Table 3 Themes identified from student comments
From: Medical and pharmacy student concerns about participating on international service-learning trips
Theme(s) | Representative students’ comments |
|---|---|
Empathy | ➢ “A great ‘life’ learning experience. A trip that solidifies compassion to a new degree.” |
Cultural Awareness | ➢ “Learned new culture – Friendship” |
➢ “Exposure to providing health-care to a group of people with a different culture and language” | |
Professional Development | ➢ “Did my first surgery, saw my first patient, networked with doctors and other students, and got inspired for using my skills in my own under-served areas and those abroad.” |
➢ “I learned a lot of clinical skills, including physical exam techniques and perhaps more importantly communication skills.” | |
Impact on patient population/Impact on health professional | ➢ “Exposure to health-care in a completely different country and patient population.” |
➢ “Belief that we have a positive impact on people’s lives.” |