
USF-LVHN SELECT
Title
Student-Produced Guides alongside First-Year Medical Curriculum: How Peer-Produced Textbooks Change Student Success within Neurology, Cardiopulmonary, and Mixed Systems Courses.
Publication/Presentation Date
2-1-2023
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: In the United States, medical schools do not have a unified curricular plan that integrates basic sciences and organ-based systems in undergraduate medical education. Instead, institutions rely on independently created lecture material during the first-year medical school curriculum. The drawback to this approach is that no commercial or organizational resources cater to this individualized study plan. This study explored whether students who use student-produced "course guides" experience increased first-year success and improved skills.
METHODS: First-year students at an allopathic medical school completed anonymous surveys about their reference guide usage, time management, organization, stress level, and examination scores. Statistical analysis was performed using Spearman's coefficient of correlation and χ
RESULTS: In total, 186 total students received the survey three times immediately after completing each organ system-based course. A total of n = 49 viable responses were received. One-fourth of the respondents used the guides for ≥3 hours/week. Respondents who used the reference guides reported improved time management, organization, self-confidence, and reduced student stress levels during the first year of medical school, but examination scores were unaffected.
CONCLUSIONS: Access to student-produced guides increased confidence in self-rated measures of time management skills, organizational ability, and ability to balance medical course expectations. Because of the small sample size, future work will expand the survey population to increase the power to detect differences in these factors.
Volume
116
Issue
2
First Page
162
Last Page
169
ISSN
1541-8243
Published In/Presented At
Mason, A., George, Z., & Gulick, D. (2023). Student-Produced Guides alongside First-Year Medical Curriculum: How Peer-Produced Textbooks Change Student Success within Neurology, Cardiopulmonary, and Mixed Systems Courses. Southern medical journal, 116(2), 162–169. https://doi.org/10.14423/SMJ.0000000000001517
Disciplines
Medical Education | Medicine and Health Sciences
PubMedID
36724530
Department(s)
USF-LVHN SELECT Program, USF-LVHN SELECT Program Students
Document Type
Article