Abstract
Introduction:Recent years have seen a growing attention to the function and position of ambulatory care and clinical education in medical education. The present study was conducted to investigate the current status of the quality of education in major clinics from the perspective of medical students.Method:This cross-sectional study was conducted in 2016 on 300 medical student from Lorestan University of Medical Sciences who selected through census method. Data were collected using a researcher-made questionnaire with a confirmed face and content validity and a reliability of 0.85. The data were analyzed in SPSS-21 using descriptive and analytical statistics.Results:The study participants included clerkship students (65.9%) and interns (34.1%) with a mean age of 22±2.1 and 24±3.5 years respectively. Statistically significant difference was observed between teachers’ quality of teaching and other domains from the perspective of the clerkship students. From the interns’ perspective, teachers’ quality of teaching and duration of attending clinics were the domains with significant statistical differences among clinics. (P<0.05). According to the assessments by the clerkship students and interns, the mean score in obstetrics clinics, was lower than other clinics.Conclusion:Given the results obtained, particularly on teachers’ quality of teaching, teachers are respectfully recommended to pay a special attention to clinical education, enthusiastically involve students in patient-associated issues and improve their skills using modern educational methods.
Highlights
Recent years have seen a growing attention to the function and position of ambulatory care and clinical education in medical education
The educational challenges reflected as suboptimal quality of clinical education in the literature [7,8,9] include patient diversity, an imbalance between the services provided for patients and the training offered to students and between the number of students and the available clinical facilities and equipment
Given that investigating the current status and the strengths and weaknesses of the program in learners’ perspective plays a key role in improving the quality of education, the present study was conducted to investigate the quality of clinical education from the perspective of clerkship students and interns and to help those involved in education with making better
Summary
Recent years have seen a growing attention to the function and position of ambulatory care and clinical education in medical education. The present study was conducted to investigate the current status of the quality of education in major clinics from the perspective of medical students. Significant difference was observed between teachers’ quality of teaching and other domains from the perspective of the clerkship students. From the interns’ perspective, teachers’ quality of teaching and duration of attending clinics were the domains with significant statistical differences among clinics. The function and position of outpatient care and clinical education in medical education has been stressed in recently conducted studies in both Iran and around the world [7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15]. Given that investigating the current status and the strengths and weaknesses of the program in learners’ perspective plays a key role in improving the quality of education, the present study was conducted to investigate the quality of clinical education from the perspective of clerkship students and interns and to help those involved in education with making better
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