International medical electives for medical students at a German university: a secondary analysis of longitudinal data

BACKGROUND: International medical electives (IMEs) are entry points to global health opportunities. IME uptake at German universities is unclear. We analyse 14 y of IME. METHODS: Student registry data were collected. Univariate linear regression examined relationships between enrolment year and IMEs...

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Autores principales: Weigel, Ralf, Wiegand, Lara, Balzereit, Stefanie, Galatsch, Michael
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2021
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Short Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8417089/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33684210
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/inthealth/ihab009
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description BACKGROUND: International medical electives (IMEs) are entry points to global health opportunities. IME uptake at German universities is unclear. We analyse 14 y of IME. METHODS: Student registry data were collected. Univariate linear regression examined relationships between enrolment year and IMEs. RESULTS: The median (IQR) number of IMEs of all enrolment years was 54 (32–80) and 51 (38–67)% of all students took an IME. Enrolment year significantly predicted IME frequency and the proportion of students taking IMEs. CONCLUSIONS: Student interest in IMEs is increasing. Universities should invest more broadly in IME opportunities for student, faculty and university enrichment.
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spelling pubmed-84170892021-09-09 International medical electives for medical students at a German university: a secondary analysis of longitudinal data Weigel, Ralf Wiegand, Lara Balzereit, Stefanie Galatsch, Michael Int Health Short Communication BACKGROUND: International medical electives (IMEs) are entry points to global health opportunities. IME uptake at German universities is unclear. We analyse 14 y of IME. METHODS: Student registry data were collected. Univariate linear regression examined relationships between enrolment year and IMEs. RESULTS: The median (IQR) number of IMEs of all enrolment years was 54 (32–80) and 51 (38–67)% of all students took an IME. Enrolment year significantly predicted IME frequency and the proportion of students taking IMEs. CONCLUSIONS: Student interest in IMEs is increasing. Universities should invest more broadly in IME opportunities for student, faculty and university enrichment. Oxford University Press 2021-03-03 /pmc/articles/PMC8417089/ /pubmed/33684210 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/inthealth/ihab009 Text en © The Author(s) 2021. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8417089/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33684210
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/inthealth/ihab009
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