Comparison Viewpoints of Academic Members and Medical Students about Clinical Teaching Status in the Internal Medicine Wards in Tabriz University of Medical Sciences in Accordance to Ministry of Health Clinical Teaching Standards

Abstract

Introduction: Investigating the situation of clinical teaching is an important part of beneficial clinical teaching and it is used in finding domains of strength and domains needed to improve. Thus, the goal of this study was to evaluate clinical teaching situation in the internal medicine wards at Tabriz University of medical sciences, based on standards prepared by the Ministry of Health.
 Methods: This was a cross-sectional study conducted from January to March 2019 in the Internal medicine wards. Participants were all academic members and medical students who were present in these wards during this investigation. The study tool was a checklist of standards that contained four areas: teaching rounds, morning reports, journal club, and outpatient clinic. Because of the varying number of items in the different parts of the checklist, we calculated the standard score for each part. Analysis of variance (ANOVA) was used to compare scores on the checklist among academic members and medical students.
 Result: Totally, 155 medical students and academic members participated in this study. Among them, 58 (37.4 %) were 5th-year medical students, 58 (37.4%) were final-year medical students and 39 (25.2%) were academic members. No statistically significant differences were found in mean standard scores for various areas of clinical teaching among academic members and medical students.
 Conclusion: Regarding the favorable running of outpatient clinics, morning reports, and journal clubs from viewpoints of medical students, some educational interventions are necessary to make better awareness and adherence to the Ministry of Health clinical teaching standards.