Korean J Med Educ.  2018 Sep;30(3):209-218. 10.3946/kjme.2018.95.

Changes of academic performance by integration between basic and clinical medicine in pre-clerkship medical education

• Yune SJ
• Jung JS

• KMID: 2435208
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.3946/kjme.2018.95

Abstract

PURPOSE
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of curriculum revision on student performance in tests of the medical knowledge of students at Pusan National University.
METHODS
Test scores of the Basic Medicine Comprehensive Examination (BMCE), conducted by the Medical Education Assessment Corporation, and internal clinical knowledge tests of the three integrated courses of the Pusan National University School of Medicine, during the last 3 years (2015-2017) were compared with an unpaired Student t-test and the results were considered to be significant at p < 0.05.
RESULTS
Curriculum revision in 2017 introduced the integration of basic and clinical courses at the organ level of medical education. Scores of BMCE and internal clinical knowledge tests in three integrated courses after curriculum revision showed a statistically significant increase after curriculum revision.
CONCLUSION
Curriculum revisions that integrated the basic and clinical courses in organ-level education improved student's academic performance significantly.

Keyword

Curriculum; Undergraduate medical education; Academic achievement

MeSH Terms

Busan
Clinical Medicine*
Curriculum
Education
Education, Medical*
Education, Medical, Undergraduate
Humans