Journal of Yeungnam Medical Science

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Medical Education
Mediating effect of technostress on the relationship between artificial intelligence literacy and attitude toward digital technology among health profession students: a structural equation modeling approach: Jin Young Lee, Yul Ha Min, Jun Yim, Kwi Hwa Park, So Jung Yune; J Yeungnam Med Sci. 2026;43:7. Published online December 30, 2025; DOI: https://doi.org/10.12701/jyms.2026.43.7 [Epub ahead of print]

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This study aimed to examine the effect of artificial intelligence (AI) literacy on attitudes toward digital technology and the mediating effect of technostress on this relationship among health profession students.
Methods
An online survey was conducted from May to October 2025 with 1,314 students enrolled in medical schools, nursing schools, dental schools, and graduate schools of dentistry nationwide. Structural equation modeling and bootstrapping analyses were performed.
Results
The analysis revealed that AI literacy significantly reduced technostress and enhanced attitudes toward digital technology. Technostress also had a negative effect on attitudes toward digital technology, and a partial mediating effect was identified in the relationship between AI literacy and attitudes toward digital technology. In other words, higher levels of AI literacy were associated with lower technostress, which, in turn, led to more positive attitudes toward digital technology. Multigroup analysis further showed that the effect of AI literacy on technostress differed across majors, being significant for medical and nursing students, but not for dental students.
Conclusion
This study confirmed that improving AI literacy reduces technology-related stress and promotes positive attitudes toward digital technology. These findings suggest the need for AI and digital technology education designs that consider the psychological factors of learners in medical education. Furthermore, the observed group differences suggest that AI literacy may function differently depending on discipline-specific technological and educational contexts.

Medical Education
Current status and needs of community-based practice in public healthcare institutions among Korean medical schools: a cross-sectional study: Songrim Kim, Bongeun Cha, Sun Young Kyung, So Jung Yune, Kyung Hye Park, Kwi Hwa Park; J Yeungnam Med Sci. 2025;42:21. Published online January 6, 2025; DOI: https://doi.org/10.12701/jyms.2025.42.21

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Background
This study analyzed the status of community-based practice in public healthcare institutions in Korean medical schools and identified related needs.
Methods
We conducted an online cross-sectional survey in which 32 of 40 medical schools (80.0%) participated between March and April 2023. We developed questionnaire items aimed at ascertaining the status and perceptions of community-based practice and analyzed the response data using frequency analysis, the Mann-Whitney U test, and content analysis with word clouds.
Results
Of the 32 medical schools analyzed, 23 (71.9%) offered practical courses, and of those, 12 (52.2%) implemented practice lessons within courses. Among 20 schools, 18 (90.0%) required students to complete practical courses and over 50% offered these courses in the third and fourth years of the clerkship phase. Perceptions of community practice showed no significant differences based on whether courses were offered. Many schools have proposed that practice should be a continuous curricular element from the premedical to medical years. The primary challenges facing community-based practice were identified as faculty development, collaboration, and compensation of practice institutions. The following words were extracted from the respondents’ comments: practice, community, institution, student, education, faculty, university, and public.
Conclusion
This study identified the limitations of community-based education provided by Korean medical schools and we report findings that highlight areas of improvement. Notable among these is the need to continuously incorporate community-based practice into medical education while engaging in discussions and conducting research toward developing a comprehensive and systematic curriculum.

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