Research Article: Evaluating the Utility of a Near-Peer Situation-Based Course to Prepare Medical Students for the UK Foundation Programme: A Pilot Study
Abstract:
Embarking on the Foundation Programme is a challenge often met with apprehension, stress, and anxiety amongst medical students. Over the last few decades, a rising number of reports consistently demonstrate that recent graduates feel underprepared for clinical practice.– Specific areas in which students feel underprepared include, but are not limited to: safe and legal prescribing, error management, working within a multidisciplinary team, and the management of acute medical emergencies., This is likely due to multiple factors,, including limited exposure to complex cases during medical school, poor vocational understanding of on-call duties, and more recently, the COVID- pandemic.
Introduction:
Embarking on the Foundation Programme is a challenge often met with apprehension, stress, and anxiety amongst medical students. Over the last few decades, a rising number of reports consistently demonstrate that recent graduates feel underprepared for clinical practice. – Specific areas in which students feel underprepared include, but are not limited to: safe and legal prescribing, error management, working within a multidisciplinary team, and the management of acute medical emergencies. , This is likely due to…
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