title: Teaching medical ethics: Phramongkutklao College of Medicine's model.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Third-year (first preclinical year) Royal Thai Army (RTA) medical cadets were exposed to a rural community in a community medicine field activity. The poor, kind rural people gave good conditions for student's professional development and empathy.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To report a community medicine field work activity for professional development of the RTA medical school.
  
  
  METHODS
  Descriptive analysis on two occasions to evaluate the third-year RTA medical cadets' impressions immediately after the community medicine field activity in a rural area in central Thailand and one year later using baseline scores of cadets' impressions against our institute's objectives.
  
  
  RESULTS
  At the end of the field work, 90.9% of the cadets reported they achieved several institute objectives. The four most frequent mentioned were ethical development (70.6%), professionalism (84.3%), human relationship & communication skills (92.2%), and capability to work in the cmmunity (64.7%). Furthermore, RTA medical cadets rated the staff as good role models (51%).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The community field work course provided a good environment for the third year medical cadets in building morality and professional development to be good doctors.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Phramongkutklao College of Medicine. ssurang@pmk.ac.th
authors.forename: Surapon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Surangsrirat
authors.forename: Suthee
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Panichkul
authors.forename: Pote
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Aimpun
authors.forename: Ram
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rangsin
authors.forename: Mathirut
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mungthin
authors.forename: Paanjit
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Taamasri
authors.forename: Panpen
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Napradit
authors.forename: Panadda
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hatthachote
authors.forename: Kijja
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Suwan
authors.forename: Wirote
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Areekul
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence; D004504:Education, Medical, Undergraduate; D004992:Ethics, Medical / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D017145:Models, Educational; D015397:Program Evaluation; D019035:Rural Health Services; D013785:Thailand