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- Diana Lungeanu
(Center for Modeling Biological Systems and Data Analysis, “Victor Babes” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 300041 Timisoara, Romania
Department of Functional Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, “Victor Babes” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 300041 Timisoara, Romania)
- Alina Petrica
(Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, “Victor Babes” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 300041 Timisoara, Romania
“Pius Brinzeu” Emergency County Clinical Hospital, 300723 Timisoara, Romania)
- Raluca Lupusoru
(Center for Modeling Biological Systems and Data Analysis, “Victor Babes” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 300041 Timisoara, Romania
Department of Functional Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, “Victor Babes” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 300041 Timisoara, Romania
“Pius Brinzeu” Emergency County Clinical Hospital, 300723 Timisoara, Romania)
- Adina Maria Marza
(Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, “Victor Babes” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 300041 Timisoara, Romania
Multidisciplinary Center for Research, Evaluation, Diagnosis and Therapies in Oral Medicine, “Victor Babes” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 300041 Timisoara, Romania
Emergency Municipal Clinical Hospital, 300079 Timisoara, Romania)
- Ovidiu Alexandru Mederle
(Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, “Victor Babes” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 300041 Timisoara, Romania
Multidisciplinary Center for Research, Evaluation, Diagnosis and Therapies in Oral Medicine, “Victor Babes” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 300041 Timisoara, Romania
Emergency Municipal Clinical Hospital, 300079 Timisoara, Romania)
- Bogdan Timar
(“Pius Brinzeu” Emergency County Clinical Hospital, 300723 Timisoara, Romania
Center for Molecular Research in Nephrology and Vascular Disease, “Victor Babes” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 300041 Timisoara, Romania
Second Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, “Victor Babes” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 300041 Timisoara, Romania)
Abstract
Introduction. Data science is becoming increasingly prominent in the medical profession, in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, presenting additional challenges and opportunities for medical education. We retrospectively appraised the existing biomedical informatics (BMI) and biostatistics courses taught to students enrolled in a six-year medical program. Methods. An anonymous cross-sectional survey was conducted among 121 students in their fourth year, with regard to the courses they previously attended, in contrast with the ongoing emergency medicine (EM) course during the first semester of the academic year 2020–2021, when all activities went online. The questionnaire included opinion items about courses and self-assessed knowledge, and questions probing into the respondents’ familiarity with the basics of data science. Results. Appreciation of the EM course was high, with a median (IQR) score of 9 (7–10) on a scale from 1 to 10. The overall scores for the BMI and biostatistics were 7 (5–9) and 8 (5–9), respectively. These latter scores were strongly correlated (Spearman correlation coefficient R = 0.869, p < 0.001). We found no correlation between measured and self-assessed knowledge of data science (R = 0.107, p = 0.246), but the latter was fairly and significantly correlated with the perceived usefulness of the courses. Conclusions. The keystone of this different perception of EM versus data science was the courses’ apparent value to the medical profession. The following conclusions could be drawn: (a) objective assessments of residual knowledge of the basics of data science do not necessarily correlate with the students’ subjective appraisal and opinion of the field or courses; (b) medical students need to see the explicit connection between interdisciplinary or complementary courses and the medical profession; and (c) courses on information technology and data science would better suit a distributed approach across the medical curriculum.
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Diana Lungeanu & Alina Petrica & Raluca Lupusoru & Adina Maria Marza & Ovidiu Alexandru Mederle & Bogdan Timar, 2022.
"Beyond the Digital Competencies of Medical Students: Concerns over Integrating Data Science Basics into the Medical Curriculum,"
IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(23), pages 1-11, November.
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RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:19:y:2022:i:23:p:15958-:d:988933
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