Medical students' experiences of diseases in internal medicine in university and community hospitals.
Because medical students in The Netherlands should achieve common national objectives, it is important to know whether clinical experiences in different hospitals are comparable. The research questions were: (1) Do students achieve learning experiences of the required diseases during the internship in Internal Medicine and to what extent do they achieve these experiences? (2) Are there differences between the diseases experienced at a university hospital and at community hospitals? Completed logbooks of students were analysed; the percentage of students that achieved the required diseases and the mean number of experiences of diseases were calculated. A t-test was done to test for differences. Medical students in the university and in community hospitals get broad experience (76-131%) of the required diseases. In both hospitals there are many students who are not achieving the requirements, but the mean number of experiences of students at the community hospitals is higher than those at the university hospital. To eliminate the differences between students from the university hospital and the community hospitals, the educational programmes within both hospitals should be adjusted.
Institute for Medical Education, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands. h.j.m.raghoebar-krieger@med.rug.nl
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Raghoebar-Krieger
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Bender
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Kreeftenberg
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Stewart
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D002983:Clinical Competence; D004194:Disease / Q000145:classification; D006764:Hospitals, Community / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006785:Hospitals, University / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007388:Internal Medicine / Q000193:education*; D007396:Internship and Residency / Q000592:standards* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D009426:Netherlands