Korean J Med Educ.  2017 Sep;29(3):137-152. 10.3946/kjme.2017.60.

Research trends in studies of medical students' characteristics: a scoping review

Affiliations
  • 1Department of Internal Medicine, Chungnam National University College of Medicine, Daejeon, Korea.
  • 2Department of Medical Education, Gachon University College of Medicine, Incheon, Korea. ghpark@gachon.ac.kr
  • 3Department of Medical Education and the Institute of Medical Humanities, Inje University College of Medicine, Korea.
  • 4Department of Medical Education, Pusan National University College of Medicine, Busan, Korea.
  • 5Department of Family Medicine, Catholic University of Daegu School of Medicine, Daegu, Korea.
  • 6Head Office for Educational Innovation, Tongmyong University, Busan, Korea.

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to investigate domestic and international research trends in studies of medical students' characteristics by using the scoping review methods. This study adopted the scoping review to assess papers on the characteristics of medical students. The procedure of research was carried out according to the five steps of the scoping review. The full texts of 100 papers are obtained and are read closely, after which suitable 88 papers are extracted by us for this research. The review is mapped by the year of the study, source, location, author, research design, research subject, objective, and key results. The frequency is analyzed by using Microsoft Excel and SPSS. We found 70 papers (79.5%) on a single medical school, 15 (17.0%) on multiple medical schools, and three (3.4%) on mixed schools, including medical and nonmedical schools. Sixty-nine (79.5%) were cross-sectional studies and 18 (20.5%) were longitudinal studies. Eighty-two papers (93.2%) adopted questionnaire surveys. We summarized research trends of studies on medical students in Korea and overseas by topic, and mapped them into physical health, mental health, psychological characteristics, cognitive characteristics, social characteristics, and career. This study provides insights into the future directions of research for the characteristics of medical students.

Keyword

Review; Medical students; Medical schools

MeSH Terms

Cross-Sectional Studies
Humans
Korea
Longitudinal Studies
Mental Health
Research Design
Research Subjects
Schools, Medical
Sociological Factors
Students, Medical
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