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Volume 13 Issue 1 (January) 2024

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Early clinical exposure: boon or bane Perception of medical undergraduate students: a cross-sectional study
Ananya Tripathi, Anvita Varshney, Nandini Mishra, Nigam Raj Singh, Ruchita Dixit, Amol R. Patil

Background: Early clinical exposure was introduced in the medical curriculum in 2019 to enhance the quality of education as well as a better understanding of the undergraduates by focusing primarily on the clinical aspect. Thus, the purpose of this study was to study the perception of Medical Undergraduates regarding early clinical exposure as a part of the medical curriculum. Methods: The data was collected from 260 students (104, 1st year students and 156, 2nd year students) using a cross-sectional study. Data was collected in questionnaires which consisted of 4 sections: Demographic profile [5 Questions], Knowledge [5 Questions], Attitude [6 Questions], Perception [6 Questions]. The study was conducted over one month. Data was summarized using frequency, percentage, and summary statistics. The distribution of data was represented using appropriate diagrams. The comparison of scores between batches (and genders) was done with a t-test and Wilcoxon sign rank test for normal and normal scores respectively. Statistical analysis was done using R 4.3.1 software. Results: The majority of the students about 78.85% of undergraduate medical students were aware of ECE and amongst them, 51.15 % were satisfied with the ECE sessions. There was no significant difference in knowledge, attitude, and perception of ECE between gender (or batch of students) Conclusion: After conducting the survey and analyzing the results it was concluded that the early clinical exposure is beneficial for the students as it provides learning skills with practical knowledge as well as live visualization instead of just a theoretical approach.

 
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