1. Students’ perceptions on the Students-Based Orientations in comparison with the traditional orientations by doctors at the Arabian Gulf University
SALEH BUBISHATE
6TH YEAR MEDICAL STUDENT
ARABIAN GULF UNIVERSITY - BAHRAIN

2. Introduction
As a part of the Problem-Based Learning (PBL) medical curriculum at the Arabian Gulf University in Bahrain, Coordinators of each unit present an orientation in the beginning of each unit.

3. The coordinator’s lecture
Speaks “briefly” about the unit:
The numbers of the problems
Resource persons
Exam dates
etc

4. We observed The attendance is very weak Why? The lecture?
Past experience?
Useless?
The beginning of the unit?

5. We observed
Just in same week, those who attended & didn’t attend, all of them seek for seniors students advises !!
Why?
More practical / applicable?
More reliable?
Confidence?
Variety of students with different levels & grades?

6. We have to try !
In the last year, “The Guidance & Counselling Committee (GCC)” a new committee in the AGU student council was established by me.
Three main targets:
Orientations lectures  Students-Based Orientations (SBO)
Advisors “your 2nd research”
Educative sessions “youtube”

7. We called for help
So, we started the Students-Based Orientations (SBO) by senior medical students.
For the following units:
Year 2: unit 2 & 3
By : Moh’d Wael & Fajjer Alammadi
Year 3: unit 5 & 6 and the research:
By : Aysha Khonji , Fatema Khonji & Faisal Shuaib
Year 4: unit 8 & 9 & BSc:
By : Saleh Bubishate

8. What are the contents?

9. Instructions
Unit’s Objectives
Recommended books
Professional Skills Exam
Preparatory period

10. Instructions

11. Unit VII objectives Musculoskeletal Integumentary
7 problems
2 problems
Study our DEMO notes in the MUSEUM
(u ‘ve to go there at least 3 days/wk)
Muscular dystrophy & Osteomyelitis
Fracture & Healing
Rheumatoid Arthritis
Osteoporosis
Osteoarthritis
Osteosarcoma
Disc herniation
8. Burns & Eczema
9. leshmania

12. Recommended books Our DEMO notes Museum Anatomy
Clinical Anatomy (Applied anatomy for medical students and Junior dooctors)
Essential Clinical Anatomy, 4e, Keith L Moore.
Atlas of Human Anatomy, Netter
Our DEMO notes
Museum

13. Preparatory Week One week And when you are done Previous papers
Nerve injuries
DEMO notes
USMLE Step 1

14. Professional Skills Exam
Very Easy
Three stations
No History taking
Examination:
Reflexes
Shoulder
Knee

15. We add also the curves of the previous years

16. Can we make it more professional?

17. Literature review
From a review of the current literature, there seems to be a lack of research in this area [1], however, there was a study comparing audiovisual sessions done by both students & doctors which showed that there was a strong positive correlation was found between the benefits teachers and students [2].
Open the links  

18. Aim of the study
The aim of this study was to assess the effectiveness of SBO at the Arabian Gulf University using a questionnaire.

19. This was a cross-sectional study, carried out on 133 AGU medical students from Year 2 to Year 4. A 13 question Self-administrated questionnaires was prepared in English and was distributed to AGU students from Year 2 to Year 4

20. It seems that there is some benefits from the SBO program which may be considered as a part of the curriculum system in the PBL in the AGU.
However, further studies are required to test the generalizability and validity of assessment using
this tool.
The benefits of this study are that the AGU administration will possibly review the present academic advisory system and that this important student feedback will be valued and improvements undertaken.

21. The data analysed by SPSS version 20.

23. The Coordinator’s Lecture
The questions’ field??
The Coordinator’s Lecture VS
SBO
The attendance for the lectures
The reasons of absents
Beneficial aspects of the lecture
Evaluating the lecture
Overall: students’ perceptions
Overall : what’s your suggestion for the future

24. Distribution of the students
sample
the population
the percentage
Year 2 43
180
23%
Year 3 48
143
33%
Year 4 42
151
27%
Total
133
474
28%
Year 2 43
32%
Year 3 48
36%
Year 4 42
Total
133
100%

25. The attendance for the lectures
I attended both 39%
I attended only coordinator 2%
I attended only student 30%
I didn't attend any of them 29%

26. The attendance for the lectures
The Coordinator’s Lecture
SBO
Yes 41%
No 59%
Yes 72%
No 28%

27. The reasons of absents The Coordinator’s Lecture SBO
From my experience from the last year, it's useless
48% (40)
7 18%
Although I wanted to attend the lecture, I wasn't able to attended
14% (12)
13 33%
I don't think I need any orientation lecture even if they are useful
4% (3)
3 8%
I had no idea about this lecture
9 11%
11 28%
Specific cause
I want to attend the lecture that will be done by the students
8 10%
I already attended The Coordinator’s Lecture
, so I thought that I don't need to attend this one
0 0%
Other causes
11 13%
6 15%
for those who answered No

28. Delete ?? The reasons of absents
I want to attend the lecture that will be done by the students 8 10%
I already attended the lecture done by the doctor, so I thought that I don't need to attend this one 0 0%
for those who answered No

29. Beneficial aspects of the lecture
The Coordinator’s Lecture
SBO
I had an overview of the content of the unit 
25 44%
8 8%
I recognized the difficulties that I may face during this unit
4 7%
11 11%
I had an idea about the books that I need to study from
1 2%
I understood all the objectives "the purpose" of this units
5 5%
All Of them
60 63%
None of them
18 32%
3 3%
Other
1 1%
For those who answered YEs

30. Delete? Beneficial aspects of the lecture
SBO
The Coordinator’s Lecture x

31. Evaluating the lecture
The Coordinator’s Lecture
SBO
average
1 : 12 24%
2 : 16 32%
3 : 15 30%
4 : 6 12%
5 : 1 2%
Average
1: 0 0%
2: 1 1%
3: 7 8%
4: 29 34%
5: 49 57%

32. Overall: students’ perceptions
The coordinator lecture is better 2 2%
The student lecture is better 95 86%
Both are the same "Excellent" 7 6%
 Both are same "average" 6 5%
Both are the same "Poor" 1 1%

33. Overall : what’s your suggestion for the future
To keep both of them 54 46%
To do only the coordinator lecture 0 0%
To do only the student lecture 61 52%
To cancel both of them 2 2%