medical residents’ viewpoints on clinical training status of shahid sadoughi university of medical sciences

clinical training is an important process in residency academic program in different fields. in this cross-sectional descriptive study, we identified the views of clinical residents about clinical training status at yazd university of medical sciences at their second-year of residency or above. we used questionnaire as the instrument for collecting information and select all residents as the sample of study. data were analyzed using descriptive statistical tests. clinical training status was assessed to be at an intermediate level by residents, and the areas of evaluation method, resources and facilities, training system, performance, performance of personnel of therapeutic departments, and resident’s performance received the highest score, respectively. areas of evaluation method and facilities were determined as strengths, and areas of the performance of therapeutic department’s personnel and residents as the weaknesses of clinical training.