Learning through connections: clinical participation and interpersonal relationships in longitudinal integrated clerkships and traditional block rotations in Taiwan.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Longitudinal integrated clerkships (LICs) and traditional block rotations (TBRs) employ different designs that provide various learning experiences for students. In this study, we explored students' clinical participation and interpersonal interactions in LICs and TBRs at 2 metropolitan hospitals in Taiwan.

Methods

In April 2018, we enrolled 15 LIC and 29 TBR students. We conducted a cross-sectional survey which required the students to outline a typical daily schedule during their internal medicine rotations and draw an ecomap of the clinical team members. With the patient in the center as a reference, the size of each circle in an ecomap indicated the importance of the member; the distances and number of connecting lines between two circles represented the relat

SUBMITTER: Chan PK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10859009 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature