The Sources and their Rate of use by Interns for Learning Clinical Skill

Zahra Jalili; E Noohi; N Nakhaee

Journal of Medical Education for Future Demands

Former Title: Journal of Medical Education | The Official Journal of School of Medical Education and Learning Technologies

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The Sources and their Rate of use by Interns for Learning Clinical Skill

Author(s):

Zahra Jalili^1,*,

E Noohi²,

N Nakhaee³

1Assistant professor, social medicine department, Kerman University of Medical Sciences and Health Services

2Instructor, nursing faculty, Kerman.

3Assistant professor, social medicine department, Kerman University of Medical Sciences and Health Services.

Journal of Medical Education for Future Demands:Vol. 8, issue 2; e105245

Published online:Mar 01, 2006

Article type:Research Article

Received:Oct 01, 2005

Accepted:Mar 01, 2006

How to Cite:Zahra JaliliE NoohiN NakhaeeThe Sources and their Rate of use by Interns for Learning Clinical Skill.J Med Edu.8(2):e105245.

Abstract

Background and purpose: Centers presenting clinical skills training in medical schools improve the students’ ability in practical skills, provide an appropriate setting to practice in an experimental setting and prevent probable mistakes in a real setting. This study is an attempt to determine the interns’ attitudes in Kerman University of Medical Sciences about the amount and the resources of acquiring elementary clinical skills through self-assessment.Method: All interns, who passed the clinical skills course, participated in this cross- sectional study in 2004. A researcher made questionnaire was used to gather the data and t-test and ANOVA were used to analyze them.Results: Most of the respondents believed a separate center as clinical skills center was necessary.Vital signs measurement, NG-tube placement and communicating with patients (18,35,17,76, and 17,3, respectively) got the highest scores in acquiring skills (stagger’s self-assessment) and the lowest scores were for cauterization, intubations and surgical tools identification (9,09, 12,84 and14,11, respectively). The mean of self-assessment score was 76, 7%. The most used resources to acquire skills were clinical skills ward (41%), self-learning (29%) and the professors and others (27%).Conclusion: Since the self-assessment score was low and as the clinical skills center was used the most to acquire skills, improving training in this center and expanding its activities is necessary.

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Clinical Skill

Skill Lab

Source of Learning

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