Zahra Salari; Azadeh Horri; Amin Tahmasbi; Raziyeh Shojayeepour; Fatemeh Jahanimoghadam
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Background: Continuous improvement of the quality of education requires continuous evaluation of the clinical learning environment (CLE) and identification of university students’ perceptions and expectations. To this end, higher education must improve its quality and increase student satisfaction ...
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Background: Continuous improvement of the quality of education requires continuous evaluation of the clinical learning environment (CLE) and identification of university students’ perceptions and expectations. To this end, higher education must improve its quality and increase student satisfaction for its long-term success and survival.Objectives: The present study aimed to investigate and compare dental residents’ attitudes toward the quality of the CLE.Methods: The participants in this cross-sectional descriptive study were all dental residents (n = 251) at three dental schools in Tehran, Mashhad, and Kerman who were studying in the academic year 2022-2023. The residents were selected using the census method. The Postgraduate Hospital Educational Environment Measure (PHEEM) was used to examine the quality of the learning environment in three areas: perception of autonomy (POA), perception of teaching (POT), and perception of social support (PSS). The collected data were analyzed using descriptive statistics independent samples t-test, correlation analysis, and linear regression analysis with SPSS software at a P value of less than 0.05 was considered statistically significant.Results: The mean scores for POA, PSS, and POT assessed by dental residents at Tehran, Mashhad, and Kerman universities were 108.54, 100.61, and 97.42 (out of 152), which were within the acceptable range. In addition, 44.88% of the dental residents had a good assessment of the CLE. Furthermore, all dental residents reported poor or negative attitudes toward POA. In addition, 34.76% of dental residents were positive about SSP and 50.70% of them had very positive attitudes toward POT.Conclusion: Although a majority of dental residents had positive views about the learning environment and its different educational and social aspects, they had negative assessments of the perception of autonomy (POA) as one of the essential factors in the learning environment. Thus, more attention should be paid to dental residents’ perception of autonomy to promote the educational and social quality of dental schools.
Alireza Vakilian; Farhad Iranmanesh; Mohammad Ali Shafa; Amir Moghadam-Ahmadi; Fariba Maleki-Rad
Volume 12, Issue 3 , November 2015, , Pages 525-536
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Background & Objective: Regarding the significance of neurological diseases training general practitioners has a key role and they should be welltrained in diagnose and approaching different diseases in this field We focused on educational needs assessment for general practitioners in the field of ...
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Background & Objective: Regarding the significance of neurological diseases training general practitioners has a key role and they should be welltrained in diagnose and approaching different diseases in this field We focused on educational needs assessment for general practitioners in the field of neurological diseases Methods: All the general practitioners practicing in the regulatory zone of Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences Iran (urban and rural areas) who agreed to participate were entered the study 104 participants of the total of 170 general practitioners in this area completed a researchermade questionnaire and mailed us The questionnaire encompassed 54 neurological diseases four paraclinical tests and 9 approaches for neurological signs and symptoms as well as their practical framework satisfaction from their education and demographic and educational items Results: In 479% of cases educational expectations were at the level of screening and refer in that 314% at the level of diagnosis and treatment and in 188% at the level of acquaintance and describing The remainders (188%) were the cases with no need to know and unfamiliar ones Statistically screening and refer just the diagnosis and the treatment were the mentioned educational expectations respectively Most of general practitioners were not fully satisfied from their externship and internship educational programs Conclusion: This study in a more systematic way outlines the general practitioners points of view and their tendency to intervene in the procedure of neurological managements which can also be of great use to any further modifications in medical training curricula Absence of perfect satisfaction about educational programs shows us that we should change our educational methods to more practical and clinical forms