Identifying and articulating the student experience in the Intercalated Enrichment Year.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Benefits of intercalation during an undergraduate medical degree are well-recognized. The University of Hong Kong implemented a compulsory Enrichment Year (EY) in its Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery degree programme (MBBS) in 2016. In their third year of study, students could work on an area of interest in any of three programme categories (i) intercalation/ university exchange (IC); (ii) research (RA); (iii) service/ humanitarian work (SH). This study aimed to explore the barriers, enablers, and overall student learning experiences from the first cohort of EY students in order to inform future development of the EY.

Methods

An exploratory sequential mixed-method study in 2019-20. Twenty students were purposively selected to attend three semi-structur

SUBMITTER: Wan EYF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8981939 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature