Acceptance of a homestay program and attitude toward community medicine among medical students.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In community-based medical education, opportunities for medical students to interact with local residents are important. To facilitate such interaction, we aimed to evaluate acceptance of a homestay program and attitude toward community medicine among medical students.

Methods

The participants (n = 39) were allowed to stay in the local homes of residents for one night in August 2016, 2017, and 2018. Before and after the homestays, the students responded to a self-reported questionnaire using the visual analog scale (VAS; 0-100 mm). The questionnaire included four questions on homestay/community medical training and community medicine and four questions about attitude toward community medicine in the local areas of medical students. Then, we compared the VAS scores

SUBMITTER: Kenzaka T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7485793 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature