Horizon of Medical Science Education Development
Year:2019 | Volume:9 | Issue:1 |Papers Count:7

Background: Clinical education plays an essential role in shaping the basic skills and professional capabilities of students. Identification of clinical education shortcomings can help to eliminate or correct weak points and improve achievement of educational goals. It could also help to educate skilled graduates, and provide higher quality health care services. This study aims to assess the quality of clinical education from the viewpoint of undergraduate students in radiology technology. Methods: This descriptive-analytical study was conducted on 103 students of radiology technology in Mashhad school of paramedical sciences in 2016. Sampling method was census and students passing the apprenticeship courses in educational hospitals entered the study. Information gathering tool was a valid and reliable questionnaire. The results were analyzed by descriptive statistics and inferential statistics in the SPSS software with a significance level of p < 0. 05. Results: From the students’ point of view, the status of clinical education had a good level in the areas of social interactions with students and clinical couches’ performance. The students gave intermediate-level feedbacks for quality of educational environment, educational goals and programs and monitoring and assessing methods. There was no significant difference between the averages of the five items of questionnaire and there was no meaningful difference between the level of satisfaction in male and female participants from their field of study. Conclusion: Rewriting the educational goals and plans, and approaches for monitoring the students, as well as to eliminating the shortcomings in clinical wards, can significantly help in increasing the quality of clinical education.

Introduction: Cardio-pulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is a series of life-saving operations which increases the chance of survival after cardiac arrest by increasing the blood flow in vital organs. The purpose of this study was to investigate the knowledge of medical residents about principles of CPR. Methods: 357 residents of different specialties in Mashhad University of Medical Sciences between March 2015 and March 2016 entered this study as an available sample (census). Two questionnaires of demographic information and a cardiopulmonary resuscitation questionnaire (approved by the American Heart Association (AHA2010), which assessed the familiarity of the residents with the principles and rules of CPR on a 20-point scale) were used. Results: The highest score of knowledge about CPR principles was seen in Cardiology, Emergency Medicine and Anesthesiology residents (12. 5, 12. 20, and 12. 05 respectively). Among the participants, only the Emergency Medicine and Cardiology residents had an increasing level of knowledge about the principles of CPR during the academic years, which was statistically significant (P value<0. 01). Residents in the fields of Neurology, Nuclear Medicine and Psychology had a significant decrease in knowledge about the principles of CPR during the academic years (P value <0. 01). Conclusion: Residents with the most exposure to patients with heart disease and cardiac arrest have a better knowledge of CPR principles. Also, the level of residents’ knowledge on the scientific principles of CPR in all medical fields was not favourable.