcrosscampusmedicalstudentexchangeprogrammebetweentheukandmalaysiaaqualitativestudy AT veasuvalingambhavani identificationofmulticulturallearningexperiencesfollowinganinternationalcrosscampusmedicalstudentexchangeprogrammebetweentheukandmalaysiaaqualitativestudy AT mckeegankenneth identificationofmulticulturallearningexperiencesfollowinganinternationalcrosscampusmedicalstudentexchangeprogrammebetweentheukandmalaysiaaqualitativestudy AT illingjan identificationofmulticulturallearningexperiencesfollowinganinternationalcrosscampusmedicalstudentexchangeprogrammebetweentheukandmalaysiaaqualitativestudy |