Rate of satisfaction and evaluation of medical students (interns and externs) from the quality of clinical education in the Shahre-kord university of medical sciences-2005

Introduction: Revolution of information in medical sciences as one of the important parts of knowledge has made the attention to medical education more critical. This study was performed to evaluate the satisfaction of Shahre-kord university medical students (interns and externs) from the quality of education in clinical courses. Materials and Methods: In this descriptive-analytical study, the rate of satisfaction of 77 medical students (interns and externs) from the quality of education in Shahre-kord university clinical courses was evaluated using a locally standardized questionnaire. The findings were classified as: high, moderate and low. Data were analyzed using SPSS software (version 11). Results: A total of 77 students completed the questionnaire. The high rate of satisfaction from the quality of education in different clinical clerkship periods was reported as follows: Internal medicine 25/7%, surgery (general surgery and orthopedic) 27/4%, pediatric medicine 17/5%, gynecology 6/3%, infectious disease 54/5%, neurology 36/5%, ENT 54/5%, ophthalmology 47/5%, poisoning 21/2%, psychiatry 37/7%, urology 6/3%, health science 17/6%. In addition, high rate of satisfaction from professional skills teaching was reported by 17.4% of the students. The most satisfaction rate in internal and pediatric courses was from morning reports and in surgery clerkship period, from outpatient clinic and theory courses. In gynecology period the lowest rate of satisfaction was reported from outpatient clinic and theory courses. High rate of satisfaction in minor clerkship periods was reported from ENT, infectious disease, psychiatry, and neurology periods respectively. Conclusions: In major clerkship periods, the students were unsatisfied from teaching rounds, outpatient clinic and theory courses. In contrast, high rate of satisfaction was belonged to morning report programs. Due to the low rate of satisfaction from gynecology, poisoning and urology courses and also un-satisfaction from CPR and labor management teaching, reviewing the educational programs by teaching managers is recommended.