Title of article :
Clinical Clerkship Education Improves With Implementing a System of Internal Program Evaluation Using Medical Studentsʹ Feedbacks
Author/Authors :
Sadeghi، Anahita نويسنده Department of Internal Medicine, Shariati Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran , , Aghaei Meybodi، Hamidreza نويسنده Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran , , Navabakhsh، Behrouz نويسنده Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Shariati Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Navabakhsh, Behrouz , Soroush، Ahmadreza نويسنده , , Malekzadeh، Masoud Mohammad نويسنده Research Center for Immunodeficiencies, Children’s Medical Center, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran , , Khorgami، Zhamak نويسنده Research Center for Improvement of Surgical Outcomes and Procedures, Department of Surgery, Shariati Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, ,
Issue Information :
ماهنامه با شماره پیاپی 0 سال 2016
Pages :
6
From page :
530
To page :
535
Abstract :

Quality of clinical education for medical students has always been a concern in academic medicine. This concern has increased in today’s time-squeeze while faculty members have to fulfill their complementary roles as a teacher, researcher, and practitioner. One of the strategies for program evaluation is obtaining trainees’ feedbacks since they are the main customers of educational programs; however, there are debates about the efficacy of student feedback as a reliable source for reforms. We gathered Likert scores on a 16-item questionnaire from 2,771 medical students participating in all clerkship programs in a multidisciplinary teaching hospital. An expert panel consisting of 8 attending physicians established content validity of the questionnaire while a high Cronbach’s Alpha (0.93) proved its reliability. Summary reports of these feedbacks were presented to heads of departments, clerkship program directors, and hospital administrators, at the end of each semester. Analysis of variance was used for comparing hospital scores across different time periods and different departments. Significant changes (P<0.001) were observed in mean scores between different semesters (partial η2=0.090), different departments (partial η2=0.149) as well as the interaction term between departments and semesters (partial η2=0.111). A significant improvement in mean clinical education score is noticeable after three semesters from the beginning of the survey. Periodic, systematic trainee’s feedback to program directors can lead to an improved educational performance in teaching hospitals.

Journal title :
Acta Medica Iranica
Serial Year :
2016
Journal title :
Acta Medica Iranica
Record number :
2395560
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