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Pre-Medical Preparation in Microbiology among Applicants and Matriculants in Osteopathic Medical School in the United States

It is recognized that medical school curricula contain significant microbiology-related content as part of the training of future physicians who will be responsible stewards of antimicrobials. Surprisingly, osteopathic and allopathic medical schools do not require pre-medical microbiology coursework...

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Autores principales: Ramos, Raddy L., Guercio, Erik, Martinez, Luis R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Society of Microbiology 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5976050/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29854054
http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/jmbe.v18i3.1372
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description It is recognized that medical school curricula contain significant microbiology-related content as part of the training of future physicians who will be responsible stewards of antimicrobials. Surprisingly, osteopathic and allopathic medical schools do not require pre-medical microbiology coursework, and the extent to which medical students have completed microbiology coursework remains poorly understood. In this report, we show that fewer than 3% of applicants and matriculants to osteopathic medical school (OMS) have completed an undergraduate major or minor in microbiology, and fewer than 17% of applicants and matriculants to OMS have completed one or more microbiology-related courses. These data demonstrate limited pre-medical microbiology-related knowledge among osteopathic medical students, which may be associated with an increase in perceived stress when learning this content or during clinical rotations as well as a potential lack of interest in pursuing a career in infectious diseases.
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spelling pubmed-59760502018-05-31 Pre-Medical Preparation in Microbiology among Applicants and Matriculants in Osteopathic Medical School in the United States Ramos, Raddy L. Guercio, Erik Martinez, Luis R. J Microbiol Biol Educ Perspectives It is recognized that medical school curricula contain significant microbiology-related content as part of the training of future physicians who will be responsible stewards of antimicrobials. Surprisingly, osteopathic and allopathic medical schools do not require pre-medical microbiology coursework, and the extent to which medical students have completed microbiology coursework remains poorly understood. In this report, we show that fewer than 3% of applicants and matriculants to osteopathic medical school (OMS) have completed an undergraduate major or minor in microbiology, and fewer than 17% of applicants and matriculants to OMS have completed one or more microbiology-related courses. These data demonstrate limited pre-medical microbiology-related knowledge among osteopathic medical students, which may be associated with an increase in perceived stress when learning this content or during clinical rotations as well as a potential lack of interest in pursuing a career in infectious diseases. American Society of Microbiology 2017-12-01 /pmc/articles/PMC5976050/ /pubmed/29854054 http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/jmbe.v18i3.1372 Text en ©2017 Author(s). Published by the American Society for Microbiology This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ and https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode), which grants the public the nonexclusive right to copy, distribute, or display the published work.
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title_short Pre-Medical Preparation in Microbiology among Applicants and Matriculants in Osteopathic Medical School in the United States
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