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Comprehensive Healthcare module: medical and pharmacy students’ shared learning experiences

INTRODUCTION: The Comprehensive Healthcare (CHC) module was developed to introduce pre-clinical medical and pharmacy students to the concept of comprehensive healthcare. This study aims to explore their shared learning experiences within this module. METHODOLOGY: During this module, medical and phar...

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Autores principales: Tan, Chai-Eng, Jaffar, Aida, Tong, Seng-Fah, Hamzah, Majmin Sheikh, Mohamad, Nabishah
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Co-Action Publishing 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4202196/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25327980
http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/meo.v19.25605
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author Tan, Chai-Eng
Jaffar, Aida
Tong, Seng-Fah
Hamzah, Majmin Sheikh
Mohamad, Nabishah
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description INTRODUCTION: The Comprehensive Healthcare (CHC) module was developed to introduce pre-clinical medical and pharmacy students to the concept of comprehensive healthcare. This study aims to explore their shared learning experiences within this module. METHODOLOGY: During this module, medical and pharmacy students conducted visits to patients’ homes and to related community-based organisations in small groups. They were required to write a reflective journal on their experiences regarding working with other professions as part of their module assessment. Highly scored reflective journals written by students from the 2011/2012 academic session were selected for analysis. Their shared learning experiences were identified via thematic analysis. We also analysed students’ feedback regarding the module. RESULTS: Analysis of 25 selected reflective journals revealed several important themes: ‘Understanding of impact of illness and its relation to holistic care’, ‘Awareness of the role of various healthcare professions’ and ‘Generic or soft skills for inter-professional collaboration’. Although the primary objective of the module was to expose students to comprehensive healthcare, the students learnt skills required for future collaborative practice from their experiences. DISCUSSION: The CHC module provided early clinical exposure to community-based health issues and incorporated some elements of inter-professional education. The students learnt about the roles of other healthcare professions and acquired soft skills required for future collaborative practice during this module.
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spelling pubmed-42021962014-11-04 Comprehensive Healthcare module: medical and pharmacy students’ shared learning experiences Tan, Chai-Eng Jaffar, Aida Tong, Seng-Fah Hamzah, Majmin Sheikh Mohamad, Nabishah Med Educ Online Original Article INTRODUCTION: The Comprehensive Healthcare (CHC) module was developed to introduce pre-clinical medical and pharmacy students to the concept of comprehensive healthcare. This study aims to explore their shared learning experiences within this module. METHODOLOGY: During this module, medical and pharmacy students conducted visits to patients’ homes and to related community-based organisations in small groups. They were required to write a reflective journal on their experiences regarding working with other professions as part of their module assessment. Highly scored reflective journals written by students from the 2011/2012 academic session were selected for analysis. Their shared learning experiences were identified via thematic analysis. We also analysed students’ feedback regarding the module. RESULTS: Analysis of 25 selected reflective journals revealed several important themes: ‘Understanding of impact of illness and its relation to holistic care’, ‘Awareness of the role of various healthcare professions’ and ‘Generic or soft skills for inter-professional collaboration’. Although the primary objective of the module was to expose students to comprehensive healthcare, the students learnt skills required for future collaborative practice from their experiences. DISCUSSION: The CHC module provided early clinical exposure to community-based health issues and incorporated some elements of inter-professional education. The students learnt about the roles of other healthcare professions and acquired soft skills required for future collaborative practice during this module. Co-Action Publishing 2014-10-17 /pmc/articles/PMC4202196/ /pubmed/25327980 http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/meo.v19.25605 Text en © 2014 Chai-Eng Tan et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25327980
http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/meo.v19.25605
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