Author/Authors :
SEBBANI, MAJDA Community Medicine and Public Health Department - Research Laboratory - Biosciences and Health - School of Medicine - Cadi Ayyad University, Marrakech, Morocco - Clinical Research Unit - Mohammed VI University Hospital - Marrakech, Morocco , ADARMOUCH, LATIFA Community Medicine and Public Health Department - Research Laboratory - Biosciences and Health - School of Medicine - Cadi Ayyad University, Marrakech, Morocco - Clinical Research Unit - Mohammed VI University Hospital - Marrakech, Morocco , MANSOURI, ADIL Community Medicine and Public Health Department - Research Laboratory - Biosciences and Health - School of Medicine - Cadi Ayyad University, Marrakech, Morocco - Clinical Research Unit - Mohammed VI University Hospital - Marrakech, Morocco , AMINE, MOHAMED Community Medicine and Public Health Department - Research Laboratory - Biosciences and Health - School of Medicine - Cadi Ayyad University, Marrakech, Morocco - Clinical Research Unit - Mohammed VI University Hospital - Marrakech, Morocco
Abstract :
Introduction: As future health professionals, medical students should be aware of their social accountability and their role in
the society. The aim was to assess the attitudes and awareness
of medical students regarding the social accountability and to
identify the factors determining their attitudes and possible levers for action.
Methods: Online survey among undergraduate students at
the medical school in 2019 (N=2128). The data collection tool
was developed based on the literature review, the principles of
social accountability SR and the toolkit (The development of the
Students’ Toolkit on Social Accountability of Medical Schools
was a collaboration between the International Federation of
Medical Students’ Associations (IFMSA) and the Training for
Health Equity Network (THEnet). The data were collected in
December by LimeSurvey software version 1.90 and analyzed by
SPSS version 16 according to the usual descriptive and bivariate.
The Fisher test was used to compare two percentages and the
Student t-test to compare two means on two independent samples
(significance level was 0.05). The verbatims were grouped and
analyzed.
Results: 271 students participated (response rate=12.7%). The
mean age was 20.6±2.6 years (N=257). The Female/Male ratio
was 1.85. Only 33.5% had heard of social accountability. It was
linked to “commitment to the community” in 75.1% of cases,
“to be a good citizen” in 66.1% and “to be responsible for one’s
actions” in 56.4%. Nearly 79% thought that students did not really
have a role in society and that they should focus on their studies.
Being a member of an association was a factor determining the
positive attitude towards the SA (82.1% versus 65.2%, P=0.031).
Students believed that the school had some strategies of social
accountability. The results of the verbatim emphasize the need to
multiply the practices and opportunities for interaction with the
social environment for students.
Conclusion: The level of knowledge of the concepts by the
students seems to be average. It would be necessary to look for
the means to plead in favor of reinforcing our school strategies to concretize the principles of SR while training the students.
