جستجوی مقالات مرتبط با کلیدواژه "پرستاری- مامایی" در نشریات گروه "پزشکی"

Recognizing the factors affecting the quality and quantity of clinical education (CE) is helpful in solving CE problems. Also, CE healthy constituents can enhance the quality of education. This study aimed to determine the viewpoints of students and instructors of Birjand University of Medical Sciences regarding CE quality. This descriptive and cross-sectional study covered all senior students at Paramedical and Nursing-Obstetrics Schools of Birjand University of Medical Sciences during 2011-2012. The instrument involved a questionnaire which covered 5 domains including the educational objectives and plans, the trainer’s performance, his/her manner of treating the students, educational setting, and supervision and evaluation. The data were analyzed in SPSS using descriptive and analytical tests. There were 93 students and 22 instructors in this study. There was a significant difference (p<0.05) between students’ mean scores of the five domains on the basis of their major. The difference between instructors’ viewpoints mean scores concerning their way of treating students and the educational setting was significant on the basis of their educational and clinical experience (p<0.05). Finally, students and trainers’ mean scores concerning trainers’ performance and treatment of students was significantly different (p<0.05). CE is complicated and widely-dimensioned. Students and instructors’ views of different fields of study have different views on the domains influential in CE. It is through frequent evaluations of clinical areas and comparison with the current status that the strengths and weaknesses can be recognized.

Clinical education is the most important part of nursing and midwifery education. It is recognized as the heart of professional education. Clinical education includes more than half of nursing and midwifery education and is the base of acquired professional skills in students. So to improve the quality of clinical education its condition must be considered.

This is a descriptive- analytic study to investigate the view of nursing and midwifery students about clinical education condition. The sample was all of nursing and midwifery students in their fourth semester of education. The data was collected using a questionnaire consisting of five parts: demographic characteristics, educational planning, clinical education instructor, the health and medical care team and educational equipment and space.

The results showed that most of the students view on educational planning was good and moderate (each 38.2%), on clinical instructor was moderate (34.4%). On health and medical care team was bad (50%), and on educational equipment and space was good (37.2%). The comparison of nursing and midwifery students view showed that there was no significant difference on educational planning, clinical instructor and educational equipment and space.

Educational program planners have to consider important factors affecting clinical education, specially the health and medical care team and their way of acting, who the majority of the sample of this study had a negative view on them.