TY - JOUR
AU - Geoghegan, R.
AB - Ir J Med Sci (2016) 185:413–421 DOI 10.1007/s11845-015-1302-9 ORIGINAL ARTICLE Paediatric learning in a clinical attachment: undergraduate medical students’ perspectives 1 1 1 1 1 • • • • P. Gouda S. Fanous J. Gouda J. Boland R. Geoghegan Received: 19 January 2015 / Accepted: 11 April 2015 / Published online: 23 April 2015 Royal Academy of Medicine in Ireland 2015 Abstract Introduction Background The clinical environment in paediatrics presents many unique challenges for medical students to It is well established that the learning environment plays a achieve clinical proficiency. crucial role in determining student satisfaction with clinical Aims Our study aimed to explore how different elements attachment and degree of learning achieved [1]. Previous of the paediatric rotation aid medical students in achieving studies undertaken in Ireland provide evidence that, where learning outcomes at the undergraduate stage. there is dissatisfaction with postgraduate training, it occurs Methods Using a small-scale exploratory case study, most often in junior stages of training in the Irish system three focus group interviews were conducted with 19 par- and has been speculated to be associated with the exodus of ticipants by an independent facilitator. Students’ self-re- trainees from the Ireland [2]. In the paediatric 
TI - Paediatric learning in a clinical attachment: undergraduate medical students’ perspectives
JF - Irish Journal of Medical Science (1971 -)
DO - 10.1007/s11845-015-1302-9
DA - 2015-04-23
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/springer-journals/paediatric-learning-in-a-clinical-attachment-undergraduate-medical-p0HW4XCDpH
SP - 413
EP - 421
VL - 185
IS - 2
DP - DeepDyve
ER -