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Sakineh Izadi Mazidi, Foroughe Riahi, Niloofar Khajeddin, Mohammad Salehi Veysi,
Volume 12, Issue 9 (12-2012)
Abstract
Introduction: The number of medical students choosing psychiatry as specialty is declining in some countries. The purpose of the study was to investigate the effects of passing the psychiatric clerkship on consideration of various specialties as prospective career options and their respect for clinical specialties in medical students.
Methods: In this analytical study, the sample included 104 fifth year medical students of Jundishapur University in Ahwaz who started psychiatric clerkship between spring 2007 and spring 2010. The subjects completed a demographic form, an attitude toward psychiatry questionnaire and a questionnaire to assess priorities and respect for clinical specialties, before and after their psychiatric clerkship. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, Spearman correlation coefficient, and paired sample t-test.
Results: The results showed that mean of total scores of attitude before (42.36±9.18), and after psychiatry rotation (47.78±6.86) were significantly different (t=-5.45, p=.001). The mean score of subscales of “overall merits of psychiatry’, “role definition and functioning of psychiatrists”, and “career and personal rewards” were also changed significantly (p<0.001), also score for “possible abuses and social criticisms”, improved significantly(p=0.01) after psychiatric clerkship, but there was no significant difference in “efficacy” subscale (p=0.14). In the priorities of students before and after passing the psychiatric clerkship also there was no significant difference, as there was high positive correlation(r=0.80, p<0.001) between priorities order before and after the clerkship. Respect to psychiatry increased after passing the clerkship, but was still less than other specialties.
Conclusion: Attitude toward psychiatry isn’t the only effective factor in choosing the specialty, and in spite of the significant improvement of students’ attitude toward psychiatry, it did not make a significant difference in their priorities. Although after the clerkship, respect to psychiatry increased, it was still less than respect for other specialties.
Mostafa Najafi, Roya Mollabashi, Zahra Ghazavi, Mohammad Kazem Najafi, Arefeh Mousavi,
Volume 17, Issue 0 (4-2017)
Abstract
Introduction: Modern educational methods are influential in improving the quality of education and learners’ satisfaction. The aim of this study was to introduce the teaching method using “video clips” in teaching schizophrenia and survey the viewpoints of psychiatry students of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences compared to using traditional methods.
Methods: This quasi-experimental study was conducted in 2013 on 101 psychiatry students of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences who were selected by convenience sampling (census) and divided randomly into traditional teaching group (n=47) and video clip groups (n=54). Research tool was a researcher-made questionnaire. Its validity was confirmed by the psychiatry and medical education experts and the reliability was confirmed by Cronbach’s alpha coefficients (α=0.92). The questionnaire was administered after teaching schizophrenia using the two methods and the viewpoints of both groups were compared. The collected data were analyzed using independent t-test and Mann whithney test.
Results: Sixty of the participants were female and 41 were male with the mean age of 24 years. Despite the increase in the means scores of some items, there was only a significant difference in instructor’s scientific mastery (p=0.005, t=0.64), novelty and attractiveness of educational instrument (p=0.000, t=3.7) and greater fitting of the educational package compared to traditional note taking (p=0.005, t=1.7).
Conclusion: Students’ satisfaction with lecture method in understanding the contents and their openness to new methods of learning indicate the effectiveness of the traditional method and the need for further improvement in combination with new methods. Further research is required to verify the role of using video clips in teaching psychiatry students.
Mostafa Najafi, Friba Jowkar, Roya Mollabashi, Mahsa Vahman,
Volume 18, Issue 0 (4-2018)
Abstract
Introduction: Educational environment is part of the teaching-learning process. Clinical training, as a part of medical education, is now facing numerous challenges. Nowadays, there are clinical training environments different from hospital and clinic environments. Considering the establishment and operation of the instrumental lab in the department of psychiatry in Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, this study was conducted to explain the views of psychiatry residents on the instrumental interventions lab in the department of psychiatry, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences.
Methods: This qualitative, exploratory study was conducted using purposive sampling. All the residents who had completed the course of instrumental interventions lab in psychiatry and were willing to participate were included in the study (n = 9). Data were collected through focus group discussions. Interview transcriptions were analyzed by means of thematic analysis.
Results: Drawing on the inductive technique, two main themes emerged: “instrumental interventions lab, a new field in education” and “psychiatry residency, another narrative”. Each of these themes consisted of two subthemes “components of instrumental interventions lab” and “benefits of instrumental interventions lab”.
Conclusion: The instrumental interventions lab encompasses the components of a clinical environment, and given its own nature, has led to positive experiences for the residents.
