Perception of social accountability among medical students in Egypt
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Reham Salah Amin Radwan
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Gehad Sabry Ahmed
Abstract
Objective
Assessment of the perceived SA for medical students in Beni-Suef University, Egypt.
Methods
An analytical cross-sectional study was conducted over a period of 6 months among medical students at faculty of medicine, Beni-Suef University through an online survey using google form. For data collection, an English validated questionnaire developed in partnership by the International Federation of Medical Students Association (IFMSA) and the Training for Health Equity Network (THEnet) was used.
Results
Students’ mean SA score was 17.3±7.1. Perceived SA scores ranged from 18 to 26 for 40.9% of participants, while 38.9% of them had scores ranging from (9-17), indicating that the faculty is doing well, However, there is a need to identify areas of weakness and advocate for strategies to improve SA among students. Furthermore, there were statistically significant differences in age, gender, residence, and academic year across students with different scores.
Conclusion
Although half of the medical students of Beni-Suef university had acceptable SA, but there are areas for improvement and weakness to fix within the faculty.
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Research ethics: The study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki and ethical approval was sought from the Research Ethics Committee (FM-REC) at Faculty of Medicine Beni-Suef University, approval number (FMBSUREC/02102022/ Ahmed).
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Informed consent: Informed consent was obtained from all individuals included in this study.
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Author contributions: All authors have accepted responsibility for the entire content of this manuscript and approved its submission.
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Competing interests: Authors state no conflict of interest.
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Research funding: None declared.
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Data availability: The raw data can be obtained on request from the corresponding author.
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