Abstract
Current and aspiring medical school students are inundated by curriculum resources. To optimize the curriculum resources that are offered in medical education, the present work examines both institutionally and commercially developed resources from the lens of various stakeholders through three separate, yet related, studies. The first study, a scoping review, synthesizes and recognizes gaps in scholarship regarding obstacles that underrepresented, pre-medical students encounter in applying to medical school, specifically focusing on the impact of access to commercial test preparation resources. A review of existing literature regarding this population's medical school admission difficulties yielded a majority of non-empirical, deficit-focused articles that repeated previous findings. The second study describes a pedagogical analysis of medical education commercial resources, to identify their alignment with evidence-based design and facilitate future improvement. The analysis found that nearly half of the investigated resources failed to mention guidance by a specific theory or theoretical movement; yet all resources mentioned similar functions, instructional strategies, and features. Lastly, this dissertation reports a mixed-methods study that examines undergraduate medical students' perceptions and use of formal and informal resources, to optimize the design of formal resources and integrate informal resources. Qualitative and quantitative data analyses revealed that students have more positive perceptions and frequent use of informal curriculum resources, which is largely explained by greater confidence in conducting their related educational activities.
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Graduation Date
2022
Semester
Spring
Advisor
Hirumi, Atsusi
Degree
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
College
College of Community Innovation and Education
Department
Learning Sciences and Educational Research
Degree Program
Education; Instructional Design and Technology
Format
application/pdf
Identifier
CFE0008946; DP0026279
URL
https://purls.library.ucf.edu/go/DP0026279
Language
English
Release Date
May 2022
Length of Campus-only Access
None
Access Status
Doctoral Dissertation (Open Access)
STARS Citation
Bagot, Ziana, "Advancing Medical Education by Optimizing the Use of Formal and Informal Curriculum Resources" (2022). Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2020-2023. 975.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/etd2020/975