Medical students' perceptions of improving physician satisfaction and patient care: a text network analysis approach.

Background: Physicians' job satisfaction and their relationships with patients are critical factors in modern healthcare. Understanding medical students' perceptions of these aspects is crucial for enhancing the quality of healthcare. Hence, this study examined medical students' perspectives on improving physician job satisfaction and the essential patient-oriented attitudes required for developing into skilled physicians.

Changes in medical students' research-related perceptions through student-engaged medical research curriculum experience.

Background: This study investigated changes in students' perceptions related to research following a student-engaged medical research curriculum.

Methods: Three surveys were administered to 112 medical students to examine the changes in their perceptions of the need for research competence, research interest, and research self-efficacy after each Medical Research Practice course.

Results: The results revealed a decline in the perception of the need for research competence and research interest after Medical Research Practice 2, with a subsequent increase after Medical Research Practice 3.

Barriers to Choosing Pediatrics as a Specialty: Insights From a Cross-Sectional Analysis.

Background: The pediatric field in South Korea is experiencing a significant workforce crisis due to a sharp decline in pediatricians, exacerbated by a decrease in pediatric residents and a series of distressing incidents in pediatric healthcare institutions. No prior studies have explored the waning interest in pediatrics among South Korea's medical students and interns, which our research seeks to address during a pediatric workforce decline. This study aimed to investigate the declining interest in pediatrics among medical students and interns in South Korea amidst decreasing birth rates.

Differences in fear of failure and college adjustment by type of medical school entrance extrinsic motivation using a latent profile analysis.

Purpose: The decision to enroll in medical school is largely influenced by extrinsic motivation factors. It is necessary to explore the factors that affect pre-med students' motivation to enter medical school and their college adjustment, and to develop measures to help them adjust.

Methods: A total of 407 pre-med students were surveyed regarding their motivation to enter medical school, fear of failure, and college adjustment.

The effects of self-video feedback on the eyedrop instillation techniques of glaucoma patients: a prospective randomized controlled trial.

Background: To evaluate the effectiveness of instillation technique education using self-video feedback in glaucoma patients.

Methods: Sixty-two patients who self-instilled glaucoma eyedrops were randomly assigned to the self-video feedback and control groups according to the block randomization. Each group of the patient was asked to instill eyedrops, and videos were recorded.

Appropriateness of the anxiety subscale of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale for Koreans to measure preoperative anxiety and the effect of preoperative anxiety on postoperative quality of recovery.

Background: The reliability and validity of the anxiety subscale of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale for Koreans (K-HADS-A) has not been studied in Korean surgical patients. This study aimed to validate the usefulness of K-HADS-A for measuring preoperative anxiety in Korean surgical patients. Additionally, the effect of preoperative anxiety on postoperative quality of recovery was evaluated.

Facial tinea incognito: a clinical, dermoscopic and mycological study of 38 cases.

Background: Tinea incognito (TI) is a dermatophytic infection of the skin that is modified by steroid use. As a result, it shows atypical clinical presentations that can lead to misdiagnosis. TI occurring on the face is most frequently misdiagnosed as cutaneous fungal infection, however, very limited information is available on facial TI.

Exploration of the changes in the perceptions of medical students about cadaver dissections using metaphors.

Objective: This study examines the changes in metaphors used by medical students before and after the dissection of a cadaver. This will help qualitatively understand the meaning of cadaver dissections.

Methods: The metaphorical expressions about the practice of dissection that were used before and after the dissection exercises were collected from 147 Korean medical students.

Heart Rate Variability-Measured Stress and Academic Achievement in Medical Students.

Objectives: Stress can affect learning and memory in students. Previous studies on stress in students were conducted mainly through surveys. We investigated how heart rate variability (HRV)-measured stress is related to academic achievement in medical students during clerkship.

Patterns of Alcohol Consumption and Drinking Motives Among Korean Medical Students.

BACKGROUND Physicians who have healthy lifestyles can provide quality healthcare to their patients and keep themselves healthy. There is little data on the prevalence of drinking behaviors and problems among East Asian medical students. Here, we explored alcohol use and drinking motives among medical students in Korea.

Change of accreditation standards of medical schools by the Korean Institute of Medical Education and Evaluation from 2000 to 2019.

It aimed to provide the change of accreditation standards of medical schools in Korea by the Korean Institute of Medical Education and Evaluation (KIMEE) from 2000 to 2019. Specifically, the following was explained: the development process, setting principle and direction, items of evaluation, characteristics of the standards, and validity test of 4 cycles. The first cycle of accreditation (2000-2005) was a process to secure the minimum requirement of the educational environment.

Effects of medical communication curriculum on perceptions of Korean medical school students.

Purpose: The study examines changes in students' self-assessment of their general communication (GC) and medical communication (MC) competencies, as well as perceptions of MC concepts.

Methods: Participants included 108 second year medical students enrolled at a Korean medical school studying an MC curriculum. It was divided into three sections, and participants responded to questionnaires before and after completing each section.

[Perceptual comparison of the "good doctor" image between faculty and students in medical school].

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to analyze the differences in the perception of the "good doctor" image between faculty and students, based on the competencies of the "Korean doctor's role."

Methods: The study sample comprised 418 students and 49 faculty members in medical school. They were asked to draw images of a "good doctor," and the competencies were then analyzed using the Draw-A-Scientist test and the social network program Netminer 4.

[Trends of research articles in the Korean Journal of Medical Education by social network analysis].

Purpose: This aim of this study is to examine trends in medical education research in the Korean Journal of Medical Education(KJME) and suggest improvements for medical education research.

Methods: The main variables were keywords from research papers that were published in KJME. Abstracts of papers (n=499) that were published from 1991 through 2015 were analyzed by social network analysis (NetMiner 4.

[The differences in self-efficacy in clinical performance between medical students and residents].

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to compare the differences in self-efficacy in clinical performance (SECP) between medical students and residents.

Methods: A total of 267 medical students and 110 residents participated in a survey on SECP with regard to seven factors: knowledge acquisition and application, clinical reasoning, clinical skills, communication with patients, relationships with other health professionals, medical ethics, and self-development. The data were examined by multivariate analysis of variance.

[Relationships among emotional intelligence, ego-resilience, coping efficacy, and academic stress in medical students].

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to identify the causal relationship between emotional intelligence, ego-resilience, coping efficacy, and academic stress.

Methods: Participants were 424 medical students from four medical schools in Korea. We examined their emotional intelligence, ego-resilience, coping efficacy, and academic stress using a t-test, an analysis of variance, correlational analysis, and path analysis.

Development and validation of the medical student stress scale in Korea.

Purpose: Medical students experience various stresses that arise in a special environment. However, there is no specific stress scale for medical students with regard to their environment in Korea. Therefore, in this study, we developed and confirmed the validity of a stress scale for medical students in Korea.

The development and effects of a medical communication skills program for medical school students.

Purpose: The purpose of the study is to develop education programs for improving medical school students' medical communication ability, and to provide basic information to help develop and operate medical communication education programs by analyzing the education programs and students satisfaction from the education effects.

Methods: The method was to survey 116 sophomores in C medical school in 2014 in order to research students' demands for the medical communication education, level differences of communication between before and after of the education, and students' satisfaction from the education program. Analysis of frequency, paired samples t-test, descriptive statistic analysis were used for the research.

[Medical student perception of physician values in practice by individual characteristics and preferred medical specialty field].

Purpose: Medical students' values figure prominently in their choice of medical specialty; yet, little research has been performed on this topic. The purpose of this study was to analyze the differences in values according to medical students' individual characteristics (medical educational system, gender, and grade) and preferred medical specialty.

Methods: A total of 905 medical students participated in the study; 426 were graduate-entry medical students (GEMS), and 479 were undergraduate medical students (UMS).

[Basic research to guide alterations in an outcome-based curriculum].

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to provide basic information that can be used to guide alterations in an outcome-based curriculum by analyzing the current curriculum.

Methods: A survey was administered to 103 juniors, 90 seniors, and 97 professors in Chonbuk National University Medical School on the importance of subgraduate and graduate outcomes, the appropriate curriculum to graduate, operational satisfaction, and self-judged achievement.

Results: There were significantly meaningful gaps in the importance of graduate and subgraduate outcomes.

Analysis of the Relationship between Students' Seating Preferences and Academic Achievement in Medical School.

Purpose: This study aimed to explore the relationship between students' seating preferences and academic achievement in medical school.

Methods: The subjects of this study were 109 second-year students in C medical school. The pattern of seat selection of 109 students was surveyed by participant observation for 48 days, and a questionnaire was administered to determine the factors that were considered by students.