Medical student perspectives on substance misuse education in the medical undergraduate programme: a grounded theory approach.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Substance misuse teaching within the undergraduate medical curriculum has been underrepresented compared to more traditional medical topics. In response several national curriculum reviews such as the most recent UK department of health initiative (DOH) have identified deficiencies in substance misuse education and have suggested curriculum interventions for local faculties to implement. The student perspective however has largely been muted during this process and this study aims to explore this using a constructivist grounded theory approach.

Methods

Eleven final year and intercalating medical students across three separate focus groups participated in this study over a three-month period commencing from March 2018. Time between the audio recorded focus groups a

SUBMITTER: Rudrakumar S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10068233 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature