Role of the Student Affairs Division : Phamongkutklao Colleage of Medicine in assessing army medical students

Abstract

The Student Affairs Division: Phramongkutklao College of Medicine is an important unit, its main function is to govern and command medical students in discipline, teaching and training in military subjects and leadership. One important role of The Student Affairs Division is cooperation with other units in assessing the conduct or ethics of medical students. The objectives of this study are to evaluate the role of the Student Affairs Division: Phramongkutklao College of Medicine in assessing medical students (conduct and leadership), to study the structure and administration of the Student Affairs Division, to cooperate with other related units and to study problems and obstacles in assessing in order to suggest the results to executives in the future. A document analysis and a 30- item, questionnaire covered 11 domains of content area from group discussion. All 72 subjects (all fourth year medical students and all personnel of the Student Affairs Division) were volunteers in this study. The results of the study indicate that most subjects support the curriculum of the Student Affairs Division: Phramongkutklao College of Medicine, especially military subjects but a leadership subject should be added. Most subjects supported the organizational culture of the Student Affairs Division. They also supported to improve the assessment of leadership and conduct in the future. This study shows that most of the subjects support the vital role of the Student Affairs Division: Phramongkutklao College of Medicine in assessing medical students. However, it also highlights the need for improving the current assessment system regarding conduct and leadership.