Evaluations of Student's Satisfaction with Externship Education in the Academic Departments of the Medical School of Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences in July and August 2021.

Abstract

Determining the level of satisfaction in each field will help to examine and eliminate the existing problems and shortcomings. Using this information, students' satisfaction can be provided as much as possible while strengthening the positive factors and correcting the negative factors. The aim of this study was to evaluate the Student's Satisfaction with externship Education in the Academic Departments of the Medical School of Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences in 2021. This descriptive cross-sectional study, was performed in the medical school of Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences. The statistical population was all externship students. The validity of the questionnaire's content was determined by consulting experts, and its reliability was obtained by Cronbach's alpha method based on a sample of 20 students. The questionnaires were completed virtually on the Google site using the Google Form. Data analysis was performed Stata V14.2 software using descriptive statistics, t-test, and chi-square, and the significant level was considered 0.05. The results showed that 55% of the participants were female and 45% were male. The level of students 'satisfaction with the quality of supervisors' education was moderate to high and in other cases was moderate to low. Students were more satisfied with teaching anesthesia than other departments and were dissatisfied with the infectious department. No statistically significant difference was found between people's satisfaction with the overall clinical education process in terms of age. The results of this study showed that students have moderate to poor satisfaction with externship education in educational groups.