The community-based learning experiences of second year medical students as compared with the desired tenets of Thammasat University medical graduates
Keywords:
Community-based learning, Medical student, the desired tenets of Thammasat University medical graduatesAbstract
Introduction: Community-based learning is one part of the curriculum used with students
earning their Doctorate of Medicine under the Faculty of Medicine at Thammasat University.
The goal is for medical students to gain firsthand experience in all aspects of Health, including
factors influencing population health in community contexts.
Objectives: To examine the consistency between a community-based learning experience and
the desired characteristics of Thammasat University medical graduates (i.e., in accordance with
the list of 9 objectives for Thammasat University medical graduates as stated in the below
article).
Materials and Methods: This qualitative study consisted of the content analysis of 170 reports
by second-year medical students enrolled in the community-based learning program during
the 2016 academic year. The reports were then compared with the desired characteristics of
Thammasat medical graduates.
Results: Medical students undergoing the community-based learning experience reported that
they could understand abstract concepts better with firsthand community experience. They
also reflected that being stationed together for nine days positively contributed to their own
social skills. Reports from students having underwent the community-based learning experience,
showed that students had completed the curriculum’s objectives and learned in accordance
with the nine desired characteristics of Thammasat medical graduates.
Conclusions: A community-based learning experience contributed to the development of
those desired characteristics of Thammasat medical graduates.
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