Rekha Sangram Udgiri; Praveen Ganganahalli
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Background: The National Medical Commission (NMC) of India has prepared a revised graduate medical training program for Indian medical graduates to develop the requisite knowledge, skills, attitude, values, and responsiveness as physicians of the first contact with the community. The attitude, ethics, ...
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Background: The National Medical Commission (NMC) of India has prepared a revised graduate medical training program for Indian medical graduates to develop the requisite knowledge, skills, attitude, values, and responsiveness as physicians of the first contact with the community. The attitude, ethics, and communication (AETCOM) module has been prepared as a guide to facilitate implementing a longitudinal program for institutions and faculty members that will help the students acquire the essential competency domains. The present study was an attempt to know the faculty members’ perception regarding the AETCOM module based on analyzing and addressing the suggestive measures.
Objectives: To know the faculty perception regarding AETCOM module & based on the analysis, suggestive measures are recommended
Methods: The present research was a cross-sectional study. The data were collected using semi-structured questionnaires. Those who submitted the responses were included in the study. The feedback form, along with the AETCOM module curriculum, was e-mailed to those who have undergone one or the other faculty development training program from different colleges of the first professional year faculties. A total of 34 faculty members out of 60 participated in the study.
Results: About 65% of the participants were females, 50% were professors, and 44% belonged to private and deemed university colleges, respectively. The majority (60%) of the participants were told to reduce the duration of modules and avoid the repetitions concerning the communication skill modules.
Conclusion: According to the study findings, we conclude that the implementation of the AETCOM module is a good initiative taken by the NMC. The competencies specified within each module underscore the importance of cultivating attitudes, ethics, and communication skills among Indian medical graduates, reflecting the contemporary demands and standards of the healthcare profession.
Ensiyeh Mirzaei; Mehrangiz Alinejad; Badrsadat Daneshmand
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Background: Given that interaction is a vital element in virtual learning, using the professors’ experiences and perceptions during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak can provide useful information about the quality of educational interactions in virtual learning courses in order ...
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Background: Given that interaction is a vital element in virtual learning, using the professors’ experiences and perceptions during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak can provide useful information about the quality of educational interactions in virtual learning courses in order to improve virtual learning.Objectives: This study aims to explain the perceptions of faculty members of Kerman universities regarding virtual learning based on educational interactions during the COVID-19 outbreak.Methods: This study was conducted with a qualitative content analysis approach in the academic year of 2021 in Kerman University of Medical Sciences and Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman. The data collection method was semi-structured interviews with 13 professors of these universities who were included in the study using purposive sampling. Data analysis was performed using the qualitative content analysis method according to the steps introduced by Graneheim and Lundman.Results: The results of this study were presented in the form of 4 main themes: 1) Teacher-learner interactions, including the tools used, how they interact, and their barriers; 2) Learner-learner interaction, learner-content interaction, and teacher-content interaction, including the professors’ actions to create and increase them; 3) Teacher-teacher interactions, including professors’ instructional and research interactions and their barriers; 4) Content-content interaction, which the findings indicated that professors did not pay much attention to this type of interaction.Conclusion: Virtual learning is not limited to the COVID-19 outbreak period but can be used as a supplement to face-to-face learning, even when the universities reopen; therefore, valuable experiences of professors of virtual learning can be used to strengthen various types of educational interactions and develop virtual learning in the studied universities and other universities.
Seyed Sadegh Salehi Sadati; Atieh Hasani Helm; Zahra Mortazavi; Behnaz Alafchi; Homa Naderifar; Saideh Sadat Mortazavi
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Background: Sensory processing pattern is a unique characteristic in each human. Critical thinking is a well-known skill of successful individuals.Objectives: This study aimed to investigate the correlation between the critical thinking skills and sensory processing patterns of students of Medical Sciences.Methods: ...
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Background: Sensory processing pattern is a unique characteristic in each human. Critical thinking is a well-known skill of successful individuals.Objectives: This study aimed to investigate the correlation between the critical thinking skills and sensory processing patterns of students of Medical Sciences.Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted on 213 students (147 males and 66 females). Brown’s Adolescent and Adult Sensory Profile Questionnaire and Ricketts’ Critical Thinking Questionnaire were used for data collection. Data analysis was performed using SPSS software (version 24) and appropriate statistical tests (i.e., the Pearson correlation test and independent samples t-test).Results: Critical thinking had a significant positive relationship with sensory sensitivity (r=0.229) and a significant inverse relationship with sensory seeking (r=-0.249) and low registration (r=-0.223). Critical thinking had a significant positive relationship with students’ grade point average (r=0.875). Additionally, there was no significant relationship between critical thinking with sensory avoidance (r=0.099) and age (r=0.847). In the sensory processing patterns, only low registration had a significant relationship with gender (P<0.05).Conclusion: Students whose dominant patterns of sensory processing were sensory sensitivity and sensory seeking had better and worse critical thinking skills than others, respectively. It seems necessary to pay attention to sensory processing patterns in students to develop their mental skills, especially critical thinking.
Leila Vali; Yunes Jahani; Parinaz Khalili; Morteza Sahebi
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Background Many factors involve in the process of education i.e., the teacher, curriculum, and learning environment. The educational climate has an exact and tangible relationship with the expectations and perceptions of students, especially students of medical sciences universities, and particularly, ...
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Background Many factors involve in the process of education i.e., the teacher, curriculum, and learning environment. The educational climate has an exact and tangible relationship with the expectations and perceptions of students, especially students of medical sciences universities, and particularly, the graduate ones. Objectives The current study aimed at investigating the relationship between learning environment and expectations of graduate students at Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran. Methods The present cross sectional study was conducted on 193 graduate students from April to July 2017. The subjects were selected by stratified random sampling and weighting methods from each faculty. Data were collected through Dundee ready education environment measure (DREEM) and SERVQUAL instruments. Data were analyzed using multiple linear regression and Pearson correlation coefficient in SPSS. P < 0.05 was considered as the level of significance. Results Among the subjects, 62.2% were male and 52.0% single; however, 76.2% were masters’ students and 23.8% PhD candidates. From the students’ point of view, the educational climate had a better status among the learning environment dimensions. In terms of students’ expectations and perceptions of the learning environment, the tangibles and the client consideration dimensions got the highest mean scores as 42.8 and 88.8, respectively. There was a significant relationship between marital status and learning environment (P = 0.04). There was also a significant relationship between students’ perception of educational services and their semester number (P = 0.04). Conclusions It is better to use student-centered viewpoints in educational planning. Students’ satisfaction can be improves by providing appropriate learning spaces and optimizing the existing ones. Adjusting students’ expectations by familiarizing them with the line and staff constraints in higher education can play a significant role in enhancing the quality of educational services.
Abolfazl Ghasemzadeh-Alishahi; Rouholah Mahdiuon; Parisa Zarezadeh; Farougheh Arghadeh
Volume 13, Issue 1 , April 2016, , Pages 41-48
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Background & Objective: The quantitative development of higher education regardless of quality will lead to undesirable consequences The main clients of universities are students Determination of their perception of educational services quality can provide policy maker with valuable information in ...
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Background & Objective: The quantitative development of higher education regardless of quality will lead to undesirable consequences The main clients of universities are students Determination of their perception of educational services quality can provide policy maker with valuable information in order to improve educational services quality This study was conducted in order to investigate educational services quality based on the SERVQUAL model from the perspective of students of Tabriz University of Medical Sciences Iran Methods: The statistical population of this study included 3084 students of Tabriz University of Medical Sciences In order to perform this descriptivecorrelational study 200 students were randomly selected For data collection the SERVQUAL questionnaire was used This questionnaire consists of five dimensions (tangibility reliability empathy responsiveness and assurance) of educational services quality with 27 questions The validity of the questionnaire was approved through content validity methods and its reliability using Cronbachs alpha coefficient The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and one sample ttest Results: The study results indicated students positive evaluation of tangibility responsiveness reliability and empathy dimensions of educational services quality Conclusion: The results showed that in general in all dimensions of educational services quality of service was higher than average The lowest and highest means were observed in the responsiveness and reliability dimensions respectively
Maryam Dastoorpoor; Marzieh Moradi; Fatemeh Estebsari; Farzaneh Zolala
Volume 12, Issue 4 , January 2016, , Pages 626-643
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Background & Objective: Little attention has been paid to generating systematic evidencebased qualitative approaches to effective education This study aimed to explore postgraduate students and mentors view points experiences and perceptions about effective education and its related factors in Kerman ...
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Background & Objective: Little attention has been paid to generating systematic evidencebased qualitative approaches to effective education This study aimed to explore postgraduate students and mentors view points experiences and perceptions about effective education and its related factors in Kerman University of Medical Sciences Iran Methods: In this qualitative study using content analysis method and purposive sampling 32 postgraduate students and 7 mentors were recruited An interview guide was used to collect data through focus groups via indepth interviews After obtaining verbal informed consent data were recorded transcribed and analyzed using content analysis method To ensure validity of the data the acceptability and confirmability criteria were utilized Results: Two main themes were extracted from the viewpoint of postgraduate students and the mentors the direct and indirect factors related to effective education Direct factors included the factors related to student mentor educational environment and motivation Indirect factors were national educational system evaluation system for students and economic factors Conclusion: Both postgraduate students and mentors believe that effective education is a complex issue and macrofactors such as educational system and microones such as mentors and students characteristics are important In addition there is inconsistency in students and the mentors perception about the roles of the other one mentors believe that this is the responsibility of the students to learn and be selfmotivated while the students mentione that this is mainly the mentor responsibility This is an important topic which should be considered for planning effective education
Novin Nikbakhsh; Simin Mouodi
Volume 11, Issue 3 , November 2014, , Pages 360-366
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Background & Objective: Assessment of perceptions of the students undertaking different examinations is useful in the determination of the efficacy of evaluation methods in medical education The aim of this study is to assess the attitude of medical interns of Babol University of Medical Sciences ...
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Background & Objective: Assessment of perceptions of the students undertaking different examinations is useful in the determination of the efficacy of evaluation methods in medical education The aim of this study is to assess the attitude of medical interns of Babol University of Medical Sciences Iran about objective structured clinical examination (OSCE) in surgery during the years 20092013 Methods: This was a descriptiveanalytic study A researchermade questionnaire was distributed among the students immediately after the final OSCE of the surgery course and their perception about the different aspects of this examination was assessed in the form of 5point Likert scales Data analysis was performed by Stata SE software All values of P were considered significance if P < 005 Results: In 164 medical students who filled out the questionnaires the frequency of satisfaction of students were: 46% with the examination location 358% with the type of questions at each station 397% with fairness and rationality of questions and 294% with suitability of time allocated to stations 354% with standardized patients (SP) 478% with supervisors 623% anxiety effect and 353% overall satisfaction with the examination was reported at high or very high level Overall satisfaction of students had a significant relationship with anxiety examination location type and fairness of the questions time allocated to stations functions of SPs and supervisors (P < 005) Conclusion: Overall these students perceived the OSCE as a suitable method to assess their clinical skills Surgery is an important and critical course in the training of medical students and accurate evaluation of clinical competences of trainees in this course should be performed with appropriate examinations like OSCE Therefore continuous quality improvement of these exams effective feedback to the students and implementation of educational workshops for them during the course can be useful
Sakineh Sharifian; Batool Amini; Salimeh Goharinezhad; Roghayeh Gandomkar
Volume 11, Issue 3 , November 2014, , Pages 367-377
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Background & Objective: Evaluation of faculty members teaching activities by student is one of the commonly used methods the use of which has increased accordingly over time Therefore dynamic and meaningful participation of the students in the process is imperative The purpose of this study ...
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Background & Objective: Evaluation of faculty members teaching activities by student is one of the commonly used methods the use of which has increased accordingly over time Therefore dynamic and meaningful participation of the students in the process is imperative The purpose of this study is to understand the knowledge of students of the evaluation process and its challenges and their solutions Methods: This qualitative study was performed in 3 schools of Tehran University of Medical Sciences Iran in 2012 The opinions of student were collected during 3 focus group discussions with the participation of 19 students Participants were selected based on purposive sampling from among the student advisory committee All group discussions were recorded and then transcribed Data were analyzed by content analysis For credibility and authentication of data the peer monitoring and review method was used Results: Major themes include the input challenges with 2 subthemes (barriers to participation and factors affecting evaluation) the process challenges with 2 subthemes (the evaluation time and students preferred format for evaluation) and the impact challenges with 2 subthemes (publication of results and reward and punishment evaluation systems) Conclusion: The perceptions and awareness of students about the evaluation process and its application is important in the increasing of participation and their seriousness in answering questions Thus in order to reduce bias in the evaluation process it is recommended that suitable and timely information be given to students and faculty members courses be performed to familiarize them with the concept and application of evaluation and the evaluation questionnaires be revised
