Journal of Education and Health Promotion

Implementation and evaluation of extracurricular theme for undergraduate basic sciences medical courses at Shiraz Medical School

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

. Fatemeh Izadabadi 1
. Mitra Amini 2
. Mahsa Kiani 2

1 Department of Otolaryngology, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran, Student Research Committee, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran,

2 Clinical Education Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran

Abstract
BACKGROUND: In recent years, to achieve the fundamental goal of educating meta‑competent
future medical doctors, varieties of educational methods have been proposed in all medical schools.
In Shiraz Medical School, we implemented an extracurricular theme focusing mostly on medical
education’s psychosocial aspect. This study aims to discuss the implementation and evaluation of
this extracurricular theme.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: The present study is a descriptive‑analytic one; we included all
undergraduate medical students in basic sciences courses who started medical education in 2014
and 2015 in Shiraz Medical School. The evaluation tools were questionnaires designed in different
formats and handed out to medical students before and after the workshops. Data were analyzed
by paired sample t‑test in SPSS Software Version 23.
RESULTS: Students’ satisfaction was more than 60% in all items of all workshops, except in some
items of studying and learning methods and research methods workshops, which were lower than
60%. Students’ knowledge about all aspects of communication skills, stress management, critical
thinking, studying and learning methods, and research methods workshops improved significantly
after participation in these workshops.
CONCLUSIONS: Medical students can become meta‑competent future medical doctors. They can
reach all of the learning outcomes described in the three‑circle model of learning. This goal cannot
be achieved by implementing a medical curriculum which only contains medical literature. Some
extracurricular issues based on students’ and societies’ requirements must be added to the main
curriculum. The whole curriculum must be evaluated continuously, and required changes must be
applied.

Keywords

Educational techniques
training programs
workshops
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Journal of Education and Health Promotion
Volume 11, Issue 3
March 2021
Pages 1-7

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