Sumit Sharma¹* and Suvarna Sharma²

¹Professor and Head, Department of ENT, Dr. KNS Memorial Institute of Medical Sciences, Gadia Barabanki, India
²Intern, KMC Manipal, India

*Corresponding Author: Sumit Sharma, Professor and Head, Department of ENT, Dr. KNS Memorial Institute of Medical Sciences, Gadia Barabanki, India.

Received: February 07, 2024; Published: June 18, 2024

Abstract

Introduction: Early clinical exposure (ECE) is a teaching-learning methodology which fosters the exposure of medical students to the patients as early as the first year of medical college. ECE makes an overall impact on student's performance and confidence. It is believed that Early clinical experience helps the medical students socialized to their chosen profession. The first year students need to be given early clinical exposure to actual patient’s care.

Aims and Objectives: The study was aimed at accessing the student’s perception about ECE. Whether the reasons of conducting these sessions have been accomplished or not from the students’ point of view.

Material and Methods: A survey questionnaire was developed by the Medical Education Unit of the Institute.  We used a small-group discussion approach to develop   draft questionnaire. Based on the group discussion and the literature survey, the questionnaire was prepared.

Conclusion: ECE provided important validation of the student’s decision to go to medical school. It was a lifeline that helped student stay focused on their studies and provided the opportunity to establish a link between the basic sciences concepts and actual patient cases.

Keywords: Early Clinical Exposure; Competency Based Medical Education; Exposure of Medical Students to the Patients

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Citation

Citation: Sumit Sharma and Suvarna Sharma. “Early Clinical Exposure in Competency Based Medical Education – Did we Achieve the Objective".Acta Scientific Otolaryngology 6.7 (2024): 20-24.

Copyright

Copyright: © 2024 Sumit Sharma and Suvarna Sharma. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.