Premedical school orientation course: A new initiative

Abstract

Jeju National University Medical School, Korea, conducts a week‑long orientation program for the newly admitted students, called Jeju Pre‑Medical School (PMS) course. The aim of this course is to harmonize the relationship among students themselves and between professors and students and give them a chance to get exposed to the hospital and learn some basic fundamentals of medical studies. Student feedback survey was conducted right after the PMS course in the year 2011 and repeated an year later on the same students who attended the program, with the intention of understanding the student‑satisfaction level with the current PMS course. The student satisfaction level dropped considerably in 2012 as compared to 2011.