Samuel T Chatio, Enyonam Duah, Lucy O Ababio, Nicola Lister, Olufolake Egbujo, Kwaku Marfo, Raymond Aborigo, Patrick Ansah, Isaac Odame
Barriers and facilitators to community acceptability of integrating point-of-care testing to screen for sickle cell disease in children in primary healthcare settings in rural Upper East Region of Northern Ghana
PloS one
introduction ultrasound us courses medical undergraduate courses usually met particularly high level student motivation reasons unclear aim study investigate factors contribute undergraduate medical students motivation learn us skills understanding motivates students learn us inform efforts faculty foster students motivation learn carried indepth semistructured onetoone interviews medical students participating optional us course two swiss universities interview guide consisted 10 main questions content informed experts field medical education us well literature review motivation theories learning particular selfdetermination theory sdt sdt used guide development interview guide reflect resulting themes discussion section interview guide piloted two medical students interviews lasted average 45 min audio recorded transcribed thematic analysis used analyse data fourteen undergraduate medical students preclinical year 3 clinical studies years 4 5 elaborated wide range reasons high motivation learn us motivated us training positive nimbus us modality emphasising advantages visualisation students acknowledged potential professional benefits learning us described fun exciting group activity four themes found analysis related three universal needs described sdt strong focus visual aspect positive nimbus modality goes beyond reflects visuocentric zeitgeist claims superiority visual information data educators aware motivation learn affected zeitgeist ensuing preconceptions perception positive nimbus surrounding topic key elements implemented motivate students justintime feedback enabling group experiences creating awareness clinical relevance learning content