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Arjmand R, Zare M, Hashempoor A, Tahmasebi Boldaji F, Ghanbari S, Zivdar N. Assessment of Educational Environment in Pediatric and Internal Medicine Clinics in Training Hospitals of Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences. Iranian Journal of Medical Education 2024; 24 :122-130
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Reza Arjmand 
, Maryam Zare , Anahita Hashempoor , Fateme Tahmasebi Boldaji * , Saeed Ghanbari , Niyayesh Zivdar
, Maryam Zare , Anahita Hashempoor , Fateme Tahmasebi Boldaji * , Saeed Ghanbari , Niyayesh Zivdar
Ph.D Candidate, Department of Medical Education, Education Development Center, Faculty of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran. & Academic Staff, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran. , tahmasebifateme1993@gmail.com
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Introduction: Ambulatury training comprises an important part of the clinical training of students; in so doing, this study endeavored to investigate the status of education in the internal and pediatric clinics of the teaching hospitals of Ahvaz Jundishapur University from the perspective of interns.
Methods: This descriptive-analytical study was conducted to evaluate the educational environment of internal and pediatric clinics on 302 medical students who were selected by simple random sampling method. The instrument was ACLEEM psychometric questionnaire in 8 domains. The areas were "ability of clinical professors, activity in the clinical arena and patient care, allocation of time for non-clinical activities, infrastructure, clinical skills, assessment and feedback, information, communication and technology and clinical supervision. Descriptive statistics, distribution and percentage, and independent t-tests and ANOVA were used for data analysis.
Results: The highest average score of interns was related to the field of "clinical skills" with 69.25% and the lowest average score was related to the field of "measurement and feedback" with 37.55%. The total score of the areas was reported as 88.48±25.57 in the pediatric department and 88.47±30.67 in the internal department. Besides, there was no significant difference in the average score of all areas between the internal and pediatric departments (P value= 0.9), but overall score of all areas were significantly different between females and males (P value= 0.001).
Conclusion: The results indicated that the educational environment of clinics is a semi-optimal condition from the interns' point of view which indicates insufficient satisfaction with this environment.To improve clinical education, it seems necessary to plan carefully and use other available clinical capacities should be given serious attention.
Methods: This descriptive-analytical study was conducted to evaluate the educational environment of internal and pediatric clinics on 302 medical students who were selected by simple random sampling method. The instrument was ACLEEM psychometric questionnaire in 8 domains. The areas were "ability of clinical professors, activity in the clinical arena and patient care, allocation of time for non-clinical activities, infrastructure, clinical skills, assessment and feedback, information, communication and technology and clinical supervision. Descriptive statistics, distribution and percentage, and independent t-tests and ANOVA were used for data analysis.
Results: The highest average score of interns was related to the field of "clinical skills" with 69.25% and the lowest average score was related to the field of "measurement and feedback" with 37.55%. The total score of the areas was reported as 88.48±25.57 in the pediatric department and 88.47±30.67 in the internal department. Besides, there was no significant difference in the average score of all areas between the internal and pediatric departments (P value= 0.9), but overall score of all areas were significantly different between females and males (P value= 0.001).
Conclusion: The results indicated that the educational environment of clinics is a semi-optimal condition from the interns' point of view which indicates insufficient satisfaction with this environment.To improve clinical education, it seems necessary to plan carefully and use other available clinical capacities should be given serious attention.
Type of Study: Original research article |
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Program Evaluation
Received: 2024/04/14 | Accepted: 2024/08/19 | Published: 2024/05/30 | ePublished: 2024/05/30
Received: 2024/04/14 | Accepted: 2024/08/19 | Published: 2024/05/30 | ePublished: 2024/05/30
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