Table 2 Outcome of Students' Early Professional Contact Questionnaire (EPCQ)
Agree | Disagree | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Item | Aspect | Question | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
1 | Seminars | Seminars were stimulating and provided valuable knowledge | 8 | 26 | 17 | 7 | 2 |
2 | Confidence | After this year, I feel increased confidence when meeting patients | 26 | 26 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
3 | Workload | The workload has been too heavy in this course | 0 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 35 |
4 | Students contribution | My facilitator has stimulated me to contribute with my own experiences, thoughts and knowledge | 27 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 0 |
5 | Demands | The demands on me have been reasonable on this course | 37 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
6 | Expectations | It was often hard to discover what I was expected to learn during this course | 7 | 18 | 15 | 13 | 7 |
7 | Group talks | Our group talks has increased my understanding of what I have participated in | 17 | 23 | 12 | 7 | 1 |
8 | EPC day structure | The structure of the EPC days has been good | 6 | 37 | 11 | 6 | 0 |
9 | EPC day tasks | The tasks during EPC days have been important for my learning | 13 | 19 | 18 | 8 | 2 |
10 | Patients feelings | I have practiced my perceiving and understanding of patients' feelings | 17 | 22 | 15 | 6 | 0 |
11 | Medical profession | The course has given me valuable insight into medical profession and medical service | 40 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
12 | Students influence | We students have had the opportunity to influence the content of EPC days | 23 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 0 |
13 | Feedback | My facilitator has given me helpful feed-back in practical situations | 19 | 20 | 13 | 5 | 3 |
14 | Biomedical study motivation | The course has increased my motivation for biomedical studies | 23 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 2 |
15 | Clinical skill | I have trained observing patients' general health condition | 8 | 26 | 14 | 8 | 4 |
16 | Listening to students | My facilitator has listened to us students, has been taking us seriously and reacting | 36 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
17 | Course leaders | Course leaders have given us sufficient information | 19 | 23 | 16 | 2 | 0 |
18 | Inspiration | The course has inspired me to the medical profession | 37 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
19 | Study guide | The study guide has been useful for my studies during this course | 0 | 1 | 14 | 15 | 30 |
20 | Facilitators' effort | My facilitator has worked hard to make the course interesting | 31 | 21 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
21 | Enjoyed course | I have enjoyed this course | 16 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 0 |
22 | Seminars | The discussions during seminars have been fruitful | 5 | 24 | 22 | 4 | 5 |
23 | Encouragement | My facilitator has encouraged me in a number of ways | 17 | 26 | 14 | 2 | 1 |
24 | Interesting course | EPC has been an interesting and valuable course | 29 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 0 |
25 | Training understanding experience | I have trained my understanding of people's experience of health and illness | 24 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 1 |
26 | Student group | My small student group has functioned well | 39 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
27 | Course aim | The aim of the course EPC has been fulfilled | 13 | 35 | 11 | 0 | 1 |
28 | Course quality | In general, I am satisfied with the quality of this course | 28 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 1 |