Saf Health Work.  2012 Jun;3(2):123-129.

Evaluation of Occupational Health Teaching Sessions for Final Year Medical Students

Affiliations
  • 1Department of Public Health, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey. anyildiz@hacettepe.edu.tr

Abstract


OBJECTIVES
The study was conducted with the aim of evaluating applied occupational health teaching for final-year medical students at Hacettepe University, Faculty of Medicine.
METHODS
The study included all sixth grade medical students (n=293) during one academic year. Pre- and post-training tests were used to assess the magnitude of change in knowledge and attitude of students on occupational health, whereas the opinion of students on several aspects of the quality of teaching sessions were assessed by using post-training questionnaires.
RESULTS
Post-training tests revealed that the level of knowledge on all aspects of occupational health increased among medical students. An evaluation of the teaching sessions showed favorable results for the overall quality of the sessions: 81.3% of the students stated that the sessions were well organized, 81.7% remarked the workplace/factory visit was a valuable experience, and 91.0% stated feeling more competent on occupational health issues.
CONCLUSION
There was a greater increase in students' knowledge on technical precautions than their knowledge on issues related to medical practice in the workplace. Visiting a workplace was found to contribute to the overall aim of knowledge and attitude change on occupational health issues. The scope of undergraduate medical education should be extended by improving occupational health education with respect to educational content, duration, and methods.

Keyword

Medical students; Medical education; Occupational health; Evaluation studies

MeSH Terms

Education, Medical
Education, Medical, Undergraduate
Humans
Occupational Health
Students, Medical
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