qualitative evaluation of general practitioner training program as viewed by graduates from shiraz, fasa and jahrom medical universities

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fatemeh shahidi shiraz university of medical sciences, shiraz, iran

mohammad mehdi saqeb quality improvement in clinical education research center, shiraz university of medical sciences, shiraz, iran

mitra amini quality improvement in clinical education research center, shiraz university of medical sciences, shiraz, iran

abolghasem avand english language department, fasa university of medical sciences, fasa, iran

abstract

of higher education into focus in the past few years. they have tried to improve the quality of their own higher education. the studies show that iranian universities are not at an accepted level in terms of quality. they have encountered several problems which have diminished their quality level. this study aimed at assessing the quality of medical education program as viewed by general practitioners graduated from shiraz, fasa and jahrom medical universities. methods: this is a cross-sectional study. 215 subjects were selected based on a census of all the general practitioners graduated from shiraz, fasa and jahrom universities during 2011- 2013. the questionnaire used for collecting the data was that of the association of graduates from american medical colleges. the collected data were then analyzed using spss 14 through which such descriptive and bivariate statistics as percentage, means, standard deviation and anova were used. the level of significance was set to 0.05. results: the questionnaire return rate was 97%. as to the graduates’ preclinical experiences, five indices were studied which were assessed as “average” in graduates’ views. however, with respect to their clinical experiences five indices were equally studied, among which such indices as “communication” were evaluated as “desirable” in view of the graduates from the very three universities. on the contrary, the quality of clinical experiences and technological skills was evaluated as “almost weak”; furthermore, the integration of basic science with required clinical experience was also considered “weak”. conclusion: it seems essential to set up an annual assessment of general practitioner education program and a review of the medical education program in iran based on the global medical advancement and international standards.

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