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| Title |
Unchallenged good intentions: a qualitative study of the experiences of medical students on international health electives to developing countries
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Human Resources for Health, September 2014
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| DOI | 10.1186/1478-4491-12-49 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Patrick O’Donnell, Eilish McAuliffe, Diarmuid O‘Donovan |
| Abstract |
Irish medical students have a long and proud history of embarking on international health electives (IHEs) to broaden their experience in the developing world. Although there are many opinions in the literature about IHEs, there is a dearth of empirical research that explores the experience and the value of these experiences to medical students. Most students who participate in these IHEs from Irish medical schools are members of student IHE societies, which are entirely run by students themselves. There are varying levels of preparation and interaction with the medical schools in planning these experiences. This study explores the experiences of a sample of students who completed IHEs in 2012. |
X Demographics
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 9 | 53% |
| United Kingdom | 4 | 24% |
| Canada | 1 | 6% |
| Unknown | 3 | 18% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 8 | 47% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 6 | 35% |
| Scientists | 3 | 18% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 71 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 70 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 14 | 20% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 8 | 11% |
| Student > Master | 8 | 11% |
| Researcher | 6 | 8% |
| Other | 6 | 8% |
| Other | 22 | 31% |
| Unknown | 7 | 10% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 33 | 46% |
| Social Sciences | 6 | 8% |
| Psychology | 5 | 7% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 3 | 4% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 3 | 4% |
| Other | 9 | 13% |
| Unknown | 12 | 17% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 12. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 06 February 2020.
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#360
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#30,604
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#5
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