?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=A+Qualitative+Analysis+of+Medical+Students'+Views+of+Their+First+Psychiatry+Rotation&rft.creator=Pai%2C+NB&rft.creator=Vella%2C+SC+&rft.creator=Dawes%2C+K&rft.subject=JOURNALS&rft.subject=Online+Journal+of+Health+and+Allied+Sciences&rft.description=Objective%3A+The+importance+of+student%E2%80%99s+perspectives+in+informing+curricula+and+pedagogy+has+long+been+recognised.+However%2C+student%E2%80%99s+perspectives+are+rarely+reported+in+the+academic+literature.+Therefore+this+study+explores+and+reports+on+medical+student%E2%80%99s+perspectives+of+their+first+psychiatry+clinical+rotation+in+a+%E2%80%98new%E2%80%99+era+medical+school+in+Australia.+Method%3A+Seventy-three+graduate+entry+medical+students+completed+a+semi-structured+questionnaire+about+their+experiences+during+a+mental+health+rotation.+The+responses+were+analysed+and+coded+into+thematic+categories.+Results%3A+The+following+thematic+categories+were+evident%3B+staff%2C+breadth+of+experience%2C+attitudes+towards+mental+health%2C+course+materials+and+structure%2C+and+professional+development.+Conclusion%3A+The+results+are+discussed+in+the+context+of+the+current+academic+recommendations+for+the+teaching+of+psychiatry+and+behavioural+science+to+medical+students.+Although+the+use+of+student+feedback+is+recommended+by+the+literature%2C+pragmatically+it+is+rarely+utilised+and+if+it+is+utilised+it+is+not+reported+in+the+academic+literature.+It+is+recommended+that+educators+embrace+the+use+of+student%E2%80%99s+perspectives+to+evaluate+and+inform+their+teaching.&rft.publisher=Kakkilaya+BS&rft.contributor=kakkilaya%2C+Dr+Srinivas&rft.date=2012-07-25&rft.type=Journal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F8893%2F1%2F2012-2-5.pdf&rft.identifier=++Pai%2C+NB+and+Vella%2C+SC++and+Dawes%2C+K++(2012)+A+Qualitative+Analysis+of+Medical+Students'+Views+of+Their+First+Psychiatry+Rotation.++%5BJournal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F8893%2F