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Danish doctors' reactions to 'internationalization' in clinical training in a public university hospital

Kling, Joyce LU orcid ; Tolsgaard, Martin G ; Løkkegaard, Ellen ; Teilmann, Grete ; Mola, Gylli ; Poulsen, Jørgen Hedemark ; Nilas, Lisbeth and Cortes, Dina (2019) In BMC Research Notes
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: From 2012 to 2015, two Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology and two Departments of Pediatrics at the University of Copenhagen implemented an English medium international project. The project allowed international students to work in pairs with local Danish speaking students in a clinical setting. The student cohort was supported by Danish doctors who were responsible for student-pair supervision in English and, ultimately, patient care. Drawing on survey responses of 113 Danish doctors, this study considers the doctors' overall evaluation of the program and their perception of the international students' knowledge, skills and attitudes compared with local students.RESULTS: The Danish doctors rated the international and local... (More)
OBJECTIVE: From 2012 to 2015, two Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology and two Departments of Pediatrics at the University of Copenhagen implemented an English medium international project. The project allowed international students to work in pairs with local Danish speaking students in a clinical setting. The student cohort was supported by Danish doctors who were responsible for student-pair supervision in English and, ultimately, patient care. Drawing on survey responses of 113 Danish doctors, this study considers the doctors' overall evaluation of the program and their perception of the international students' knowledge, skills and attitudes compared with local students.RESULTS: The Danish doctors rated the international and local students comparable in respect to professional commitment (p = 0.347), academic level (p = 0.134), and English proficiency (p = 0.080). The Danish doctors rated the international students significantly lower than the local students regarding communication with Danish doctors, other hospital staff, and patients (p (Less)
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Adult, Clinical Competence/standards, Communication, Denmark, Education, Medical/standards, Female, Gynecology/education, Hospitals, Public, University, Humans, Internationality, Male, Obstetrics/education, Pediatrics/education, Physicians/statistics & numerical data, Students, Medical/statistics & numerical data, Surveys and Questionnaires
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Higher Education
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BMC Research Notes
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12
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411
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BioMed Central (BMC)
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1756-0500
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10.1186/s13104-019-4405-y
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  author       = {{Kling, Joyce and Tolsgaard, Martin G and Løkkegaard, Ellen and Teilmann, Grete and Mola, Gylli and Poulsen, Jørgen Hedemark and Nilas, Lisbeth and Cortes, Dina}},
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  publisher    = {{BioMed Central (BMC)}},
  series       = {{BMC Research Notes}},
  title        = {{Danish doctors' reactions to 'internationalization' in clinical training in a public university hospital}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13104-019-4405-y}},
  doi          = {{10.1186/s13104-019-4405-y}},
  year         = {{2019}},
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