Yasuyuki Suzuki, Koji Tsunekawa, Yuko Takeda, Jennifer Cleland, Takuya Saiki
Impact of medical students' socioeconomic backgrounds on medical school application, admission and migration in Japan: a web-based survey
BMJ open
purpose study conduct innovative seminar developed using clips television program er teachreinforce key concepts effective communication didactic phase physician assistant pa students interactive 2hour small group seminars conducted part pa curriculum demographic data well information prior exposure medicalrelated television shows interest specific medical disciplines collected baseline evaluation unconventional teaching strategy completed via postactivity selfadministered electronic survey descriptive statistics calculated closedended questions thematic analysis approach used examine openended questions approximately twothirds n 49 students attended seminars completed baseline postactivity surveys seminars wellreceived 94 respondents indicating would like participate similar trainings future primary suggestion use clips multiple television programs results suggest instructional format highly acceptable modern pa students yearn amalgamation education entertainment future work could examine influence seminar students communication clinical environments