Date of Completion

2024

Document Type

Research Project

Degree Name

Grade 12

Keywords

pandemic, apprehension, clinical practice skills, conduct, online class, medical school graduates, health-assessment, evidence-based decision-making

Abstract

The pandemic has made educational institutions shift to online learning, which has affected the conduct of classes, especially in medical institutions. This may seriously affect medical students that studied in the midst of COVID-19, but its effect on the perception of the skills of graduated medical students has little study. Thus, this study assessed the perception of apprehension on the conduct of clinical-practice skills, specifically health assessment and evidence-based decision-making, among selected graduates of medical school batch 2021-2023 and established whether the graduates’ demographic profiles (age, sex, and year level of online class) had an effect on this perception. A descriptive study was done among selected graduates of medical school batch 2021-2023 by distributing an online validated self-made questionnaire. Through descriptive statistics and non-parametric tests, the data showed that the graduates are generally not apprehensive about the conduct of health assessments and evidencebased decision-making. It also showed that only age had a significant effect on the conduct of evidence-based decision-making, and the rest of the demographic profile did not have a significant effect. This clearly shows that even if the graduates went through online learning, which halted hands-on practice, their perception of their skills was not affected and they generally felt confident about it, which also indicated that various medical schools were able to adapt and effectively teach medical education to their students.

First Advisor

Dennis Y. Perona

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