A Study of the Implementation of Clinical Teaching Standards Submitted by the Ministry of Health from Viewpoints of Medical Students in Jahrom University of Medical Sciences (Cross-sectional Study)

Evaluation of the quality of clinical teaching from the students' point of view plays an important role in recognition of the related problems and improvement of the quality of this type of teaching. The aim of this study was to evaluate clinical teaching in Jahrom educational and training centers based on the standards of clinical teaching set by the ministry of health and Medical Education.
Keywords: Clinical teaching standards, evaluation, Medical students

The present descriptive cross-sectional study was performed by census method on 100 participants including interns and trainees. The questionnaire was composed of 51 questions including training standards in ambulatory teaching, educational round, morning report, and grand rounds, according to the standards of ministry. Content validity of the questionnaire was performed using the opinion of experts and its reliability was determined by Cronbach's alpha. The data was analyzed by using SPSS 21.

The findings of the present study showed that the educational rounds and morning report program had the highest (87.3%) and lowest (46.5%) scores in clinical teaching. Statistical tests showed that there was a significant difference between interns and trainees in terms of scores given to Grand Round and Educational Round standards (P < 0.05). However, educational rounds were relatively acceptable in the point of view of medical students.

Some educational interventions are necessary to make better adherence to the clinical teaching standards of Ministry of Health.